Staffordshire Moorlands includes part of Peak District National Park in the northeast, where it is characterized by many bleak gritstone and limestone moorlands.
The northern half is dominated by high gritstone moorlands, rising to Kinder Scout 2,088 feet (636 metres).
Plateaus of limestone, gritstone, and carboniferous strata are associated with major coalfields, some existing as outcrops on the surface.
Plynlimon, Welsh Pumlumon, ridge on the gritstone plateau of central Wales, reaching an elevation of 2,468 feet (752 metres) at Plynlimon Fawr.
The bleak gritstone Pennine moorlands, with scattered sheep farms and reservoirs, rise to an elevation of 1,500 feet (457 metres) above sea level and are deeply scored by the River Calder and many small tributary creeks.
Cavedale and Winnats Pass "The Peak District is brimming with walks for all seasons, from high peat plateaux and gritstone edges to delving dales," says Sarah. "Starting in Castleton, this route takes in the dramatic reef limestone features of Cavedale, Winnats Pass and Mam Tor".
Win Hill Circuit, Derbyshire 19 miles, sustrans.org.uk Climb up Edale valley from Hope village for views across the Peak District, Ladybower reservoir and the gritstone plateau of Kinder Scout on this mid-length loop plotted by the National Trust.
Derwent Edge is the most northerly of the gritstone escarpments that flank the national park, yet despite its bleak appearance the influence of man is clear: in the land managed for red grouse shoots, and in the reservoirs far below that hide drowned villages.
When she returned, they set off in silence along the gritstone edge, which was called either Froggatt Edge or Curbar Edge, or both, he didn't care either way at the moment.
"Sgwd Gwladys, or Lady Falls, occupies a giant amphitheatre rimmed with a lip of dark black gritstone.
Carved from a single gritstone block, the trough in the centre of Allendale is fed by a cast-iron pipe set in a stone retaining wall.
