Lanterna Rally

Author: Peter Long

Publisher: Travel Pub Limited

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 9781902007830

This is the 5th edition of Hidden Places of Derbyshire and is now printed in full colour. Derbyshire is an area famous for its remarkable landscapes including the remarkably stunning 'Peak District National Park', the very first of Britain's National Parks. The Peak District covers an area of around 540 square miles and is a region of high moorland and towering plateaux that rise 2088 feet above sea level. Move slightly south into the Derbyshire Dales, and the area becomes less wild and isolated than the remote high Summits of the Peak District. It is in this region where the two main rivers, the Wye and the Derwent flow, once heavily populated with industrial shipping traffic and along its banks are situated many of the towns and villages. Derbyshire has a real mix of scenic delights a county blessed with beautiful eye-catching villages and towns, and also a county that possesses a very interesting industrial and cultural heritage, due to the close proximity of large industrial conurbations such as Derby. The book is written in an attractive narrative style and is packed with information on the more secluded and little known venues for food, drink, accommodation and places of interest as well as the more enduring attractions of the county. This edition is now printed in full colour and incorporates an attractive redesigned cover featuring eye-catching photographs of, Ramshall Rocks in the Peak District, Leawood Pumping Station on the Cromford Canal and Monsal Dale Viaduct.