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	Walks in The Lake District National Park walking to Helvellyn Summit
		Snow in The Roaches, The Peak District National Park, Staffordshire, England
		Mam Tor Summit, The Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, England
		Skiddaw from The Newlands Valley, The Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England
	www.go4awalk.com /userpics/rnicho40.htm (1047 words)

	Ullswater in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England
		It is a majestic lake with panoramic backdrops of peaks and fells, like Helvellyn, 3118 feet above sea level, third highest peak in the Lake District National Park.
		Ullswater in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England
		Cascading into the lake is the dynamic waterfall, Aira Force, near Gowbarrow Park, plunging 60 feet sheer downwards between rock walls, popular with visitors and photographers alike.
	www.manchester2002-uk.com /daytrips/lakes/lakes11.html (431 words)

	Lake District National Park - Lake District - Reviews of Lake District National Park - TripAdvisor
		Right at the center of the scenic Lake District, this National Park contains England's largest lake, Windermere, and its highest peak, Scafell Pike.
		Lake District National Park - Lake District - Reviews of Lake District National Park - TripAdvisor
		Lake District National Park not what you're looking for?
	tripadvisor.com /Attraction_Review-g186318-d187959-Reviews-Lake_District_National... (432 words)

	L.L.Bean: Park Search - Lake District National Park
		Castle ruins dot the landscape in the Lake District National Park.
		The park contains England’s highest peak, Scafell at 3,205 feet, and its deepest lake, Wastwater at 282 feet.
		The largest of England's national parks has an interesting mix of mountain and lake scenery.
	www.llbean.com /parksearch/parks/html/1899llt.htm (257 words)

	Lake District, England
		The largest of England's National Parks provides an exciting mix of mountain and lake scenery.
		Self catering cottages Cornwall - Derbyshire/Peak District - Devon - Lake District - North Wales/Snowdonia - Scottish Highlands - West Wales/Pembrokeshire - Yorkshire
		Postcard-perfect in summer, in fall the brown bracken of the mountain slopes contrasts with the reds of oak forests and the beginnings of snow-white frosting on the mountain peaks.
	www.britainexpress.com /countryside/Lake_District.htm (464 words)

	www.peakdistrict.gov.uk - Rangers - History
		The establishment of the Peak District National Park in 1951 brought the start of protracted negotiations which led to the first access agreements in the country for the public to walk on private moorland.
		A meeting of rambling clubs from around the Peak District was convened to discuss the formation of a voluntary warden service and on Good Friday 1954 the Peak District National Park Voluntary Warden Service was officially inaugurated outside the Nags Head Inn in Edale.
		The National Park was divided into 4 ranger service districts for administration and uniforms were introduced to the full-time service.
	www.peakdistrict.org /Pages/history.htm (2169 words)

	Peak Cottages Peak District cottages, holiday cottages in UK, Peak District self catering accommodation, UK holiday companies, holidays in England, UK short breaks, UK self catering holiday, cottage holidays Peak District
		Peak Cottages has a large selection of quality self catering accommodation throughout the Peak District National Park and its borders.
		Welcome to the Peak District, Britain's oldest National Park, and one of the most exciting locations for holidaymakers in Britain.
		Together with a rich cultural background of stately homes, ancient lead mines, picturesque watermills, a network of old packhorse ways, and many towns / villages to explore, it is clear why the Peak District has become the most visited National Park in the world.
	www.peakcottages.com (174 words)

	Articles - Peak District
		The Peak District National Park became the United Kingdom´s first national park on April 17, 1951.
		District, was a landmark in the campaign for national parks and open access to moorland in Britain.
		The Peak District is an upland area in central and northern England.
	www.centralairconditioners.net /articles/Peak_District (295 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - The Peak District, Derbyshire, UK
		The Peak District is the oldest national park in England, designated in 1950, and, apart from Mount Fuji in Japan, it is the busiest national park in the world.
		The Peak District encompasses a wide range of wildlife habitats and is correspondingly rich in flora and fauna.
		Most outdoor pursuits are catered for within the bounds of the park, enabling visitors to indulge their passions for hill walking, rock climbing, caving, cycling or flying.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A416305 (414 words)

	the peak district Resources Walking Resource
		Peak District Farm Holidays, providing farmhouse holiday Stay on a farm in the Peak District National Park or surrounding area in farmhouse bed and breakfast or self-catering cottages.
		The Peak District, Britains first national park.....your email.
		The Peak District is an upland area in central and northern England, in the United Kingdom.
	www.peak-walk.org.uk /the-peak-district.html (423 words)

