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- The new Archaeology and Conservation in Derbyshire (ACID) magazine is out now! 🛠🏺💎 Read the annual round-up of archaeological highlights in #Derbyshire and the #PeakDistrict during 2025... 👉 bit.ly/ACID-mag You can also pick up your free hardcopy from our National Park Centre in Bakewell.
- #MondayMotivation Snow Drops are starting to pop up all around the #PeakDistrict! 😀 Signs that spring is definitely on the way. 💚
- 📅 A date for your diary - a day packed with archaeological and heritage projects across the Peak District and Derbyshire. 😃 Derbyshire Archaeology Day Saturday 31 January from 9.15am Winding Wheel, Chesterfield Book now... chesterfieldtheatres.co.uk/shows/derbyshire-ar…
- Trainee Ranger Based at Longdendale Environmental Centre Part-time / permanent A fantastic opportunity to develop your skills and experience, with possible progress to become one of our Engagement Rangers. Apply online... bit.ly/pdnp_jobs #careers #vacancies #jobs
- Our full ranger-led guided walks programme for 2026 is now available online. 🙌 Discover somewhere new, or return to an old favourite - our experienced rangers will help you get the best out of your visit! 🥾 Browse and book online... 👉 bit.ly/pdnp_guidedwalks
- Merry Christmas from all of us at the Peak District National Park! 🎅🎄
- Check out our opening hours over Christmas and New Year... 👉 Bakewell HQ 👉 National Park centres 👉 Bike hire 👉 North Lees campsite 🎄 peakdistrict.gov.uk/christmas
- 📅 A date for your diary - a packed day with a rich variety of archaeological and heritage projects across the Peak District and Derbyshire. 😃 Derbyshire Archaeology Day 31 January 2026 Winding Wheel, Chesterfield Book now: chesterfieldtheatres.co.uk/shows/derbyshire-ar…
- Bakewell Christmas Tree Festival🎄 Open daily 9.30am-4pm (until 21 Dec) (from 12 noon on Sundays) The Bakewell All Saints Parish Church is once again celebrating the local community with some beautifully decorated trees! Look out for one from our lovely National Park Centre team! 🥰
- Our Countryside Maintenance Team are continuing their refurbishment works to #HollinBank car park at #StanageEdge over the coming days... ⚠️ Sat and Sun (13-14 Dec) - OPEN but limited spaces ⚠️ Mon to Wed (15-17 Dec) - CLOSED ✅ From Thu (18 Dec) - OPEN Thanks for your patience during this work. 🙏
- 🎁 Get the perfect gift for the bike-enthusiast in your life with our Bike Hire Gift Voucher! Day vouchers are available for solo-cyclists, couples, and families, with options in our fleet to accommodate everyone. 🚲 Get yours here: shop.peakdistrict.gov.uk/products/bike-hire-…
- ✨Castleton National Park Centre is having a refresh!✨ This centre will be temporarily closed between 5 January - 31 March. We look forward to welcoming you back and thank you for your patience! 💚 Our Bakewell National Park Centre remains open - why not pay us a visit there?
