Peak District
About Peak District
The Peak District is an upland area in central-northern England, at the southern end of the Pennines. Mostly in Derbyshire, it extends into Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire. It is subdivided into the Dark Peak, moorland dominated by gritstone, and the White Peak, a limestone area with valleys and gorges. The Dark Peak forms an arc on the north, east and west of the district, and the White Peak covers central and southern areas. The highest point is Kinder Scout. Most of the area is within the Peak District National Park, a protected landscape designated in 1951.
On the show — 4 mentions total
Dr. Andrew Johnson, a geologist of the University of Derby, thought it was something like a piece of limestone from the Peak District. They asked him, yeah, but how come it came from the sky? He said, I haven't got a clue where it came from unless somebody threw it in the air.
from 39: No Such Thing As A Rocking Chair In Space, 2014-12-13 at 00:23:55 · read transcript
Other times Peak District came up
They changed the name. It was known as Devil's Ass, and then they changed it to Peak Cavern in 1880 because Queen Victoria visited. We've changed it back now And it's lots of awesome things about it It's where a lot of Britain's last troglodytes lived So cave dwellers lived there They made ropes And they would sell it to the nearby villages The troglodytes When are we talking?
No Such Thing As A Sweater For Einstein, 2024-11-14 · listen
I feel like you've got a bit of a problem there with the other hundred and odd people who are underwater for that amount of time. That's very true. Has anyone here been down the Devil's Ass? Yeah. Is that in Manchester? It's not far off, it's in the Peak District. Oh, okay. It seemed like it was, because for listeners, the whole audience said yes to that question. It's very famous around here, the Devil's Ass. Okay.
557: No Such Thing As A Sweater For Einstein, 2024-11-14 · listen
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39: No Such Thing As A Rocking Chair In Space put 2 places on the map.
- University of Derby · United Kingdom
Coordinates: 53.3847, -1.8739