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Valley
Dovedale
Valley of just over three miles cut by the River Dove, owned by the National Trust, with stepping stones in the wooded ravine.
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Dovedale, Ashbourne & the White Peak South: things to do
Places worth your time in Dovedale, Ashbourne & the White Peak South
Top places
Things to do in Dovedale, Ashbourne & the White Peak South
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Hill
Thorpe Cloud
Isolated limestone hill at the southern end of Dovedale, with a viewpoint north up the dale.
Country park
Ilam Park
158-acre National Trust park on both banks of the River Manifold, five miles north-west of Ashbourne.
Trail
Manifold Way
Eight-mile shared-use path from Hulme End to Waterhouses on the old Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway.
Cave
Thor's Cave
Natural cavern in a limestone crag above the Manifold Valley, reached by a stepped path.
Limestone cliff
Beeston Tor
Limestone cliff above the meeting of the Hamps and Manifold, with caves of archaeological importance.
Rail trail
Tissington Trail
Rail trail of 13 miles from Parsley Hay to Ashbourne on the former Ashbourne to Buxton line, opened in 1971.
Village
Tissington
Village near Ashbourne that gives its name to the Tissington Trail.
Jacobean mansion
Tissington Hall
Early 17th-century Jacobean mansion house in Tissington, Grade II* listed.
Village
Hartington
Village in the centre of the White Peak on the River Dove; its 17th-century hall is now a youth hostel.
Village
Alstonefield
Village and civil parish in the Peak District National Park, in the Staffordshire Moorlands.
Market town
Ashbourne
Market town in the Derbyshire Dales, 14 miles north-west of Derby.
Church
St Oswald's Church
Church of England parish church in the centre of Ashbourne.
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- Dovedale, Ashbourne & the White Peak South (area photo): Paul Albertella from Manchester, UK, CC BY 2.0, source
- Dovedale: Paul Albertella from Manchester, UK, CC BY 2.0, source
- Thorpe Cloud: Medenmaun, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ilam Park: Andy Potter, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Manifold Way: No machine-readable author provided. Hogyn Lleol assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain, source
- Thor's Cave: Martin Spamer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Beeston Tor: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Tissington Trail: Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Tissington: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tissington Hall: Joe Empson, CC BY 2.0, source
- Hartington: David, CC BY 2.0, source
- Alstonefield: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Ashbourne: David Hallam-Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- St Oswald's Church: Martyn Glover, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Hathersage, Longshaw & Eyam: Neil Theasby, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Buxton & the Northern Peak: Eugene Birchall, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Castleton, Hope Valley & Edale: Peter Barr, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Bakewell, Haddon & Monsal: Kmtextor, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Matlock Bath, Matlock & the Derwent Valley: Janine Forbes., CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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