Peak District
Proper noun
Meaning
Peak District
A large area and national park in northern England.
Examples
And the same force also dumped black dye into a picturesque blue lagoon near Harpur Hill, Buxton, in the Peak District to stop Instagrammers posing for snaps for the remainder of the lockdown.
As of 2007, negotiations are ongoing to shift the development to the nearby Dale View quarry, a less sensitive area. citation Peak District in literature and arts The landscapes of the Peak have formed an inspiration to writers for centuries.
Cannock Chase AONB is within the county as well as parts of the National Forest and the Peak District national park.
For example, within the Peak District National Park the estimate in 2004 for visitor spending is £185 million, which supports over 3,400 jobs, representing 27% of total employment in the national park.
An inevitable tension exists between the needs of the 38,000 residents of the Peak District National Park, the many millions of people who visit it annually, citation and the conservation requirements of the area.
In the south, Alfred's son Edward had rapidly secured control of Mercia and had a burh constructed at Bakewell in the Peak District from which his armies could easily strike north.