Peak District National Park
The Peak District National Park was designated on April 17, 1951, and was the first of Britain's national parks.
Huddersfield is near the northern Dark Peak area of the Peak District, characterised by gritstone and peat moorlands, although these are increasingly being revegetated with heather.
The area has vast plateaus with some rocky outcrops and deep stream-filled valleys, known as cloughs.
Some of the larger valleys are occupied by reservoirs adding to the beauty of the local landscape.
The land rises in places to rounded peaks which on a day clear of low cloud can offer breathtaking panoramas for many miles across Yorkshire. One such point is West Nab at 501 metres, above
A higher point, though, is on the more remote moorland of Black Hill. At 582m, this hilltop on the boundary of the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire was once the highest point of the historic county of Cheshire, although that side of the boundary is now Derbyshire.
The area offers excellent opportunities for walking, from well signposted paths and tracks in the lower reaches of the park to more challenging hiking conditions on the open moorland, which is crossed by the Pennine Way long distance hiking route.
There are also cycling opportunities in the area. The ultimate challenge might to be to cycle over Holme Moss, where the road summit is 524m (1719ft) above sea level. The route formed a King of the Mountain stage when the Tour de France came to Yorkshire in 2014.
For a flatter traffic-free route, however, the Trans Pennine Trail can be taken along the former Woodhead railway line in Longdendale. This can be accessed from the Torside car park off the road to Glossop at the other side of Holme Moss, about 15 miles drive from Huddersfield, or from Dunford Bridge, about 11 miles south of Huddersfield by road, where you can head east along the former railway trackbed.
The splendid scenery of the area can also be enjoyed from several moorland pubs and restaurants at the edges of the park.
Find out more at the
Peak District National Park website.

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