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Peak District or The Peak, dissected plateau, c.30 mi (50 km) long and 22 mi (35 km) wide, Derbyshire, central England, forming the southern extremity of the Pennines. Kinderscout (2,088 ft/636 m) is the highest peak. Dovedale and Wyedale are the region's major valleys. Peak District has many caves including Peak Cavern and Speedwell. Peak District National Park (c.500 sq mi/1,295 sq km) was established in 1951. |
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Working from a converted barn in the Peak District, Swedish textile designer Katarina Lees specialises in colourful, robust handwoven rugs for domestic and commercial settings. This part has two primary foci: the Lake District, which was the symbolic and concrete site of discourse concerning aesthetics and national identity, and the Peak District, in the industrial heartland of England, which was the site of discourse and activity concerning class and nation. Not long after, this brother asked Parfit if he could borrow his motorbike in order to go to an Oxford Group (later MRA) conference in the English Peak District. |
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