- 📢 Have your say on the Local Plan! We're hosting another drop-in event on the Preferred Approach Local Plan consultation. Come along to see what we're proposing and have a chat with out Policy and Communities team. 📆 Monday 1 December 2025 ⏰9am - 2pm 📍Bakewell Town Hall, DE45 1BT
- Up to their knees in mud! 🥾 Our rangers have been working in partnership with staff from Severn Trent tackling some of the issues caused the recent poor weather. 🌧️ The trackside drains at #Fairholmes are clear again! 👊💚 @severntrentwater.bsky.social
- 📢 Have your say on the Local Plan! We're hosting another drop-in event on the Preferred Approach Local Plan consultation. Come along to see what we're proposing and have a chat with out Policy and Communities team. 📆 Wednesday 26 November 2025 ⏰9am - 6pm 📍Aldern House, Bakewell, DE45 1AE
- It's been a bit chilly!❄️ How stunning is this view of #NorthLeesHall in the snow? #MondayMotivation 📷 Phil Sproson
- 🎄Christmas has arrived in our online shop! With new products including our official 2026 calendar to celebrate 75 years of the Peak District National Park, you'll be spoilt for choice when deciding what to gift and what to keep for yourself ... 🎁 Shop now! peakdistrict.gov.uk/shop
- It's only five weeks until Christmas! 🎁 Our NEW official 2026 wall calendar, including archival images from the Landscapes Unlocked project, is the perfect gift to join us in celebrating 75 years of the Peak District National Park. 🚨Shop now: bit.ly/4i81e98
- ❄️The winter opening hours for our Bike Hire Centres are now in place!❄️ Parsley Hay: open SATURDAYS only Derwent: open SUNDAYS only Ashbourne: CLOSED 🚲All centres will be reopen daily from 14 Feb 2026. Book online: peakdistrict.gov.uk/bikehire
- Another fantastic Farming in Protected Landscapes #FiPL funded project. 👏 These lovely new gates at Ringstones Clough & Stoneheads are now in place which will make things much easier for walkers, runners, mountain bikers & horse riders who use this ancient route between Whaley & Furness Vale. 🥾🚲🐴
- Our brilliant conservation volunteers team have started a new project down at Tittesworth Reservoir. For the next six weekends they're concentrating on refreshing the old foothpath for this popular route! 👣 Great teamwork! 💪🌿 #volunteering #conservation #outdoors
- Our next 'Meet the CEO' roadshow... 📅 19 November ⏰ 10.30am - 12pm 📍 Baslow Village Hall Come for a one-to-one conversation with our CEO Phil Mulligan over a cuppa about the National Park issues that matter to you, your family or your local business. 👉 peakdistrict.gov.uk/ceo
- 🚲 Get 10% off your bike hire when you book online this half term with code HALFTERM10 at checkout! 👉 Book now! peakdistrict.gov.uk/bikehire Valid for all of our Bike Hire Centres at #Ashbourne, #Derwent, and #ParsleyHay with advanced online booking from 18 October until 2 November.
- #ForgetMeNots is a support group run by @mhacharity for those living with dementia and their family and carers. 💚 Check out their profile for links to their website, information on their next walk, and other upcoming activites! 👉 bit.ly/4nTzAP6
- Enjoying our traffic-free trails this half-term? 🚴♀🏃♂🐴 Remember to #ShareWithCare 🙏 👉 Please keep left 👉 Cyclists slow down for others 👉 Take home what you bring #MonsalTrail #HighPeakTrail #TissingtonTrail
- 🚲 Get 10% off your bike hire when you book online this half term with code HALFTERM10 at checkout! 👉 Book now! peakdistrict.gov.uk/bikehire Valid for all of our Bike Hire Centres at #Ashbourne, #Derwent, and #ParsleyHay with advanced online booking from 18 October until 2 November.
- Earlier this month, our Welcome Volunteer team exhibited at The University of Manchester Volunteering Fair! 💚 📍 It was a great way to connect with the students about the benefits of #volunteering and how they can help. To get involved check out 👉 peakdistrict.gov.uk/volunteering
- 🚲 Get 10% off your bike hire when you book online this half term with code HALFTERM10 at checkout! 👉 Book now! peakdistrict.gov.uk/bikehire Valid for all of our Bike Hire Centres at #Ashbourne, #Derwent, and #ParsleyHay with advanced online booking from 18 October until 2 November.
