The limestone plateau forms nearly 90% of the White Peak area and rises to between 300 and 370m, incised by steep dales that we will reach later.
You can see the plateau is a high expanse of green divided by stone walls and is mainly devoted to agriculture, with permanent pasture for grazing and hay and occasional arable land. In the past woodland would have predominated but over time has been destroyed.
Before you move on use your imagination to picture what it would have looked like with trees –
What do you think? better or worse!
