The White Peak Estate (previously known as the South Peak Estate) of the
National Trust
The National Trust, formally the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, is a charity and membership organisation for heritage conservation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In Scotland, there is a separate and ...
comprises several land holdings in the Southern
Peak District
The Peak District is an upland area in England at the southern end of the Pennines. Mostly in Derbyshire, it extends into Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire. It includes the Dark Peak, where moorla ...
. The holdings, totaling some , are managed from the estate office in Ilam and comprise:
*Ilam Park, including Ilam Hall which is let to the
Youth Hostel Association (YHA)
*
Dovedale from
Thorpe Cloud to Wolfscote Dale and Biggin Dale
*
Wetton Hill
Wetton is a village in the Peak District National Park, North Staffordshire, at the top of the east side of the Manifold Valley. The population recorded in the 2001 Census was 157. At the time of the 2011 Census the population was recorded und ...
and Wetton Mill
*
Ossam's Hill
*
Hamps Valley Woodlands (and
Beeston Tor
Beeston Tor () is a limestone cliff in Staffordshire. It overlooks the confluence of the River Hamps with the River Manifold, and is a popular venue for rock climbing (seasonal restrictions for rock climbing apply).
There was a small station ...
)
*Grindon Moor
*Ecton
*Land at Monyash
*Alsop Moor
*Stanton Moor Edge
*Ravenstor YHA
*
Taddington Wood
*High Weeldon
*
Winster Market House (the National Trust's first property in the Peak District, 1906)
Dovedale itself was acquired in 1934, and a string of acquisitions followed until 1938; Wolfscote Dale was acquired in 1948.
External links
South Peak Estate information at the National TrustPeak District, National Trust
National Trust properties in Staffordshire
Peak District
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