Tourist Information

The Peak District is world renowned as an area of outstanding natural beauty. The area has been settled from the earliest periods of human activity and many Mesolithic flint artefacts have been located in the Peak District. There is also lots of evidence of Neolithic activity in the Peak District, there are monumental earthworks and burial mounds located across the National Park, a notable example of which is at Margery Hill. By the Bronze Age the area was heavily farmed and had a thriving populace as demonstrated by the stones that survive in henges like Arbor Low and Nine Ladies at Stanton Moor. In the Iron Age a number of hillforts such as the one located at Mam Tor were created.

The Roman occupation of Britain expanded through the Peak District as they mined the minerals in the area and were probably the first people to significantly quarry the Peak District. They also exported lead from Buxton along well used roads. The Roman settlement at Buxton was known as Aquae Arnemetiae after a local goddess. It is supposed that the Peak District name comes from the Old English word Pecsætna who were an early Anglo-Saxon tribe who inhabited the area. With all of this history it is easy to see why the Peak District is such a wonderful location to visit!

• Peak District Holidays
• Peak District Places Of Interest