	Dark Peak fieldwork - Geography in the Peak District
		The Peak District National Park was the first National Park ever designated in Britain, formed in 1952.
		The Dark Peak landscape is as its name suggests, is a dark and harsh environment, a stark contrast to the rolling dales of the White Peak which it encloses, forming the periphery of the Peak District.
		The Peak District has often been describes as an 'island', a large rural landscape of contrasts surrounded by two industrial belts to either side.
	www.art.man.ac.uk /Geog/fieldwork/peak_district.htm (614 words)

	Peak District Accommodation A Peak District guide with accommodation by towns and villages
		The Peak District, England's first National Park, is a popular tourist area.
		The Peak National Park, including parts of Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Yorkshire and Cheshire.
		, the largest town in the Peak District, is primarily known for its Bakewell Pudding, a flaky, almond -flavoured confection invented here at the Rutland Arms Hotel in 1804 when a cook inadvertantly spoiled a recipe for strawberry tart.
	www.peakcountrybreaks.co.uk (608 words)

	Buxton Online, Derbyshire Peak District local towns and villages
		A Peak District National Park town that is dominated by its church, is that of Bakewell.
		Taddington lies within the Peak District National Park, and is only a few miles from Buxton on the A6 along the road to Bakewell.
		To the west, the lofty peak of Mam Tor, known as the Shivering Mountain, with its Iron Age hill fort, stands as guardian to the western approaches.
	www.buxtononline.net /derbyshire.htm (3683 words)

	Alton Towers theme park
		Accommodation and attractions of the Peak District of the UK Home >> Attractions and activities >> Alton Towers Theme Park
		Alton Towers was a fine stately home in Staffordshire, within easy reach of the Peak District.
		There is plenty of parking and you can even stay on site in the hotel.
	www.thepeakdistrict.info /fast/html/alton_towers.html (349 words)

	National Park
		more information for the Peak District Tourist The Derbyshire Peak District, the UK's original National Park, is now one of the world's most popular places to visit.
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	gettysburgnationalpark.izargettysburg.com /nationalpark (876 words)

	Middle Farm Bed & Breakfast
		Within easy reach of Peak District National Park, Alton Towers, Potteries and Leek, Ashbourne.
		• Walkers and climbers to visit the many local beauty spots and lovely walks in the Peak District National Park (5 mins +)
		Set in two acres of grounds, offering privacy, solitude and safe playing areas, the farm offers off-road parking, yet is only a few hundred yards from the main A523 Leek to Ashbourne road.
	www.middlefarmbandb.co.uk (398 words)

	Preferred Places Holiday Cottages Ad Details
		Ideal location at southern gateway to the Peak District National Park.
		Just 1 mile north of Ashbourne, the southern gateway to the Peak District, the park is close to many tourist attractions.
		The Park itself has a lovely woodland walk through a bluebell wood and stunning pinetum of mature specimen trees.
	www.preferredplaces.co.uk /uk/detail.cfm?property_id=7FD3E5CA-1328-4DDC-B105-66D77E2C0516 (540 words)

	Articles - Pennines
		The North Pennines have been declared an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), while portions of the Pennines are incorporated into the Peak District National Park, the Yorkshire Dales National Park and the Northumberland National Park.
		Often said to be the "backbone of England", they form an unbroken range stretching from the Peak District in the Midlands, through the Yorkshire Dales and Lancashire and Cumbrian Fells to the Cheviot Hills on the Scottish border.
		The geology of the Pennines is dominated by extensive deposits of gritstone and limestone, which in the North Pennines has led to the formation of large underground cave systems and watercourses, known as "gills" and "pots" in the local Yorkshire dialect.
	www.foreverc.com /articles/Pennines (431 words)

	Dovedale
		The Peak District National Park - Fact Zone 8.
		Information about Dovedale, Derbyshire, England, situated in the Peak District National Park, close to...
		Dovedale in Derbyshire, is owned by the National Trust and is farmed with many sheep on...
	www.happy.org.uk /dovedale.html (431 words)

	peak district Resources Walking Resource
		Peak District Farm Holidays, providing farmhouse holiday Stay on a farm in the Peak District National Park or surrounding area in farmhouse bed and breakfast or self-catering cottages.
		Home page - Peak District National Park - Welcome to the Peak District...The official Peak District website including accommodation.....about Public Transport..
		Peak Photos Be inspired by these photos of Peak District views including Kinder Scout, Chatsworth, Bakewell, and the Black Rocks.
	www.peak-walk.org.uk /peak-district.html (431 words)

	Penine Way Management Project
		In the Peak District, the National Park also employed an Alignment Officer, who had the task of updating the legal Right of Way of the route, to ensure it (the walked line, the diverted line or the restored line) had legal status, and that abandoned routes were formally diverted.
		The Project has hosted a number of technical seminars and field visits from other countryside services and National Parks, so that the techniques and expertise developed by the Project and partners in the National Trust are now established practice beyond the Peak District uplands for the repair of heavily-used paths of this kind.
		The route across the Peak District moors of Kinder Scout, Bleaklow, Black Hill and Saddleworth is wild and remote.
	www.peakdistrict.org /pubs/penineway.htm (431 words)

