Peak Forest

Timothy Spall – perhaps unwisely – went round the outside of Britain in his barge, with his wife, Shane. Now John Sergeant, who has already done some, is off again. Here he is, chugging along the Peak Forest Canal from Buxworth to Ashton-Under-Lyme at ...

Derbyshire's 17½-mile High Peak Trail marks the beginning of the 205-mile Pennine Bridleway that carves a gentle path through the Peak District, Lake District and Yorkshire Dales. The High Peak section follows the old Cromford and High Peak Railway ...

He starts by pootling along the Peak Forest Canal from Derbyshire to Tameside at a heady speed of two-and-a-half miles an hour. It's not long though before he hops off his narrow boat to spend time at the Swizzels sweet factory learning how Love Hearts ...

"The fire danger was high over the weekend and remains high today," Lisa Jennings with the U.S. Forest Service said. "And unless we get a good rain tomorrow, it's going to remain high for the next couple of weeks until the leaves full come out." Forest ...

Police are investigating after a man's body has was found in a canal this morning. The body was discovered in the water at Peak Forest Canal, in Marple, Stockport, shortly before 9am. A cordon is in place and officers are at the scene working to ...

An elderly man has been found dead in a canal in Stockport. Police were called to the Peak Forest Canal at Lockside, in Marple, at 8.45am this morning. The body has been identified as that of a man in his 70s. Officers believe his body had been in the ...