Editing Peak District (section)

===Roads===
The first roads constructed by the [[Roman Britain|Romans]] may have followed existing tracks. The Roman network linked the settlements and forts of Aquae Arnemetiae (Buxton), [[Chesterfield, Derbyshire|Chesterfield]], [[Ardotalia]] (Glossop), Navio ([[Brough and Shatton]]) and beyond.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.roman-britain.org/maps/settlement_intro.htm |title=The Romano-British Settlements |publisher=RomanBritain.org |date=10 September 2010 |access-date=26 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100928060305/http://www.roman-britain.org/maps/settlement_intro.htm |archive-date=28 September 2010 }}</ref> Parts of the modern [[A515 road|A515]] and [[A53 road|A53]] roads, south of Buxton, are believed to follow the routes of Roman roads.

[[Packhorse]] routes crossed the Peak in the Middle Ages and some paved causeways, such as the Long Causeway along [[Stanage Edge]], date from that period. No highways appear on [[Christopher Saxton]]'s 1579 map of Derbyshire.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.peakscan.freeuk.com/routes___stoops___peak_district.htm |title=Peak District Routes, Stoops, Pack Horse Ways, Turnpikes |publisher=Peakscan |year=2008 |access-date=22 May 2009 |archive-date=11 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190911123748/http://www.peakscan.freeuk.com/routes___stoops___peak_district.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Bridge-building improved the transport network.

Journey times fell with the introduction of [[Toll road|turnpike roads]] from 1731,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.peakdistrict-education.gov.uk/Fact%20Sheets/fz21lgd1.htm |title=Longendale in the Peak National Park |publisher=PDNP Education |year=2000 |access-date=22 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060104204530/http://www.peakdistrict-education.gov.uk/Fact%20Sheets/fz21lgd1.htm |archive-date=4 January 2006 }}</ref> but the ride from Sheffield to Manchester in 1800 still took 16 hours, prompting [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]] to remark that "a tortoise could outgallop us!"<ref name="Stainforth">{{Cite book |title=The Peak: Past and Present |last=Stainforth |first=G. |year=1998 |isbn=0-09-475420-9 |publisher=[[Constable & Robinson|Constable]] }}</ref> From about 1815, better quality turnpike roads were built. The [[Snake Pass]], part of the [[A57 road|A57]], was built under the direction of [[Thomas Telford]] between 1819 and 1821.<ref name="Stainforth"/>

The main roads in the Peak District are:
* The A57 between Sheffield and Manchester;
* The [[A628 road|A628]], ''Woodhead Pass'', between [[Barnsley]] and Manchester, via Longdendale;
* The [[A6 road (England)|A6]] from Derby to Manchester via Buxton;
* The ''[[Cat and Fiddle Road]]'' from Macclesfield to Buxton; and
* In the north, the [[A635 road|A635]] from Manchester to Barnsley.

Roads and lanes are often congested and parking is problematic in towns and villages, especially in summer. A congestion charge was proposed in 2005, but was rejected.<ref>{{cite news |last=Giannangeli |first=M. |title=Peak District may be first national park to impose a congestion charge. |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1504735/Peak-District-may-be-first-national-park-to-impose-a-congestion-charge.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1504735/Peak-District-may-be-first-national-park-to-impose-a-congestion-charge.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=5 December 2005 |access-date=23 May 2009}}{{cbignore}}</ref>