Peak District Potential Walking & Landscape Photography Locations Info needed please!

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Hi! i am looking for any solid advice on potential peak district locations to start walking & to improve my landscape photography, Ideally I would like to start near to the matlock area as that seems to be one of the closer areas to start at from where i am based in scunthorpe lincolnshire, I also want any info on safe close by, preferrably cheap or free parking too where possible please! I am hoping to start my days nice & early for these expeditions so i am also planning to travel in the dark hours in order to catch sunrises on potential locations & i also plan to walk throughout the day & my aim is to make solid days of this & hopefully catch sunsets on my way back to my vehicle too where possible, also if anybody local to me is up for this and perhaps has a similar idea then maybe we could join forces & split the travel expenses, I have just bought 2 of the newest peak district OS Explorer maps to get me started but i havent a clue where to start so anyway if anybody has any info or is interested please comment!
 
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Matlock is not too bad either as its not far from Bakewell, Chatsworth Park, Haddon Hall, the Monsal trail and viaduct, Lathkill dale and a few stone circles.In fact the bus from matlock gets to the Fox house inn near Stanage edge in only about 45 mins so should not take long by car or to go abit further to ladybower reservoir and castleton
 
Hathersage, Castleton, Edale, Bamford, Bradwell, Grindleford. They all have plenty of accomodation available from camping to B&B to small hotels. I'd suggest Hathersage or Grindleford as they'll give you better access to a wider area, but Bradwell is also well connected.

As for locations, in addition to those already mentioned..
  • The Mam Tor - Back Tor - Lose Hill ridge. I've always found Back Tor to be the most photogenic part of the ridge but it seems to get over-looked (time of day is critical to get the sun across it). There's a very nice walk up the track from Castleton, up to Hollin's Cross and down into Edale (note, Edale is the valley there is no village called Edale).
  • Winnat's Pass climbing from the back of Castleton to Rushup Edge.
  • Peveril Castle and the Devil's Arse.
  • There's some nice abandoned quarryscapes in Pindale, up from the old Black Rabbit pub (abandoned a long time ago), and you can find a very thin vein of Blue John that hits the surface here.
  • The limestone plateau around Tideswell has some interesting outcrops.
  • Ladybower is nice, but better to head further up to Derwent and Howden. The Derwent dam is often misidentified as Ladybower by photographers.
 
Kinder Scout will be commemorating the 80th anniversary of the 'mass trespass' starting April 24th. Included in the events is a re-enactment up the slopes with a couple of people apparently being in 30's vintage clothes.

If anything the opportunity for such an occasion is a rare sight around these parts. If the weather is clear and warm a trip to Grt.Hucklow where the gliding club is also recommended.
 
You may live in Hope, but you'll still be buried in Castleton.
 
Is there anyone in the area that can confirm that the sign from the Chapel-en-le-Frith bypass stills instructs passers to:
Rushup
Edale​
 
Great advice there from Alistair, I've been to the peaks and it is difficult to find bearings as walks aren't that well signposted, stanage edge is 3 miles long of stone cliff and is a good one to end a sunset to the day.
 
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