- Volunteer leader Rob has been busy in our workshop at Brunt's Barn, creating these beautiful butterfly boxes 🦋 from off-cut timber alongside students from The Rossendale Trust! 👏 We're all excited to get them in place across the Park, ready for the butterflies to enjoy next spring! 💚
- 🦌 Deer Rut Night Ramble - 25 Oct Beginning at dusk, experience the deer and wildlife of #MacclesfieldForest with our ranger-led night walk. 🌙 Book now! bit.ly/47jZKop
- The best #autumn walks in #Bakewell are always accompanied by crisp leaves and yellow wellies! 🍂 #mondaymotivation
- Our conservation volunteers (PPCV) walling team have been hard at it again repairing walls across our national park, this time in #Taddington and #Warslow. Fantastic work everyone! 👏 #drystonewalling #voluntering #conservation
- #MondayMotivation Sunshine and clouds across #TopleyPike. 💚 #mindfulness #greenspaces #peakdistrict 📷 @ravenseyechris.bsky.social 👏
- There's nothing better than an autumnal Ranger Guided Walk this October! 🍂 🦌 Deer Rut Night Ramble (4th) 🍄 Fungus Foray: Padley and Longshaw (5th) 🥾 The Amazing Roaches (5th) 🍄 Fungus Foray: Chatsworth (19th) 🍺 Brewing Up an Autumnal Story (26th) Book now! bit.ly/pdnp_guidedwalks
- 🚌 The summer may be behind us but you can still enjoy the #PeakDistrict scenery with Stagecoach's open top bus service - the #PeakSightseer. Running every weekend from 27 Sep until 26 Oct. Plan your trip... 👉 bit.ly/peaksightseer #Castleton #Chatsworth #Bakewell #MonsalTrail #Bamford
- ⚠️ Monsal Trail temporarily CLOSED until 1pm today (23 Sept) ... Due to a couple of large trees falling over the weekend, the #MonsalTrail will be temporarily closed until 1PM so the obstruction can safely be cleared. We apologise for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience! 💚
- Set your alarms for 7:19pm when the autumnal equinox marks the official start of autumn! 🍂 💡Did you know: the word 'equinox' comes from the Latin word aequus (equal) and nox (night)! 📸 Great Ridge, Chris Gilbert
- Successful training and great teamwork! 👏 This week the Fire Operations Group Partnership (FOG) has been hosting the annual wildfire course in #Buxton for Fire & Rescue Services and partner organisations. 👊 #FireSafety #Wildfires #WorkingTogether 👉 peakdistrict.gov.uk/fog
- Our fantastic volunteer rangers have been renovating more old railway signage across the #Tissington and #HighPeak trails. 👏🚂 #culturalheritage #volunteering #trails
- #MondayMotivation Did you explore the #PeakDistrict's purple-covered moors this summer? 💜☀️ They'll begin to fade soon, but we'll have plenty of autumn colours to look forward to! 🧡🍂
- 🏠If you have a local connection to Tideswell Ward and are interested in moving to an affordable home in the next five years, take part in the Tideswell Housing Needs Survey. 📢 www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/TideswellwardHNS Ends 3 October.
- Grab your walking boots! 🥾 September is full of great Ranger Guided Walks! 🌲 Wonders of the Manifold (7th) 🧀 Hartington (14th) 🚂 Hidden Secrets of Monsal Dale (28th) Book now: bit.ly/pdnp_guidedwalks
- ⚠️ Tree Works at Millers Dale From 1-5 September, some essential tree work will be undertaken around #MillersDale Station. The #MonsalTrail will remain fully open and accessible, but please do adhere to any temporary signage. Nearby concessionary footpaths may also have diversions in place
- 💡 Ever wondered who mends and builds the gates you come across when you're out walking through the #peakdistrictnationalpark? Our brilliant Conservation Volunteers Team! 🔨 One of their many important duties is the upkeep and repair of the gates in our national park.
- Our dedicated volunteer rangers have been refreshing some more of the old railway gradient boards on the #HighPeakTrail near #ParsleyHay! 🚂 Looking good! 👏 #culturalheritage #volunteering #trails
- #MondayMotivation 18th century gritstone signpost on the former #Chatsworth to #Chesterfield trackway - 'Chesterfeild Roade' 💜 #mindfulness #beeleymoor #peakdistrict
- Got any exciting plans for the bank holiday weekend? 😀 Just make sure firing up a BBQ in the open countryside isn't one of them! 🔥 Thank you!🙏 #PeakDistrictProud #NoBBQs #FireAware
- 🚲 Start your cycling adventure in the #PeakDistrict this summer! Explore the High Peak and Tissington Trails with bikes for adults, kids, and accessible options for all! ➡️ Book online today! peakdistrict.gov.uk/bikehire
- We're pleased to announce that plans are taking shape for the development phase of a major new project to protect the #PeakDistrict's cultural heritage, thanks to initial funding from @heritagefunduk.bsky.social. Read the full story... 👉 bit.ly/4e5YSWs
- Be inspired by the incredible art form of #WellDressings, being kept alive by volunteers. 👏 Explore towns and villages in the #PeakDistrict from now until September and keep your eyes peeled near those wells and water features! 💦 Check out these wonderful creations from #Tissington last week! 💚
