by Brian Spencer A quick look at the Ordnance Survey 1:25000 scale map of the White Peak shows that the...
by Brian Spencer A quick look at the Ordnance Survey 1:25000 scale map of the White Peak shows that the...
Hardstoft and Astwith lie atop a pair of west-east ridges, with the Dawley stream rising in between and running down...
by Brian Spencer “What we see today is basically the unaltered fortified manor house developed between the late 12th century,...
by Brian Spencer It is wrong to suggest that the Industrial Revolution began in and around the Derwent Valley, but...
by Brian Spencer Sited comfortably above Trent Valley’s flood plain, and away from busy through roads, Melbourne has grown from...
by Brian Spencer The only time I have previously travelled through Kent was on my way to Dover for the...
We supposed that Sir Nikolaus Pevsner missed Horsley Woodhouse because he probably travelled north along the Derby to Heanor road,...
Leafy side roads lined with pleasant houses, home for many Derby commuters, fill a sheltered hollow where the Ecclesbourne meets...

by Maxwell & Carole Craven Having basked in the remoteness and sequestered lanes of Harehill and Muselane, we were much...

by Brian Spencer Pennine Way walkers almost at the southern end of their epic trek from Edale to Kirk Yetholm...

by Maxwell Craven People often quite reasonably assume that Derby’s Market Place was the original historic core of the borough,...

A noticeable trend has emerged in recent years – the rise in popularity of outdoor living. To some extent the pandemic...