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
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| OS grid reference | SK122856 |
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| 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:
“The chief want, in every State that I have been into, was a high and earnest purpose in its inhabitants. This alone draws out “the great resources” of Nature, and at last taxes her beyond her resources; for man naturally dies out of her.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“I think I’ve been good, but I want to be better. I think women reach their peak in their mid-thirties.”
—Mary Decker Slaney (b. 1958)
“The difference between de jure and de facto segregation is the difference open, forthright bigotry and the shamefaced kind that works through unwritten agreements between real estate dealers, school officials, and local politicians.”
—Shirley Chisholm (b. 1924)