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| Arbor Low Arbor Low is a Stone Age Henge (stone circle) monument in Derbyshire, situated close to Hartington and Youlgrave. It is the finest Stone Age monument in Northern England. | ||
| Buxton Crescent Buxton Crescent in the centre of Buxton, Derbyshire, is one of the finest Georgian buildings in England. The nearby Opera House is Frank Matcham's masterpiece and the Devonshire Hospital has the largest unsupported dome in Europe. | ||
| Carl Wark The hill known as Carl Wark lies close to Higgar Tor between Stanage and Burbage Edges on the moors above Hathersage. It rises high above Burbage Brook and is a fine natural defensive position, so it was used as a fort long ago, especially in the Iron Age and the Romano-British period. | ||
| Magpie Mine The Magpie Mine, just South of Sheldon, was one of the most famous lead mines in the Peak District and was worked until the 1950s. Most of the buildings still stand. | ||
| Mam Tor Mam Tor is an Iron Age fort overlooking Castleton and Hope Valley, Derbyshire. It has the remains of impressive Iron Age ramparts and a splendid view. | ||
| Melandra Roman Fort Melandra 'castle' is a former Roman fort and the only significant Roman relic visible in the Peak District. Near to Glossop, Derbyshire. | ||
| Peveril Castle Peveril Castle, Castleton, Hope Valley. A Norman and mediaeval castle founded in 1080 by William Peveril - an illegitimate son of William I - in what was then the Royal Forest of the Peak. | ||
| Stanton Moor Stanton Moor, and the Nine Ladies stone circle, Derbyshire - a scenic area with many bronze age relics and burial mounds overlooking Stanton in Peak and the Wye and Derwent valleys. |
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