Why do tourists visit castleton




















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Back Access and rights of way Access fund Wild side A history of open access land. Back How to achieve the Environmental Quality Mark. Back Local Access Forum members. Back Access fund Back. Share this page. You had to fill in a table of how many and what different people passed by you in ten minutes while you sit in the same spot. Complete a map — You had to find certain spots in the village and fill in a map on where certain buildings were so we could see what different building were in Castleton, where the buildings were and to help us find our way around.

Also we cannot find out where people had come from if they had old cars with the old number plates. The only way we could do this is if at the bottom of the number plate it had the town city or village printed into the number plate.

We struggled while doing the residents survey because most the people in and around Castleton were visitors to the area and the shop keepers who may have been residents refused to do any surveys or questionnaires. Doing questionnaires like these it is better to use closed questions because you could get a straight answer yes or no. If we had more time in Castleton we would have been able to collect more results with out rushing. We also completed a pedestrian and footpath survey these results are based on our opinion and not fact.

It was hard to define residents from walkers or visitors we just had to mark them down according to what we thought. This was also the same with the footpath survey. But what was we comparing the footpaths too? Obviously every body has got different opinions on how much damage and rubbish there was.

All these results were pure opinion not subjective. Castleton is situated in the middle of a lot of large cities and towns.

It took us an hour and a half to travel the 70miles there. Peak District National Park is in northern England, established in and the oldest national park in Britain.

It covers an area of about 1, sq km. It is situated between Manchester and Sheffield and covers the Moor lands area of Staffordshire. This famously wild scenery, characterized by open, heather-clad moors cultivated valleys, crags, and hills, displays great biodiversity.

A network of public footpaths makes the area easily accessible to walkers. A floral garland in the shape of a horseman, placed on a horse at a festival in Castleton. Most the year the weather in Castleton is mild temperatures and in winter the temperatures are very cold they drop below freezing and they also have very strong winds. It is a beautiful place but it is too hilly and cold and small for me. This is a table to show the results of the car park survey we did when we first arrived in the main car park of Castleton.

On street parking survey. This is a survey that we had to complete while we were in Castleton. We had to collect number plates of cars which were parked on the road side to find out where people had travelled from to get to Castleton. Pedestrian Survey.

We had to complete two of these tables at two different times of the day to show how many people we saw in ten minutes who were in Castleton for different reasons.

Graph for am. We completed two tables at two different times of the day to show what our opinion was of two streets. I am now going to put in two questionnaires which we asked the residents to complete for us. This should show us their opinions of the effect of tourism on Castleton.

Then I will put in a pie chart to show you the results from the other eight-teen questionnaires we completed. The latter two caves are the only places in the world where visitors can see the rare Blue John stone in situ, a semi-precious form of fluorite.

A small amount of Blue John is still mined locally and jewellery set with the mineral can be bought from some of the gift shops in the village. It is a short walk from the centre of the village and well-signposted. The entrance to Peak Cavern is the largest cave entrance in Britain, standing at 60 feet high, feet wide and feet long.

Until as recently as it was the home of the last cave-dwellers in the UK, with a group of rope-makers living in the cave mouth and selling their wares to villagers and the lead mines. Peak Cavern is made up of a number of chambers, each with their own natural features. The chambers are well lit to highlight the beauty of their rock formations, and guided tours are available to help you get the most out of your visit. From April to October Peak Cavern is open daily, ampm, with tours every hour, and from November to March at weekends, am Prices correct at time of publication.

Please see www. This cave system is considered to be the largest in the Peak district. One of the un Read more. Treak Cliff Cavern 4. Opened way back in , Treak Cliff Cavern is a show cave. It is a site from where the ornamental mineral Blue John continues to be excavated.

Being a part of Castleton Site of Special Scientific Interest, Blue John is not mined from the show cave, but is extracted in small amount to make bowls, jewelleries, and ornaments. Upon visiting Treak C Although the path is quite steep, it is worth all the efforts. Once you reach the top, you are blessed with breathtaking vistas.



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