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The Peak District National Park, With an estimated 22 million visitors per year,is thought to be the second most-visited national park in the world (after the Mount Fuji National Park in Japan). The Peak District's designation in 1951 made it the earliest national park in the British Isles. Leek is on the South West edge of the Peak District and a perfect base for exploring this beautiful area. Fantastic walking and cycling terrain is combined with chocolate box villages such as Ilam and Alstonefield. The Southern area of the Peak District is also know as the White Peak,due to its lighter, mainly limestone geology opposed to the northerly gritstone, Dark Peak.
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