Hathersage Railway Station Sign
| Getting here is easy by
road rail or air
| Accommodation |
| Services & Activities
offered by Peak Activities Ltd |
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The village of Hathersage has dozens of excellent upland and lowland walks
starting right on the doorstep of base here (Rock Lea ) - and enjoys a reputation
for being an ideal base for walkers, ramblers and a host of outdoor pursuits
such as rock-climbing, abseiling, caving, gliding, orienteering, potholing, &
mountain biking. It is a superb place for our various team building and staff
development training courses - and as we have exclusive access and use of
a 2,000 acre estate in The Hope Valley, Peak Activities is the first choice for
many well known companies wanting team challenges, corporate events and
private management development training programmes.
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Activities are based where the lush green
- dales
of the White Peak's limestone scenery
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the wild and craggy heather
moorlands &
- edges
on the rugged Dark Peak's Millstone Grit.
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Accommodation in and around Hathersage includes hotels, B&B's farmhouses,
coaching inns and camping sites. There are several tried and trested conference
centres nearby too.
Close by is the start of the famous Pennine Way in the stunning valley
of Edale and Ladybower Reservoir and the Derwent Dams are just a short
walk from our base here too. By using our centre's fleet of minibuses we
can quickly get our customers all around the local area - and visit places
far from the crowded local honey pots ! The crags of Stanage & Froggatt
are just a few minutes away from our centre in Hathersage.
Ladybower Reservoir in the Derwent Valley. Bleaklow is beyond.
If you've not experienced the Derbyshire Dales before you'll be very
pleasantly surprised at how beautiful the mountain and moorland
and dales scenery can be...constantly changing with the turn of
the seasons. It's a great place for relaxing walks and tougher hikes,
treasure hunts, scrambles, and a terrific place to base residential
courses that call for quiet reflection and a chance to take a fresh
look at things in a new light. Whether you experience the area with
Peak Activities in winter or summer, autumn or spring, you'll have
a great time - even if it's raining !
Hathersage's swimming pool is open from April to September/October.
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"CCC" & "Outside" are two of the excellent outdoor gear shops in the main street of Hathersage.
The charming stone built Peakland village of Hathersage sits
above the River Derwent in the spectacular Hope Valley which
runs from Castleton & Mam Tor in the West across to Calver
near Chatsworth House over the East. The village is popular with
visitors all year round and offers our guests a great range of
charming inns and pubs, loads of charming tea shops, cafes,
gift shops, and no less than three excellent outdoor equipment
& outdoor clothing stores. These gear shops sell anoraks, rucksacs,
tents, walking poles, maps, films and skiing equipment. ( Outside,
and CCC ). The visitor to Hathersage can also enjoy the superb
outdoor swimming pool, some great hotels, a fantastic Indian Balti
restaurant, delicatessen, and so much more !
Click on the picture below to see links to all the many
different outdoor sports activities now offered from
our popular base Rock Lea by Peak Activities Ltd.
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The village's post office & gift shop.......................................Peak Activities popular base - Rock Lea
If you need a new film, a new jacket or a postcard,
Hathersage village has lots of shops, including a
well stocked post office, book & gift shops, fruit shop,
butchers, a cutlery factory outlet, & a useful pharmacy.
Some of the local shops including the off licence and
the Spar which are open 7 days a week until 10-00 pm.
Did you know the modern umbrella with the steel
frame was invented in Hathersage in the 1800's ?
The Plough Inn (left ) and the Scotsman Pack Inn - two of the many places to stay in Hathersage.
Within a three mile radius of the village centre there are no less than
eight pubs, several smart hotels, dozens of guest-houses ( known as
B&B's locally) and a good choice of youth hostels, camp sites, camping
barns and several well appointed conference & training centres.
This popular three star hotel is just 100 metres from our centre.
We have had hundreds of customers staying here over the past
20+ years we've been running training events from Rock Lea.
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you're looking for a nice farmhouse B&B or a well organised
- conference
centre or a luxurious hotel - there's almost every kind of
- accommodation you
can think
of. One of the advantages of using
- Peak
Activities is that we have used most of the local accommodation
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hundreds of times before - so we know all the best places to
- stay
( as well as one or two to avoid too !) We can also arrange special
- rates
at some of the venues we regularly use with our clients.
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A friendly farmhouse B&B we often recommend.
In and around the village of Hathersage there are lots of
excellent low cost inns, hostels, private camping barns,
lots of great B&B's. farmhouse accommodation, hotels,
camp sites, and lots of other great places where you can
stay on your own or with family or friends. If you're booking
activities with Peak Activities we operate an accommodation
booking helpline - but we regret we cannot help people who
are NOT paying to use our company's tuition services....the
general public wanting help with accommodation need to
contact local tourist information offices for such assistance.
Most of the local TIC's are also listed on our links pages.
The staff at the tourist information centres are very
professional and very helpful...and it is possible to
book & pay for accommodation via some of the TIC's.
Lose Hill from Win Hill seen from one near of our spectacular
outdoor training sites high up on the side of Win Hill.
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The surrounding Hope Valley forms a box of outdoor delights that is
( hard though it is to believe) just one hour's drive away from the homes
and work places of 18 million people. No wonder the Peak District is the
second most-visited National Park in the world * ...and is now a "must visit"
place for discerning outdoors enthusiasts of all ages.
( * Mt. Fuji National Park in Japan is the No.1 most visited national park in the world )