High Peak Estate

The High Peak Estate is an area of Pennine moorland in the ownership of the National Trust in the Dark Peak area of Derbyshire, England.

Coordinates: 53°21′58″N 1°48′58″W / 53.366°N 1.816°W / 53.366; -1.816

High Peak Estate
High Peak Estate
OS grid reference SK122856
District High Peak
Shire county Derbyshire
Region East Midlands
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town HOPE VALLEY
Postcode district S33
Dialling code 01433
Police Derbyshire
Fire Derbyshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK Parliament High Peak
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The National Trust High Peak Estate is to be known as the 'Dark Peak Area' from summer 2010 which is now part of the Peak District Estate. The Peak District Estate also includes the White Peak Area (formerly South Peak) and the Longshaw Estate near Sheffield and includes a number of sites of interest including:

  • Alport Castles (a spectacular natural landslip)
  • Bleaklow (a massive expanse of wild, windswept moorland)
  • Derwent Edge
  • Kinder Scout (the moorland plateau that was the site of 1932's Mass Trespass) - Kinder Scout is the highest point in the Peak District.
  • Mam Tor
  • Odin Mine (one of the oldest lead mines in the county)
  • Snake Pass - to the east of the estate
  • Winnats Pass - to the north of Castleton

Famous quotes containing the words high, peak and/or estate:

    I know not how,
    But I do find it cowardly and vile,
    For fear of what might fall, so to prevent
    The time of life—arming myself with patience
    To stay the providence of some high powers
    That govern us below.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    In all things I would have the island of a man inviolate. Let us sit apart as the gods, talking from peak to peak all round Olympus. No degree of affection need invade this religion.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    Never let the estate decrease in your hands. It is only by such resolutions as that that English noblemen and English gentlemen can preserve their country. I cannot bear to see property changing hands.
    Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)