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Maps & a street plan showing how very easy it is to
reach "Rock Lea" - our accessible base in Hathersage.
Peak Activities Ltd operates from several venues - including the very
conveniently based at Rock Lea Activity Centre in the very heart of Hathersage
- a charming Peak District village just 10 miles SW of the city of Sheffield.
Hathersageis just a 15 or 20 minutes drive from Sheffield.
Our base is just 4 mins. walk from Hathersage railway station which is a
stop on the scenic Hope Valley Line running through the Peak District National Park
between Sheffield and Manchester.
There are numerous public coach and car parks, B&B's, inns, hotels and a hostel
and several cafes and climbing shops plus an open air pool immediately adjacent
to our popular base. Several campsites are within walking distance or a hop one or
two stops along the train line.PLEASE CLICK FOR A MULTIMAP IMAGE WITH OS MAPS THAT ZOOM IN & OUT.
o SCROLL DOWN THIS PAGE FOR MORE DETAILED MAPS & AIR PHOTOS.
Whether you are coming here alone on one of our open events - or bringing a training group or
a corporate hospitality event here, you'll find it's easy & quick to get to Rock Lea in Hathersage.
- By road, Junction 29 of the M1 motorway is just 18 miles ( 25 minutes ) drive away.
- To the East Junction 34 on the M1 is only 12 miles away.
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- Hathersage village is approximately 10 miles to the west of Sheffield on the main
railway line between Sheffield and Manchester. The A6187 and B6001 junction by
the George Hotel in the centre of the village is just 50 metres from our base.
- There is no vehicular entrance on Station Road so it is best to approach Rock Lea's
- main entrance via the village's PAY & DISPLAY car & coach park off Oddfellows Road
( as shown on the map above). Look for the signs for the swimming pool adjacent.
Our private car park and main entrance is at the lower ( NW ) end of a large public
car park. As you approach the centre of the village keep an eye open for the blue and
white "P" signs and for the signs showing the way to the village swimming pool close
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- Hathersage's tiny Railway Station ( see map above ) is just a short
4 mins. walk from our outdoor activities base Rock Lea and is close to
numerous local accommodation options. We're on the scenic Hope Valley
main line running through the Peak National Park between Manchester &
Sheffield. It is an unmanned rural station, so don't expect a taxi from there
unless it's been pre-booked. Frequent diesel railcar trains run along the
Hope Valley to either Sheffield to the East or Manchester over in the West.- OTHER RAIL STATIONS ALONG THE HOPE VALLEY LINE :
- Manchester--Chinley--Edale--Hope--Bamford--Hathersage--Grindleford--Dore--Sheffield
- People camping at the campsites opposite the station at nearby Hope or the two camping
sites near the railways station at Edalecan travel here quickly and cheaply by train.- CLICK HERE TO GO TO OUR DETAILED TRAVEL INFORMATION
- This link has useful information - such as on line train timetables,
- distances to local & international airport and ferries information etc.
Setting up your GPS :-
The Ordnance Survey National Grid Reference of Rock Lea is SK 23088 81435
Rock Lea's location is 53* 19,411' North ; 1* 38,390' WEST
Setting our postcode "S32 1DD" in a SATNAV will get you close to us but
unable to drive in ! Our "Station Road" postcode works for letters & parcels
but there's no vehicular access into our premises from Station Road.
- Click here for more maps of our locality, hotels information
- and local weather forecasts - all from multimap.com
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY OF HATHERSAGE Peak Activities base is located right in the very centre of the charming village of Hathersage...overlooked by local crags and hills and moorlands and although we're in the heart of the lovely Peak District National Park, it's easy and quick to get here by road, railway or air from all parts of the United Kingdom and overseas.The bright blue colour of the open air heated swimming pool near to Rock Lea stands out very clearly on this aerial image of the village of Hathersage and the surrounding patchwork of grazing fields. The village's car park and Rock Lea's own car park are in the centre of the village just to the West (left) of the swimming pool and tennis courts. Hathersage railway station is on the lower edge of the image, within easy walking distance of the village's many popular outdoor shops, gift shops and cafes.
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Peak Activities Ltd accepts bookings made over the phone paid by Switch, Mastercard or Visa.
MAP OF CENTRE OF HATHERSAGE from Multimap.com TOP TIPS : If you like maps or need to do some route planning, check out the super website at http://www.multimap.com .for free maps, images and door-to-door route finding information. It's a great way to see where you're going.
Try Needabreak.com if you are looking for a good search engine for local accommodation anywhere on these maps - and elsewhere.
Peak Activities Ltd are grateful to the Ordnance Survey for their help with extracts of their mapping of our local area to help us illustrate our website. Crown Copyright - Licence NC/00/942.
Recent overseas visitors from places as diverse as Geneva, Helsinki and Houston have mentioned how conveniently close we are located to airports and ferry terminals. This means customers save valuable time & can arrive here free of stress ... all ready to enjoy a really good event with us in the green and pleasant patchwork pattern of fields and moorlands and dales that comprises the Peak National Park. Part of the national park is shown below as an aerial photo mosaic. Below this is a matching scale map of the area...Can you pick out the distinctive forked shape of Ladybower Reservoir on the aerial picture below ?
- Matching 1:200,00 scale aerial photograph (above) and same scale mapping (below) of the Peak National Park around
- Hathersage and the Hope Valley. The shape of the dark waters of nearby Ladybower Reservoir can clearly be seen
- in the mid upper portion of both the map and the aerial imagery. The whole area is a "Valley of Delights".
- Please click on the map to see the huge range of sports Peak Activities Ltd offers in this compact area !
- Click here for details of local accommodation available for groups and for individuals booking events
- with us in this charming Valley of Delights !
Why travel longer than you need to when you could be out abseiling, caving, orienteering, treasure hunting, sailing, walking, scrambling, horse riding or a enjoying bespoke tailored training progamme here with Peak Activities Ltd ? YOU CAN SAVE LOADS OF VALUABLE TIME ( AND MONEY ) BY STARTING YOUR RESIDENTIAL EVENT WITH US ON A SUNDAY EVENING If you're coming up from the south of England you can save at least 3 valuable hours travelling each way ( 6 hrs ) if you come here to the accessible Peak District instead of, say, going all the way up to the Lake District. Over a single weekend that could free up almost a whole working day of your time or your delegates' precious time which might otherwise be spent looking at the back of other slow or stationary vehicles on the notorious M6 ! For more travel tips & information CLICK here please or phone us ! We offer our customers DETAILED TRAVEL INFORMATION including train times, distances to local airports, road directions, etc. See our "NEWS page or call us for details of some great low cost LATE BOOKINGS packages and special non-residential deals for groups of 6 to 60+ people. RETURN TO MAIN CONTENTS / INDEX ( products & services index)
To talk about booking your next training or corporate event with us - please telephone us today to discuss your needs. Purchasers should ring us please on our sales lines 07771-855105 or 01433-650345.
