Monsal Trail : Essential lighting works is taking place from Mon 13 May for five weeks. Tunnels will remain open but light levels may be lower than usual. Please obey signs and take care when passing the works.
Visiting
Make the most of your visit to the glorious Peak District.
- Visitor centres
Locations and contact details of our four visitor centres - Pedal Peak District
Route maps, bike hire and how to get fit for free - Guided walks and events
Free guided walks suitable for all and other events all year round - Getting here
Make use of the best public transport of any national park
Open access land
In 2000, an Act of Parliament was passed called the Countryside and Rights of Way Act (CROW). It granted new rights of access to open country, called access land. Access land was opened up in stages throughout Britain.
It gives you the right to walk freely on vast areas of countryside in England and Wales – around 1 million hectares or 4,000 square miles – without keeping to public paths, for activities like walking, bird watching, climbing and running.
Open access land in the Peak District
On Sunday 19 September 2004, around 250 square kilometres of private land was opened up in the Peak District National Park. It doubled the area of open access land in the national park.
Places such as Snailsden Moor, Bradfield Moor and Axe Edge Moor, which had been out of bounds for more than 100 years, are now accessible to people on foot.
- Questions and answers
- Current restrictions in the Peak District
- The Countryside Code
- A history of open access land
Peak District Local Access Forum
The Peak District Local Access Forum is an independent group that meets regularly to review and advise the National Park Authority and Derbyshire County Council on improvements to public access to the countryside of the Peak District.
Find out more about the Peak District Local Access Forum, including:
- Local Access Forum members
- How to become a member of the Local Access Forum
- Meeting dates, agendas and reports
- Annual reports
