Local surrounding area
Turnaround’s homes are in Derbyshire’s Peak District National Park which covers an area of more than 1,438 sq kms and encompasses what is commonly known as the White and Dark Peaks. As Britain’s very first National Park, it was established in 1951 and although primarily situated in the County of Derbyshire, it also falls within parts of the nearby counties of Staffordshire, Cheshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire.
Buxton lies just outside the National Park boundaries, but is the most important town for most of the western and central Peak. The town is situated in a natural bowl on the boundary between the gritstone and limestone areas and the River Wye has had to carve a gorge through the limestone to find an exit. At 300m above sea level the town is the highest town of its size in England.
Leek is a market town in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is an ancient borough and was granted its royal charter in 1214. Most of the town is at or above 600 feet (180 m) and is surrounded by the even higher countryside of the Staffordshire Moorlands which is situated on the southern uplands of the Pennines.
Local attractions include numerous climbing crags, the rivers Goyt and Derwent, Castleton and blue john caverns, go-ape activity centre, chatsworth house, jodrell bank, Nottingham’s National watersports centre and many more.
