Creswell Crags is one of the better known sites in the area. This limestone gorge was visited more than 10,000 years ago by stone age people hunting during the ice age. Today a Museum and Education Centre tells the story of Creswell during the Ice Age.

]]> The high limestone cliffs of Anston gorge dominate this valley. Good paths through the valley make it easy to explore this site which has ice age cave and rock shelters including Dead Mans Cave as well as attractive limestone grassland. A walk through this valley is featured in Walking in the Creswell Limestone Heritage Area published by Creswell Heritage Trust.

]]> Grips is a local name for a cliff sided valley. These grips just outside the village of Clowne provide an attractive area for walking. The archaeologist Leslie Armstrong carried out a number of excavations in the caves and fissures here. In one cave he called Sepulchral cave he found human remains from the Neolithic period. A walk through this valley is featured in Walking in the Creswell Limestone Heritage Area which starts at Creswell Crags Museum and Education Centre.

]]> Nestled in this secluded limestone valley to the south of Maltby, South Yorkshire is Roche Abbey, a 12th century Cistercian monastery.

Capability Brown later created the wild garden behind the abbey. The abbey is managed by English Heritage. The limestone valley provides excellent walks which take in ancient woodland, wildlife rich common land and exposed reef limestone. A walk through this area is featured in Walking in the Creswell Limestone Heritage Area published by Creswell Heritage Trust. For details of opening times of the abbey please contact English Heritage www.english-heritage.org.uk.

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