Nature Recovery Plan
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  • Introduction
  • Context
  • The Peak District
  • Themes

  • Trees
  • Moorland
  • Farmland
  • Water
    • Water taking its natural course
    • Natural flood management benefitting nature
    • Barriers to fish passage removed or mitigated
    • Waters free of invasive non-native species
    • Clean water
    • Case Studies

  • Wilder landscapes
  • Economics
  • Advice
  • Development
  • People
  • Beyond the Peak

Water

The Peak District is the source of rivers such as the Derwent and Dove, but also drinking water for cities like Sheffield and Manchester. Starting as small streams from the moors or springs on valley sides, water often reaches reservoirs before flowing through our landscapes and beyond.

  • Water taking its natural course

  • Natural flood management benefitting nature

  • Barriers to fish passage removed or mitigated

  • Waters free of invasive non-native species

  • Clean water