White Edge Cairn

This Bronze Age cairn sits up on the moors near Dronfield, commanding views across the Derbyshire hills. What you're looking at is a proper ancient burial mound - built perhaps 3,500 years ago and still unmissably there, a heap of stones marking where someone important was laid to rest. The walk up is pleasant rather than arduous, though the ground can be boggy depending on weather.

You'll spend maybe 20 minutes here if you're just stopping, longer if you're into archaeology and want to soak in the landscape. The real appeal isn't the monument itself - it's modest, honestly - but the exposure of the high moorland and the weight of knowing how long it's been standing. History types will find it worthwhile; families with small kids might find it a bit underwhelming after the effort of getting there.

There's no visitor centre or facilities, and it's free to access. The nearest proper base is Dronfield, which is unremarkable but functional. If you're camping at Riverside Valley nearby, this works as a morning walk before breakfast or a late-afternoon outing. Combine it with other Derbyshire moor walks in the area - the upland terrain around here is genuine and windswept.

Go when the weather's settled. The exposed position means it can be bleakly wet in winter, though that bleakness has its own appeal if you're after that lonely-moorland feeling.