	2006 template
		Snowdonia is the second largest National Park in the country, after the Lake District; and the third to be designated (in 1951), after the Lakes and the Peak District.
		The Snowdonia National Park has many buildings of architectural and historical importance, ranging from the castles built by the Welsh princes, such as Castell y Bere and Dolwyddelan,and Edward the I's fortress at Harlech, to substantial "Plasdai" (manor houses), farmhouses, tiny cottages and agricultural buildings.
		An estimated 6 million holidaymakers visit Snowdonia national park every year to enjoy a wide range of leisure activities.
	www.snowdonia-adventures.co.uk /information/snowdonianp.html (159 words)

	National Park Status
		The Parks are: Dartmoor, Exmoor, the Lake District, Northumberland, the North York Moors, the Peak District, the Yorkshire Dales, the Brecon Beacons, Pembroke Coast and Snowdonia.
		The Authority must attach greater weight to conserving and enhancing the natural beauty, the wildlife and the cultural heritage of the National Park if it appears that there is any conflict.
		So, on a typical National Park Authority of 26 members, 14 are local authority appointees, 5 represent parish interests and 7 are appointed by the Secretary of State to represent the national interest.
	www.vic.org.uk /edu/faq/faq4.htm (1097 words)

	Naturenet: UK National Parks
		National Trust, a private charity, owns about 12% of the Peak District National Park, the oldest National Park, and more than 25% of the Lake District, as well as many other large areas of other Parks.
		Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park was the first of these, and was designated in July 2002.
		The role of the National Park Authority is to ensure that these aims are pursued collectively, and in ways which protect the natural and cultural heritage of the area in the long-term.
	www.naturenet.net /status/npark.html (1097 words)

	National Park
		The Friends of the Peak District is the National Park Society for the Peak Park, campaigning to safeguard its unique landscapes for generations to come.
		The Scottish Council for National Parks is working to protect and enhance national parks in Scotland and to promote the case for new national parks.
		The Council for National Parks - "working to protect and enhance the National Parks of England and Wales, and other areas that merit National Park status, and to promote their understanding and quiet enjoyment for the benefit of all".
	www.mylinkspage.com /natpark.html (1811 words)

	Hike Of The Week: Primo vistas rule this popular roost
		For more information on this hike and others in the region, refer to "100 Hikes in Washington's North Cascades National Park Region" by Ira Spring and Harvey Manning (Mountaineers, 254 pages, $16.95), or call the Mount Baker Ranger District at 360-856-5700 (also the number for the North Cascades National Park Complex).
		The Cascade Pass Trail is a starting point for climbs that include Boston Peak, Sahale Peak and the beginning of the Ptarmigan Traverse.
		Cascade Pass is probably far enough for beginning hikers, but they won't be disappointed.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /getaways/234935_hike04.html (1689 words)

	National Zoological Park -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Lake District, Peak District, and Yorkshire Dales national parks are among the largest in England.
		Visit the wildlife and geysers of Yellowstone National Park, where the concept of preserving wilderness was born.
		Lesson plan and guide to visit the National Zoological Park to study the tropical rain forests.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9055021 (840 words)

	Northumberland - Walking Britain
		Unlike the Lake District and Peak District National Parks, this area lacks the proximity of large centres of population and hence suffers very little from crowds.
		The Cheviots form the western boundary, offering superb walking on rounded hills that stretch for miles in the wonderful solitude of the Northumberland National Park.
		Northumberland is a large county in northeast England running south to the River Tyne from the often fiercely contested border with Scotland.
	www.walkingbritain.co.uk /regions/nthum.shtml (470 words)

	Peak Gateway - Gateway to The Peak District National Park
		The thrills of Alton Towers, American Adventure and Gulliver's Kingdom are close by.
		Situated in the heart of England, we are surrounded by the most stunning and varied countryside in England.
		Carsington Water is just a few minutes away for sailing and wind surfing and is a great place to walk, cycle and have a picnic.
	www.peakgateway.com /visit.html (183 words)

	The Star Caravan And Camping Park , Alton Towers Campsite
		We are ideally placed for visitors to The Staffordshire Moorlands, The Peak District, Peak National Park, Manifold Valley, Churnet Valley, Dimingsdale and Hawksmoor.
		When you are at the Alton Towers, with the main gate/customer entrance on your right hand side (Farley Lane), follow the road (Beelow Lane) for a further mile until you reach the cross roads in Cotton.
		Alton Towers is just over a 1 mile.
	www.ukcampsite.co.uk /sites/details.asp?revid=2046 (467 words)

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