The 10 Best Walks in the Peak District

Britain’s first national park, the Peak District sits between Sheffield and Manchester and is loved by many for its rolling peaks, gritstone crags, open moorland and abundance of hiking trails. Though walking in the park doesn’t require scaling any tall peaks or mountains, the highest being Kinder Scout at a modest 636m, the Peak is incredibly popular with hillwalkers who come here for the diversity of terrain; from the green rolling hills and limestone walls in the southern ‘White Peak’, to the craggy, gritstone tors and rough, moorland terrain of the more wild ‘Dark Peak’. The Peak District is also home to the start of the one of the world’s most famous walking trails, The Pennine Way — which begins in Edale and ends on the Scottish Border 268 miles later.Here are 10 of the finest routes within the park, as chosen by our writer Athena Mellor.