The Peak District is an upland area in central and northern
England, lying mainly in northern
Derbyshire, but also covering parts of
Cheshire,
Greater Manchester,
Staffordshire, and
South and
West Yorkshire.Most of the area falls within the Peak District National Park, whose designation in 1951 made it the earliest
national park in the British Isles. An area of great diversity, it is conventionally split into the northern
Dark Peak, where most of the
moorland is found and whose geology is gritstone, and the southern
White Peak, where most of the population lives and where the geology is mainly limestone-based. Proximity to the major conurbations of the Midlands, Yorkshire and Lancashire, coupled with easy access by road and rail, make it the most visited national park in the UK.
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