Important notice: This is an archived version of the Peak District National Park Authority's website. It was last updated on 2 August 2011. The current version can be found at www.peakdistrict.gov.uk. This old version of the website will remain available until all content and functionality has been transferred across to the new website, after which it will be switched off.
Learning About
The Learning and Discovery Team will continue to provide high quality education services after the closure of Losehill. Contact Sarah Wilks on 01433 620373.
- Education Services
Student and teacher resources and our environmental education centres - Guided Walks and Events
Free guided walks suitable for all and other events all year round - Education factsheets
Curriculum-linked factsheets and resources for students and teachers
Education Factsheets
Teaching future generations about the National Park is an important part of our mission.
These factsheets are based on our extremely popular but now out of date peakdistrict-nationalpark.info website, and have been completely updated for 2010.
Want to learn more?
For Peak District school visits and education services, contact the Learning and Discovery Team on 01433 620373 or email learning.discovery@peakdistrict.gov.uk.
Factsheets
All factsheets are in PDF format. Most computers will open PDF documents automatically, but you may need Adobe Reader
Download all factsheets (3MB) 
Introduction
Fact Sheet 1 - Peak District National Park (307 KB) 
Important issues
Fact Sheet 2 - Tourism in the Peak District National Park (1.1MB)
Fact Sheet 3 - Farming in the Peak District National Park (118 KB)
Fact Sheet 4 - Quarrying and Mineral Extraction in the Peak District National Park (132 KB)
Fact Sheet 5 - Traffic and transport in the Peak District National Park (131 KB)
Fact Sheet 6 - Rocks and minerals in the Peak District National Park (189 KB)
Fact Sheet 7- Wildlife of the Peak District National Park (142 KB)
Fact Sheet 8 -Conservation in the Peak District National Park (162 KB)
People and settlements
Fact Sheet 9 - Bakewell (147 KB)
Fact Sheet 10 - Castleton (146 KB)
Fact Sheet 11 - Living in the Peak District National Park (260 KB)
Places
Fact Sheet 12 - Dovedale (144KB)
Fact Sheet 13 - Upper Derwent Valley (166KB)
Fact Sheet 14 - Burbage Valley (156 KB)
Fact Sheet 15 - Langsett Valley (163 KB)
Fact Sheet 16 - Goyt Valley (180 KB)
Fact Sheet 17 - Upper Longdendale (146 KB)
