The Peak Centre, Edale, Hope Valley S33 7ZA
Office phone: 01433 670254; FAX 0871 714 2254
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The Peak Centre at Champion House, Community living, discovery and growth in Edale
The Peak Centre - Local Attractions
In the area surrounding the Peak Centre there is a wealth of other activities and attractions including:
Swimming: Hathersage swimming pool is a very warm open air heated pool, or Ponds Forge Sports Centre in Sheffield offers flumes and wave pools, both pools are accessible by train.
Cycling/Mountain biking: The Peak Park run hire centres (which can be found on the High Peak and Tissington trails and at Fairholmes in the Derwent Valley) where they maintain a range of cycles, child buggies, trailer bikes, tandems and trikes for people of all abilities. The newly opened tunnels on the Monsal Trail offer another traffic free route in the area. For expert advice on traffic free cycling along trails and other routes throughout the Peak District visit the Peak Park web site.
Caving: There a four show caves in Castleton and Poole's Cavern in Buxton. Serious caving involving wire ladders, ropes, etc with journeys up to several hours is also available locally.
Water sports: Canoeing, windsurfing, sailing, raft building can be arranged with Rother Valley Country Park or Carsington Water
Other adventure activity providers can be found at Derwent Pursuits
Edale is a very special place; a valley set apart from the rest of the Peak District. It is the gateway to the two thousand foot high moorland plateau of Kinder Scout with its dramatic precipitous waterfall called Kinder Downfall to the north and to the south, the Mam Tor ridge with Edale on one side and Castleton on the other. The views are stunning and the sense of isolation from the busy world outside is ideal for residentials. It is hardly surprising that Edale has been described as "The heart" of The Peak District National Park
The Moorland interpretation centre across the road from The Peak Centre is the nerve centre of the Moors for the Future conservation project. The Moorland Centre is there to help visitors to understand moorland ecology and how they can contribute to the preservation of an unique part of our national heritage.
The Peak District also offers an excellent selection of museums, stately homes and other visitor attractions, such as:
- Museums:
- Arkwright's Mill, Cromford, water powered cotton spinning mill;
- Crich Tramway Museum;
- Paradise Mill, Macclesfield, a museum of silk weaving;
- Peak District Mining Museum, Matlock, history of lead mining.
- Stately homes:
- Chatsworth House - Farm and Adventure Playground;
- Haddon Hall, near Bakewell;
- Hardwick Hall (NT), near Chesterfield;
- Lyme Park (NT) house, park and activities, near Disley;
- Peveril Castle, Castleton.
- Towns / Villages:
- Bakewell livestock market on Mondays and Old House museum;
- Eyam (plague village) Eyam Hall and Eyam Museum;
- New Mills Heritage Centre (simulated coal mine and model of town in 1884) and Millennium Walkway (spectacular elevated walkway above river Goyt);
- also Well Dressings at most villages and towns during the summer months.
- Other attractions:
- Carsington Water Visitors' Centre water processing exhibition;
- The Chestnut Centre otters, owls and birds of prey;
- Freshfields Donkey Sanctuary
- Heights of Abraham visitor centre and cable cars;
For further information on Edale and the surrounding area call Castleton Tourist Information Centre on 01433 620679
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