Little Longstone

A one-street village which comes into bloom with the first of the spring sunshine, continuing right through summer and into autumn. Each garden, however tiny, seems to be devoted to traditional English flowers, golden nasturtiums tumbling over fossil-laden limestone walls beside a road shaded by leafy trees. Little Longstone has an old packhorse inn, the remains of its village stocks, and a Manor House. Just beyond the village are the glories of Monsal Dale with a soaring viaduct which once carried steam trains over the River Wye (see Monsal Head).