A Norwich climber astounded mountain rescuers after he turned up to a charity event just a day after he fell 10 metres from a climb and was airlifted to hospital. . The 24-year-old was the lead climber on a route at the Roaches, on Sunday, May 6. He fell about ten metres, hitting the cliff wall on his way down, after part of his rope system...
Derbyshire Dales District Council’s free independent business advice service has been extended after helping 60 businesses and helping to create 23 jobs since its launch four months ago. Derbyshire Dales Business Advice was funded by the district council initially for six months, but the contract for professional business adviser Heather...
The banks of the Tissington and High Peak trails in the Peak District National Park are blooming with wildflowers thanks to help from SITA Trust. A grant of £25,000 last year enabled the Peak District National Park Authority, which owns the trails, to introduce sheep grazing on cuttings at Fenny Bentley and Parsley Hay. The...
The banks of the Tissington and High Peak trails in the Peak District National Park are blooming with wildflowers thanks to help from SITA Trust. A grant of £25,000 last year enabled the Peak District National Park Authority, which owns the trails, to introduce sheep grazing on cuttings at Fenny Bentley and Parsley Hay. The sheep kept...
Top trends to strike gold in Olympic Year. Iain Hardman is the Deputy Managing Director of multi award-winning East Lodge Country House Hotel in Rowsley, in the heart of Derbyshire’s Peak District. He outlines some of the top trends for 2012. 2012 is set to be a critical year for hotel owners throughout the UK. The twin celebrations of...
BUSINESSES were told to work together to promote the Peak District as a world-class tourist destination. The Duke of Devonshire issued the rallying call at the annual conference of Visit Peak District and Derbyshire. Hundreds of members of the tourist industry in the area turned out to the event, held in Buxton’s Pavillion Gardens,...
REWARD of £1000 is on offer to information leading to the conviction of the person who destroyed a rare bird’s nest in the Peak District. The money – offered by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds – comes after a gohawk nest and eggs, which were just days from hatching, were destroyed last week. It is the...
Buxton Festival is hoping photographers entering the Peak Photography competition will get a sudden flash of inspiration, as they only have six weeks to get their entries in before the closing date of Friday 1 June, for the chance to win the top prize of £300 cash. Runners-up will win vouchers towards photography workshops and equipment,...
Five leading land management and conservation organisations in the Peak District National Park have condemned the destruction of a goshawk nest in the Derwent Valley. The organisations – the Moorland Association which represents grouse-moor owners, the National Trust, Natural England, Peak District National Park Authority and the RSPB...
DEFIANT campaigners determined to protect a Peak District countryside route from 4x4 off-roaders are urging council chiefs to reconsider their decision to formally allow motorists to use it. Friends of the Peak District (FPD) revealed Derbyshire County Council has announced that Long Causeway, at Stanage, is to be classified as a Byway Open to...
A coalition Government minister opened a former national park learning centre that has been transformed into a youth hostel. Tim Loughton, a junior minister in the Department for Education, planted an apple tree in the grounds of Losehill Hall, following its £2m conversion into the YHA’s hostel for Castleton. The property was sold...
The National Trust has launched a campaign today teaming up with national treasures Wallace and Gromit to help lead the country’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. The loveable duo’s new mini animation will be shown for the first time ever at Trust places including local property Belton House. The funny flick has been...
A SPRING tradition is returning to a picturesque Peak village. Six wells will be adorned with hand–crafted displays as part of this year’s Tissington Well-Dressings, which takes place from May 17 to 23. Alongside the wells, the village boasts a variety of attractions including White Peak Farm Butchery, The Old Coach House Tearooms...
Eight Year Seven girls from Lady Manners School have achieved third place in the regional finals of a national athletics competition. The road to the regional finals of the Sportshall Athletics started at Christmas with a hard training regime for the Year Seven Girls’ Athletics Team. The first stop was the Rural Derbyshire...
The market town of Bakewell had a taste of success following its first ever food festival. It was such a success that its organisers are already planning next year’s event. Residents and businesses worked together to organise the festival in the home of the famous Bakewell pudding. It featured various food stalls around the...
Peak District’s East Lodge takes care of guests and the environment. Environmentally friendly Peak District hotel and restaurant East Lodge has underlined its green credentials by securing ISO14001 accreditation from the British Standards Institute (BSI), thanks to some illuminating discoveries - and subsequent alterations to business...
Hybrid footwear specialist KEEN is bringing its successful Respect the Mountains Envirotrek series to the UK with the inaugural British event taking place at Bamford in the Peak District on 5 August, 2012 . The Envirotrek initiative has been running on the continent since 2009 with events across various European mountain areas - this...
About 100 motorcyclists celebrated the 80th anniversary of the Kinder Scout trespass by reminding the Peak District National Park Authority that national parks are for all to enjoy. Split into small groups, the riders enjoyed a peaceful day of riding on legal carriageways within the National Park and took the opportunity to meet at the Peak Park...
A mass trespass in the Peak District was so significant that it should be taught in schools, it has been claimed. Broadcaster Stuart Maconie made the comment at an event to mark the 80th anniversary of the Kinder Mass Trespass. The 1932 protest saw hundreds of ramblers walk on to private land on Kinder Scout, in Derbyshire, to assert their...
Hear the voices of the moors An oral history archive of recollections of life on the Peak District moorlands has been launched this month at Holmfirth Library and Information Centre by the Moor Memories Project. These local stories spanning more than 80 years of life on the moorlands provide a unique insight into the life of people and the...