Self Catering Holiday Cottages In Elton

The White Peak village of Elton was home to the celebrated Alf Gregory who climbed Mount Everest with Sir Edmund Hilary.  This unique fact sets the tone for this village which has many ancient footpaths crossing the village and the Limestone way passes the outskirts.  Just ideal for walkers looking for self catering holiday cottages in the Peak Distict.  

There is a good selection of self catering holiday cottages in Elton including family friendly self catering holiday cottages and self catering barns suitable for groups of friends or family.  

The area is rich in pre-history and late Neolithic and early Bronze-Age relics have been found on Elton Common suggesting extensive human occupation of the site some two thousand years ago.  Arbor Low is only a handful of miles to the west of Elton and there are a number of stone circles, standing stones, and numerous `barrows` or burial mounds within easy walking distance of the village. So if you love history then Elton is a great place to find self catering holiday cottages.  In Elton village on the Main Street stands the square tower of All Saints Parish Church, surrounded and almost submerged by the tall elms and stately yews around the perimeter of the churchyard. 

If the great outdoors your reason for visiting the Peak District, choose self catering holiday cottages in Elton and after walking the hills the village has a unique atmosphere of its own, it is the meeting place of hikers and cyclists, who on summer weekends congregate at the quaint Elton Cafe on Moor Lane.