Peak Dale

(5.8 miles)

Peak Dale, which is divided almost in two by the former Midland Railway, comprises Upper End on the west side of the railway and Smalldale on the east. Both were built to house quarrymen in the days when the stone was largely hewn from the quarries by hand, and so they are composed mostly of small stone cottages and are surrounded by past, present and future limestone quarries. Blue lagoons fill some of the flooded former quarries, some of which are used for various sports activities.