Arbor Low stone circle: the Stonehenge of the Peak District

Widely regarded as one of the most significant and well-preserved Neolithic sites in the whole country, Arbor Low stone circle - 'the Stonehenge of the Peak District' - is believed to have been established circa 2500BC and, in 1882s, became one of the first ancient monuments in the UK to be granted statutory protection.

Owned by English Heritage, Historic England suggests that originally there are likely to have been between 41 to 43 stones originally, however some of these have since split into fragments. There is debate as to whether all of the stones would have originally stood upright.

Various significant archaeological remains have been found on the site, including human skeleton remains during an excavation in 1901.

Views from Arbor Low, set on moorland in the White Peak close to Middleton-by-Youlgrave and Bakewell, are outstanding.

Access to the site is available through a working farmyard with a small charge to be made via an honesty box, although children are free. The site is well signposted from the A515 at its junction with The Rake. Postcode DE45 1JS.

If visiting, don't miss Gib Hill, a large Bronze Age burial mound just 200 metres to the south-west.

Given its close proximity to Abor Low, there has been speculation that at some point in the past the two sites may have been connected, although nothing has been definitively proven.