Windgather Rocks, Peak District

Name: Windgather Rocks
Address: Peak District, United Kingdom

#128 among attractions in Peak District

Nature, Natural attraction, Hill

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The Windgather Rocks is a gritstone crag on the Derbyshire–Cheshire border in England. It is in the Peak District National Park and is a popular site for learning the rudiments of rock climbing. As the name suggests the area is exposed to the prevailing westerly winds. The rocks lie above Taxal Edge and are part of a north–south ridge that starts between Kettleshulme and Whaley Bridge and culminates at Shining Tor. The crag was featured in the first guide to rock climbing in the Peak District, Some Gritstone Climbs, published in 1913 and written by John Laycock. ()

Coordinates: 53°18'6"N, 2°0'38"W

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Windgather Rocks – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lyme Park, Bugsworth Basin, Cats Tor, Errwood Reservoir.

3 miNW
Historic walking areas, Park, Vernacular architecture
Lyme Park, Disley
76 min walk • Nestled in the verdant landscape of Disley, United Kingdom, Lyme Park is a quintessential heritage building that epitomizes the elegance of England's historical architecture. This grand estate, surrounded by lush gardens and a deer park, is a celebrated National Trust...
2.8 miNE
Historical place, Canal
Bugsworth Basin, Whaley Bridge
73 min walk • Bugsworth Basin is a canal basin at the terminus of the Peak Forest Canal. It is located at Buxworth in the valley of the Black Brook, close to Whaley Bridge. It was once a busy interchange with the Peak Forest Tramway, for the transport of limestone and burnt lime.
1.5 miS
Hill
Cats Tor, Peak District
38 min walk • Cats Tor is a Peak District hill on the border between Cheshire and Derbyshire, between the towns of Macclesfield and Buxton. The summit is 518 metres above sea level. Tor is an Old English word for a high, rocky hill. The higher peak of Shining Tor is about 2 km south along The Tors gritstone ridge.
2.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Errwood Reservoir, Peak District
59 min walk • Errwood Reservoir is a drinking-water reservoir in the Peak District National Park, within the county of Derbyshire and very close to the boundary with Cheshire.
3.5 miW
View point
White Nancy, Bollington
89 min walk • White Nancy is a structure at the top of Kerridge Hill, overlooking Bollington, Cheshire, England. Since 1966 it has been recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
3.4 miW
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St John the Baptist's Church, Bollington
88 min walk • St John the Baptist's Church is a redundant Anglican parish church in Church Street, Bollington, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
2.8 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Shining Tor, Peak District
73 min walk • Shining Tor is the highest hill in the modern ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The summit has a maximum elevation of 559 m above sea level.
1.2 miSW
Church
Jenkin Chapel, Peak District
32 min walk • Jenkin Chapel, stands in an isolated position on the western slopes of the Pennines, 4.3 miles northeast of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
1.8 miNE
Canal
Toddbrook Reservoir, Whaley Bridge
45 min walk • Toddbrook Reservoir, a feeder for the Peak Forest Canal, opened in 1838. It is sited above the town of Whaley Bridge in the Derbyshire High Peak area of England.
3.1 miW
Church, Gothic architecture
St Christopher's Church, Peak District
80 min walk • St Christopher's Church is in the small village of Pott Shrigley, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Macclesfield.
3 miSW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Holy Trinity Church, Peak District
77 min walk • Holy Trinity Church is in the village of Rainow, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Macclesfield, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester.