Publisher's Synopsis
THE PEAK NATIONAL PARK STANDS AT THE CROSSROADS OF BRITAIN, ON THE BORDER BETWEEN THE HIGHLANDS AND LOWLANDS AND SHOWING EXAMPLES OF THE ANIMAL AND PLANT COMMUNITIES OF BOTH. ADD TO THAT A SUBTLE GEOLOGICAL MIX OF LIMESTONE AND GRITSTONE, GIVING THE DISTINCTIVE LANDSCAPES OF THE WHITE AND THE DARK PEAKS, AND A FASCINATING HUMAN HISTORY GOING BACK OVER 10,000 YEARS, AND YOU HAVE BRITAIN'S FIRST NATIONAL PARK. SURROUNDED BY THE GREAT INDUSTRIAL CITIES OF THE SOUTHERN PENNINES, THE PEAK WAS A NATIONAL PARK WHERE IT WAS MOST NEEDED, AND CURRENTLY RECEIVES NO LESS THAN TWENTY MILLION VISITS ANNUALLY.
