{"id":34017,"date":"2024-01-13T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/49d20db8-3be5-44df-b205-3e67683c8a10"},"modified":"2024-01-13T09:39:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T08:39:22","slug":"chrome-hill-peak-district-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-mini-mountain","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/rss_feed\/chrome-hill-peak-district-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-mini-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Chrome Hill, Peak District: all you need to know about the mini-mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\">Explore mountains in miniature at Chrome Hill in Derbyshire. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Dixe Wills\n      <\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Saturday, 13 January 2024 at 07:00 AM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>We humans have a peculiar soft spot for things in miniature: kittens, train sets, model villages, the wrinkled faces of newborn babies. <\/p><p>Head for the upper Dove Valley in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countryfile.com\/go-outdoors\/peak-district\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Peak District<\/a> and you\u2019ll discover a mini-marvel created by Mother Nature: a tiny mountain range called the Dragon\u2019s Back that rises above a landscape of pasture and meadowland. One of those tiny mountains is Chrome Hill, a limestone reef knoll brought into existence by a foible of geology.<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countryfile.com\/go-outdoors\/walks\/chrome-hill-derbyshire-peak-district\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Walk: Chrome Hill and Parkhouse Hill, Peak District<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countryfile.com\/go-outdoors\/walks\/best-walks-in-the-peak-district\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">More Peak District walks<\/a><\/li><\/ul><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Chrome Hill - Peak District - DJI Mavic Drone\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yIV7N9VhJaE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><\/figure><p>Looking like the plate on the back of a stegosaurus, the hill is an area of open-access land only reachable via a footpath (so there\u2019s no risk of stray cars spoiling your pics). Stand near the foot of neighbouring Parkhouse Hill and you may even get two chances to photograph a sunset on the same evening. <\/p><p>Our solar system\u2019s trusty star dips below the summit of Chrome Hill only to reappear soon afterwards at its foot to set for a second time. The phenomenon is particularly striking around the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countryfile.com\/go-outdoors\/summer-solstice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">summer solstice<\/a>.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The rocky contours of Chrome Hill and the pointy peak of Parkhouse Hill in the White Peak at sunrise. Credit: Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Nearby is Buxton\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/paviliongardens.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pavilion Gardens<\/a>, with its 9.3 hectares of Grade II-listed Victorian grandeur, an impressive tree sculpture, plus a boating lake and fountains for practising those water-feature shots.<\/p><p>Also nearby: You can have a go at time travel at Buxton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wondersofthepeak.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Museum\u2019s Wonders of the Peak<\/a> gallery, as well<br\/>as brushing up on local archaeology, geology, art and history.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore mountains in miniature at Chrome Hill in Derbyshire. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":34018,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/01\/chrome-hill-peak-district-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-mini-mountain.jpg",2119,1414,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/01\/chrome-hill-peak-district-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-mini-mountain-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/01\/chrome-hill-peak-district-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-mini-mountain-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/01\/chrome-hill-peak-district-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-mini-mountain-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/01\/chrome-hill-peak-district-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-mini-mountain-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/01\/chrome-hill-peak-district-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-mini-mountain-1536x1025.jpg",1536,1025,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/01\/chrome-hill-peak-district-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-mini-mountain-2048x1367.jpg",2048,1367,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Explore mountains in miniature at Chrome Hill in Derbyshire.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/34017"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}