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The Goyt Valley, in many respects, represents the Dark Peak in microcosm. This gritstone valley on the western edge of the Peak District National Park exhibits in the four miles of its upper section many of the most typical features of the northern, eastern and western parts of the Park, where the dark, brown grit is the dominant rock.

Here is found high moorland, woodland, river and valley scenery with the man-made additions of the twin reservoirs of Fernilee and Errwood.

The character of the valley has changed considerably over the years. Before the reservoirs were built, a thriving farming community, a gunpowder factory, a paint mill, a Victorian mansion, and a railway existed. It retains this aura of faded Victorian elegance; an impression heightened by the romantic ruins of Errwood Hall, surrounded as it is by banks of rhododendrons.

But now, most forms of human habitation have vanished, leaving a valley that is visited by thousands every year but which, paradoxically, remains uninhabited.

www.goyt-valley.org.uk

Taken in: UK / England / High Peak District / Hartington Upper Quarter (show map)

Taken on: April 14, 2015

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Camera: Nikon D300, f/22.0, 1.6 sec, 24mm (=36mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D300
Lens:	12.0-24.0 mm f/4.0
Aperture:	f/22.0
Exposure Time:	1.6
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