Peak District
A Motorhome, Campervan and Caravan Touring Guide to Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire, with 24 Walks and the Pubs at the End of Them
Six touring bases across the Peak District, in Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire, each one a place to stay for a few nights without moving the van. For every base you get somewhere to park up and the reason to choose it, the walks, the pub worth stopping at, a wet-day plan and a plan for the days.
- 24 walks with real maps and the official distances, from Mam Tor, Kinder Scout and the Derwent reservoirs to Dovedale's stepping stones, Carsington Water and Lyme
- A driving map for every base: low bridges, width and weight limits, and the car parks a motorhome can use
- Campsites for motorhomes, campervans and caravans, checked and dated, with club members-only sites flagged and their costs
- Dog rules on every walk, and the moorland lead rule from March to July
- A free GPX route for your phone for every walk, and a QR code on the walk page to find it
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The bases
- Castleton, Edale and the Hope Valley
- Hope and the Upper Derwent
- Longshaw and the Eastern Edges
- Dovedale, Ilam and the Manifold
- Carsington Water and the High Peak Trail
- Hayfield, Kinder and Lyme
The walks, as routes for your phone
- 1A Mam Tor circular 4.5 km · Moderate
- 1B Edale circular 5.5 km · Moderate
- 1C Kinder Scout circular 12.2 km · Challenging
- 2A Derwent Dam Trail 1.6 km · Short loop
- 2B Ladybower's lost villages 10.5 km · Ungraded
- 2C Howden and Slippery Stones 17.3 km · Challenging
- 2D Derwent valley and reservoir 7.4 km · Moderate
- 3A Padley Gorge and Burbage 3.4 km · Easy
- 3B Longshaw woodland explorer 4.7 km · Moderate
- 3C Longshaw views and woods 9.3 km · Challenging
- 3D Froggatt and Curbar Edges 9.7 km · Moderate
- 4A Round Thorpe Cloud 2.6 km · Ungraded
- 4B Ilam to the stepping stones 3.2 km · Moderate
- 4C Dovedale to Milldale 4.9 km · Ungraded
- 4D Ilam Park to Wetton 15.6 km · Challenging
- 5A Stones Island Trail 0.8 km · Accessible
- 5B Dam Trail 4.7 km · Ungraded
- 5C Reservoir Trail 12.0 km · Challenging
- 5D Black Rocks 3.7 km · Ungraded
- 6A Kinder Reservoir circuit 9.5 km · Moderate
- 6B The mass trespass walk 14.3 km · Challenging
- 6C A walk to the Cage, Lyme 2.2 km · Moderate
- 6D A walk to the Lantern, Lyme 2.1 km · Moderate
- 6E Lime Avenue, Lyme 3.1 km · Moderate
Ruth spent 30 years organising school trips. Colin is a mechanic and engineer who has never owned fewer than two maps of anywhere. They bought their first campervan at 50 and wrote the guide they wished they'd had in the glovebox.