DON’T MISS THIS!

Experience different places, take home happy memories and fall in love with Britain’s first National Park. And there’s lots to love with 555 square-miles to explore.

Start your adventure with free mobile apps

Explore Moor

From peat-building sphagnum mosses, to the curlew’s distinctive warble, this app helps you identify your favourite moorland sights and sounds.

Easy to use, it works in remote locations, is the perfect pocket fieldguide for moorland wildlife, moss and plant species and landscape features, plus it gives information about conservation work to restore and preserve moor habitats.

Produced by Moors for the Future Partnership’s MoorLIFE2020 project www.moorsforthefuture.org.uk/ explore-moor-app

Errwood Hall Revealed

Using augmented reality (AR), this app brings to life historic Errwood Hall, in the Goyt Valley. Discover the stories inside the ruins of this once magnificent Victorian country property. It includes a virtual 3D model of how the Hall used to look, plus fact files and sound files. Use it on-site (download before your visit) or view at home.

Developed by Derbyshire digital studio Bloc Digital with the South West Peak Landscape Partnership, funded through the Peak District National Park Foundation and The Big Give www.peakdistrictfoundation.org. uk/errwood-hall-app

LookWildiNATURALIST

Identify species and be a citizenscientist! Get the National Parks UK Look Wild iNaturalist app, get outside, take photos of plants, insects or animals. You can record sounds too, and upload them to the app. Your observations form research quality data to help keep track of and protect wildlife and biodiversity in the UK’s 15 National Parks. uk.inaturalist.org/projects/ national-parks-uk-lookwild

SEEK www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app

This is iNaturalist for kids – it’s safe and lots of fun for families. Seek encourages youngsters to get outside, explore, and learn all about nature. The app helps you identify species without linking to a wider network.

YOUR PEAK DISTRICT BOOK-IT LIST

Here’s a selection of family friendly activities for you to enjoy across the year. Check online for event dates.

JANUARY

Take a brisk walk, run, cycle or ride on the High Peak and Tissington Trails. Treat yourself at Millers Dale Station café (SK17 8SN), visit the Goods Shed and enjoy easy access to the Monsal Trail.

FEBRUARY

Visit Winster for the Pancake Race on Shrove Tuesday (21 February). Make your own pancakes with ingredients you can buy locally.

MARCH

DON’T FORGET

Bakewell Market is every Monday. The farmers’ market at AgriculturalBakewell Business Centre is usually the last Saturday.

MAY

Time for Chatsworth International Horse Trials (12-14 May), Tissington well dressing (18-24 May), and the Garland Day (29 May) procession in Castleton.

JUNE

Look for signs of spring: birds nesting in trees and on the ground. Farmers are busy with lambs being born. Dogs need to be on leads.

APRIL

It’s the National Park’s birthday on 17 April. Celebrate with a Rangerled guided walk – book online. Savour the flavours at Bakewell Food Festival (29-30 April).

Waterfall Walks

Lathkill Dale, follow the footpaths into the nature reserve from Over Haddon.

Monsal Dale Weir, walk from Monsal Head car park DE45 1NL or White Lodge car park SK17 9UQ.

Padley Gorge (pictured below), near Grindleford, walk from National Trust Longshaw S11 7TZ, Surprise View car park or Grindleford Station S32 2JA.

Enjoy colourful welldressings in Tideswell, Youlgrave, Bakewell (raft race 29 June) and more (check online for dates). Get in step for Bakewell’s International Day of Dance (24 June). Visit the Trails and limestone dales to see yellow cowslips and the pink-purple spikes of early purple orchids.

JULY

Discover more village welldressings. Bakewell Carnival day (1 July), Rural show Bakewell Country Festival takes place (16 July).

AUGUST

Summer brings agricultural shows: Manifold Show (12 August), includes heavy horses and rare breed classes; Hope Show (28 August), farming, rural life, competitions and vintage vehicles. Look out for welldressing weeks at Taddington and Eyam.

September

Watch Longshaw sheepdog trials (1-3 September) – the oldest continuous trials event in the UK. Visit Chatsworth country fair (1-3 September) with family entertainment, country pursuits and rural crafts.

OCTOBER

As the nights draw in, enjoy our Dark Skies sites (see pages 12-13). There’s the Wool Gathering at Bakewell (14-15 October). Look out for Halloween activities.

November

Walk with National Park Rangers to the aircraft wrecks on Kinder around Remembrance Day. PreChristmas makers’ markets o er a festive feast in the grounds at Chatsworth (4-26 November), at Haddon Hall (16-19, 23-26, 30 November-3 December), and at Bakewell (18-19 November).

December

Winter lights at Castleton and carol singing in caves are seasonal treats. Chatsworth House and Haddon Hall decorated for Christmas are annual delights. Enjoy Christmas tree festivals in churches at Bakewell and Castleton.

Soundmap

What do National Parks sound like? UK Acoustics Network has created a Google Earth Soundmap for our 15 UK National Parks to capture di erent sounds from quirky traditions to wildlife. Voices From The Peak soundscape artist Mark Gwynne Jones has added Peak District recordings to the map.

Find out how to add yours via www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/ soundsmap