The Peveril of the Peak is a historic public house in Manchester, England. The Campaign for Real Ale considers it to have an "interior of exceptional...
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Peveril of the Peak (1823) is the longest novel by Sir Walter Scott. Along with Ivanhoe, Kenilworth, and Woodstock this is one of the English novels in...
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character in the play of that name. Peveril of the Peak, in Manchester, commemorates a stagecoach that once connected Manchester and London, but the pub itself...
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Castleton, Derbyshire (category Towns and villages of the Peak District)
parish in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, England, at the western end of the Hope Valley on the Peakshole Water, a tributary of the River Noe,...
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Buxworth (category Towns and villages of the Peak District)
in the High Peak of Derbyshire, England. The area, which was once an important centre for the limestone industry, became the terminus of the Peak Forest...
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Ashbourne, Derbyshire (category Towns and villages of the Peak District)
to ban the game until the late 19th century. Before the 1966 Football World Cup, the West German squad stayed at the nearby Peveril of the Peak Hotel and...
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Bamford (category Towns and villages of the Peak District)
village in the Peak District, Derbyshire, England, close to the River Derwent. To the north-east is Bamford Edge, and to the north-west the Ladybower,...
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Edale (category Towns and villages of the Peak District)
in the Peak District, Derbyshire, England, whose population was 353 at the 2011 Census. Edale, with an area of 7,030 acres (2,840 ha), is in the Borough...
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Snake Pass (redirect from The Snake Pass)
hill pass in the Derbyshire section of the Peak District, crossing the Pennines between Glossop and the Ladybower Reservoir at Ashopton. The road was engineered...
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Glossop (category Towns and villages of the Peak District)
a market town in the borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England, 15 miles (24 km) east of Manchester, 24 miles (39 km) north-west of Sheffield and 32 miles...
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