Film Locations and Properties
Here are just a few of the locations and properties owned by the Peak District National Park Authority.
Whilst these may fall into our overall portfolio, some leases and management partnerships require that localised permissions will be required:
Eastern Moors Partnership (EMP)
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust (SWT) - on enquiry
Ministry of Defence (MOD) - on enquiry
East Midlands Filming Region
Curbar Edge (EMP)
Stunning gritstone edge with wild moorland views and scattered woodland close to Bakewell.
Hartington Signal Box
Heritage signal box - over a hundred years old - with full working equipment inside. Sited on the Tissington Trail near to Hartington village.
Minninglow Embankment
A magnificent railway embankment set on a limestone plateau, near Ashbourne on the High Peak Trail. It is also a listed building.
Monsal Trail
Surrounded by beautiful limestone crags and woodland and close to Bakewell, this old railway line is punctuated by myriad tunnels, old platforms, lime kilns, bridges and viaducts.
Monsal/Headstone Viaduct
Beautiful 70-80ft stone railway arches run across a classic limestone dale. Close to Bakewell.
North Lees Hall
An Elizabethan manor house looking over the valley towards Hathersage village. Descriptions of the hall are found in Jane Eyre – “It was three stories high, of proportions not vast, though considerable…battlements round the top gave it a picturesque look.” The hall is currently used as self-catering accommodation with private tenants, interior access permissions on enquiry.
Roystone Pumphouse
Set in an isolated limestone dale this former industrial building was used to accommodate a mechanical turbine to power the jack hammers in the old quarry.
Stanage Edge
Classic Peak District gritstone edge with stunning views of the Dark Peak moorlands – featured in Pride & Prejudice starring Keira Knightley.
Tideswell Dale Quarry
Former quarry site, near Bakewell - this picturesque limestone dale provides a stunning setting.
Tissington Trail
A former railway line which runs through beautiful limestone countryside.
West Midlands Filming Region
Hen Cloud (SWT)
Large rocky outcrop with stunning moorland views. Part of the Roaches Estate, near to Leek in Staffordshire.
Mermaid Pool (MOD)
Moorland pool - with stunning views across the Staffordshire Moorlands. Part of the Warslow Moors Estate, near Leek. PLEASE NOTE: wild swimming or similar narratives will not be permitted due to water quality concerns.
The Roaches (SWT)
A gritstone escarpment in a fabulous moorland setting, near Leek.
Rockhall Cottage
An old Victorian gamekeeper’s house built into the rock face, near Leek. Currently let as a climbing club hut.
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