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Dovedale
Dovedale is possibly the prettiest of the Derbyshire Dales and certainly the most popular Peak District location with an estimated two million visitors per year. The village is named after the glorious river Dove that can be found throughout the region. Dovedale is a`Site of Special Scientific Interest' owing to it's rich and delicately balanced biodiversity and protected as an `Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty', Dovedale is entirely within the Peak District National Park and is owned mainly by the National Trust.
The village can be found a mile or so north of Ashbourne in Derbyshire's White Peak, the dale follows the winding course of the River Dove, which rises on the high moorlands of Axe Edge west of Buxton before running southwards for forty five miles to join the River Trent.
For much of its length the Dove follows a meandering course through the gritstone and shale of the High Peak moorlands and forms the boundary between Derbyshire and neighbouring Staffordshire, before tumbling down past Longnor and Hartington and through the series of spectacular limestone gorges at Beresford Dale, Wolfscote Dale, Milldale and Dovedale to form arguably the Peak District's most famous and most beautiful landscape at the southern end of the Dove Valley. The region is extremely popular with Peak District Climbers who can be found enjoying the rewarding climbs throughout the year.
The Dove Valley famous for Peak District Walking thanks to its fabulous riverside walks that meander between unfolding steeply wooded ravines and hillsides to reveal white limestone rock formations carved into fantastic towers, caves and spires with names like Raven's Tor, Lion's Head Rock, Twelve Apostles, Reynard's Cave, Lover's Leap and Tissington Spires.
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