The centres in Castleton, Bakewell, Edale and Bamford welcome about 400,000 visitors per year.
By Georgia Roberts & Jennifer HarbyStaff from four Peak District visitor centres threatened with closure have spoken of their anger at the plans.
"Staff used to be proud to work for the national park. Not so now, I'm afraid, and that's really sad.A recent Peak District authority meeting heard the visitor centresThere have been suggestions an online chat facility and mobile marquee centre staffed by volunteers could replace the centres., announced earlier this year, should have been used towards offsetting the costs of the centres.
"The government have made clear that National Park Authorities have discretion on how the recent one-off Defra grant of £440,000 may be spent. Defra said it was for individual national park authorities to decide how best to use the funding to achieve the aims for their area.
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