DESCRIPTION

The best-selling Wild Swimming Walks series returns with adventures in Britain's oldest National Park. Explore the amazing Derwent river and gritstone edges of the Hope Valley, magical mountain streams on the moorlands of Kinder and Bleaklow, and picturesque limestone dales of the White Peak with Wild Swimming Walks - Peak District.

Visit secret pools away from the crowds, whilst learning about the area's rich heritage, from its part in the Industrial Revolution and Victorian reservoir and dam engineering, to the Kinder Mass Trespass of 1932 and it’s formation of the UK’s first National Park in 1951. Beautiful photography, engaging stories and all the practical information you need: directions, route maps and downloadable instructions.

Written by Matt Heason, Founder of Sheffield Adventure Film Festival and organiser of events for climbers, walkers, cyclists, runners and wild swimmers. A travel writer and photographer, he grew up in rural north Wales and moved to Sheffield in 1996 because it had great climbing.

Publisher: Wild Things Publishing (Apr 2024)
ISBN: 9781910636428
Dimensions: 15.24 x 2.54 x 20.32 cm
Format: Paperback
Pages: 204 pages

British Countryside Wandering