LOCATIONS

Peak Practice is filmed in Derbyshire. The fictional village of Cardale is in fact Crich, which is situated 10 miles from Derby and 15 miles from Nottingham. Crich is a village on the edge of the Peak District in the Borough of Amber Valley.

PLACES TO VISIT:

The Beeches - Chestnut Bank, Fritchley, Derbyshire.

Beth Glover's House - Archway House, Crich, Derbyshire.

Jack Kerruish's House - Melkridge House, Fritchley, Derbyshire.

Andrew Attwood's House - Holloway, Derbyshire.

Erica Matthew's House - Iridgehay, Ashbourne, Derbyshire.

Norman Shorthose's Chemist Shop - Old Post Office, Bonsall, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire.

The Peak District National Park

THE PEAK DISTRICT:

542 square miles of moors and dales, ravines and crags, beautiful flora and fauna.

Population - 40,000

But it looks like they're on the move...

PEAK INTO THEIR NEW HOME

At last, ITV medical drama Peak Practice is to get a home of its own. Up until now the show's fictional setting of Cardale has moved between different locations in and around Derbyshire. But for series 12, Cardale will have a permanent base - even if it is in Staffordshire. The Peak Practice crew have currently taken over the pretty village of Longnor, in a valley in the heart of the Peak District, for filming. It's all the idea of a new producer Neil Zeiger who wanted to give the programme, which is back at the end of the year, more of a sense of community. "There's going to be a much more villagey feel to the show," says my source. "Now Dr Will Preston will be seen leaving his home, wandering past the post office, waving at Alice North across the square, and going into the beeches surgery." Longnor's pub will become the fictional Inn on The Square and filming will take place both in and around the village, so Peak Practice fans can have a pint in the pub or a cuppa in the cafe where their favorite charactors have hung out. It seems quiet Longnor is about to get noisier. A little well known fact is that Longnor was designated a No Smoking village back in 1971, so it's somehow appropriate that it's now been chosen as home to a medical drama.

This article appeared in 'The Mirror'