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The Hidden Places of the Peak
District & Derbyshire is a beautifully illustrated
guide and explores the Peak District & Derbyshire in a
relaxed narrative style. It contains a wealth of interesting information
on the history, the countryside, the towns and villages and established visitor attractions,
but it also focuses on promoting the lesser known places of interest and
places to stay, eat and drink.
The Peak District National Park
was the very first of Britain's National Parks covering an
area of 540 square miles. The Dark Peak covering north
Derbyshire and small parts of Cheshire and South Yorkshire
is an area of windswept moorland, steep river valleys and
impressive crags. Further south is the White Peak; a
limestone-based undulating green landscape criss-crossed by
miles of dry stone walls and gently flowing rivers whilst to
the west can be found the beautiful valleys and rivers of
the Dales as well as the Staffordshire Moorlands. In
contrast the rest of Derbyshire offers the visitor an
intriguing mix of villages and towns packed with cultural
and industrial heritage and should certainly not be missed.
The
writer
James Gracie is a full-time
writer living in Scotland. In his varied career James has a
wide experience of writing which has included a series of
booklets about Scottish Clans and online guides to cities
such as Glasgow and Cardiff. Concentrating mainly on travel
nowadays, his articles regularly appear in many UK
newspapers and magazines. He has also broadcast with BBC
Radio Scotland and is a member of the Institute of Public
Relations. Though he has written about many parts of the
world from personal experience, James finds that writing
about the UK is still the most stimulating and rewarding.
Since joining the Travel Publishing editorial team in 2001
James has written guides covering Northumberland, Durham,
Cornwall and Scotland.
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