The Peak District


fotoVUE’s sixth photo-location guidebook is about to go to the printers Photographing The Peak District by Chris Gilbert and Mick Ryan will be available at the beginning of August. It weighs in at 480 pages with over 150 locations guiding you to the best places for landscape and rural photography in the Peak – the UK’s first national park; from the tops of Kinder to the bottom of the limestone dales, down country lanes to the industrial heritage of Richard Arkwrights cotton mills, to the country estates of Chatsworth and Haddon Hall. There are over 750 photographs and the usual precise OS maps and directions, plus lots of photographic tips, best times to visit, even a list of the best pubs in the Peak for the thirsty and the hungry. It’s a photo-location and visitors guidebook suitable if you have a high end DSLR or a mobile phone camera, whether you are spending a week there or a day, it will guide you to the most stunningly beautiful places. Below are four sample viewpoints from Photographing The Peak District.