Parkhouse Hill, Peak District
#53 among attractions in Peak District
Facts and practical information
Parkhouse Hill is a small but distinctive hill in the Peak District National Park in the English county of Derbyshire. It lies on the north side of the River Dove, close to the border with Staffordshire. ()
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Parkhouse Hill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Buxton Opera House, Poole's Cavern, The Slopes, High Peak Trail.
Opera, Concerts and shows, Music venueBuxton Opera House, Buxton
110 min walk • Buxton Opera House is in The Square, Buxton, Derbyshire, England. It is a 902-seat opera house that hosts the annual Buxton Festival and, from 1994 to 2013, the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival, among others, as well as pantomime at Christmas, musicals and other entertainments year-round.
Natural attraction, National park, ParkPoole's Cavern, Buxton
100 min walk • Poole's Cavern or Poole's Hole is a two-million-year-old natural limestone cave on the edge of Buxton in the Peak District, in the county of Derbyshire, England. Pooles Cavern forms part of the Wye system, and has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
ParkThe Slopes, Buxton
108 min walk • The Slopes is a Grade-II-listed public park in Buxton, Derbyshire in England. The area was laid out by landscape architect Jeffry Wyatville in 1811 for William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, as pleasure grounds for the guests of The Crescent hotel to promenade.
Hiking, Hiking trailHigh Peak Trail
52 min walk • The High Peak Trail is a 17-mile trail for walkers, cyclists and horse riders in the Peak District of England.
Nature, Natural attraction, MountainChrome Hill, Peak District
16 min walk • Chrome Hill is a limestone reef knoll in Derbyshire, England, in the upper Dove valley beside the border with Staffordshire. It is adjacent to Parkhouse Hill, another reef knoll. Chrome Hill was declared open access land under the provisions of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.
MountainHigh Edge, Peak District
39 min walk • High Edge is a limestone hill overlooking Harpur Hill, Buxton in Derbyshire, in the Peak District. The summit is 472 metres above sea level. The lower hilltop is marked by a cairn. Following the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, this hilltop area became "Open Access" land for the public.
Forts and castlesPilsbury Castle, Peak District
74 min walk • Pilsbury Castle was a Norman castle in Derbyshire near the present-day village of Pilsbury, overlooking the River Dove.
History museum, Museum, Natural history museumBuxton Museum and Art Gallery, Buxton
106 min walk • Buxton Museum and Art Gallery focuses its collection on history, geology and archaeology primarily from the Peak District and Derbyshire. The museum is located at Terrace Road, Buxton, England. The museum opens Tuesday to Saturday all year round and from Easter to the end of September is also open on Sunday and Bank Holiday afternoons.
Nature, Natural attraction, MountainHigh Wheeldon, Peak District
36 min walk • High Wheeldon is a distinctive dome-shaped hill near the Staffordshire border in Derbyshire, in the Peak District valley of Upper Dovedale, overlooking the villages of Earl Sterndale, Longnor and Crowdecote.
Nature, Natural attraction, MountainOliver Hill, Peak District
84 min walk • Oliver Hill is a hill, 513 metres high, in the Peak District in the county of Staffordshire in England. It is a treeless summit surrounded by farmland in the southern part of the Peak District about 6 kilometres south-southwest of the town of Buxton.
Nature, Natural attraction, HillAxe Edge Moor, Peak District
91 min walk • Axe Edge Moor is the major moorland southwest of Buxton in the Peak District. It is mainly gritstone. Its highest point is at grid reference SK035706. This is slightly lower than Shining Tor. The moor is the source of the River Dove, River Manifold, River Dane, River Wye and River Goyt. It boasts England's second-highest public house.
England