Black Edge, Peak District

Name: Black Edge
Address: Peak District, United Kingdom

#187 among attractions in Peak District

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Black Edge is a summit, 507 metres high, on a sharp ridgeline above the village of Dove Holes in the Dark Peak area of the Peak District in the county of Derbyshire in England. ()

Elevation: 1663 ftProminence: 325 ftCoordinates: 53°17'23"N, 1°54'29"W

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Black Edge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Buxton Opera House, Poole's Cavern, The Slopes, Corbar Hill.

2.2 miS
Opera, Concerts and shows, Music venue
Buxton Opera House, Buxton
57 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.
2.8 miS
Natural attraction, National park, Park
Poole's Cavern, Buxton
73 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.
2.2 miS
Park
The Slopes, Buxton
57 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.
1.8 miS
Mountain
Corbar Hill, Buxton
46 min walk • Corbar Hill is a sandstone hill at the south end of Combs Moss, overlooking Buxton in Derbyshire, in the Peak District. The summit is 437 metres above sea level.
3.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Errwood Reservoir, Peak District
80 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.
2.2 miS
Hot springs
St Ann's Well, Buxton
55 min walk • St Ann's Well is an ancient warm natural spring in Buxton, Derbyshire in England. The drinking well is located at the foot of The Slopes and opposite the Crescent hotel and the Old Hall Hotel.
3.1 miSW
Mountain
Burbage Edge, Peak District
79 min walk • Burbage Edge is a gritstone escarpment overlooking the Burbage district of Buxton in Derbyshire, in the Peak District. The hill's summit is 500 metres above sea level. Not to be confused with the Burbage Rocks extension of Stanage Edge near Hathersage.
2.3 miS
History museum, Museum, Natural history museum
Buxton Museum and Art Gallery, Buxton
59 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.
3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Upper Goyt Valley, Whaley Bridge
78 min walk • The Upper Goyt Valley is the southern section of the valley of the River Goyt in North West England.
2.1 miS
53°15'35"N • 1°54'41"W
The Springs Shopping Centre, Buxton
54 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
2.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Great Rocks Dale
75 min walk • Great Rocks Dale is a dry valley in the Derbyshire Peak District, known for its extensive quarrying.