Ilam and Dovedale (Peak District)

Member Name: swannie

Product:	Peak District
Date:	27/08/00 (70 review reads)
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Advantages: Beautiful

Disadvantages: Can get crowded

This end of the Peak District may not be so rugged as some areas but it is beautiful. Ilam is a very small village at one end of Dovedale but it does have Ilm Hall a National Trust property which is a very good Youth Hostel on the bank of the River Manifold - which you can walk alongside for some way. Dovedale is a narrow valley with a well maintained path following the river Dove. It can get very busy even on a fine winters weekend but the further you walk the fewer people. Without aa friend to ferry you back the only drawvback is having walked its length you have to turn round and come back the same way as one side of the vally is deliberately kept without paths for conservation reasons but its worth it.

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