Burbage Edge, Peak District

Name: Burbage Edge
Address: Peak District, United Kingdom

#59 among attractions in Peak District

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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. ()

Coordinates: 53°15'22"N, 1°57'26"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Buxton Opera House, Poole's Cavern, The Slopes, Cats Tor.

1.7 miE
Opera, Concerts and shows, Music venue
Buxton Opera House, Buxton
43 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.
1.3 miE
Natural attraction, National park, Park
Poole's Cavern, Buxton
35 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.
1.8 miE
Park
The Slopes, Buxton
46 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.
2.7 miNW
Hill
Cats Tor, Peak District
69 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.
1.5 miNE
Mountain
Corbar Hill, Buxton
39 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.
1.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Errwood Reservoir, Peak District
40 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.
1.8 miE
Hot springs
St Ann's Well, Buxton
46 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.
2.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Shining Tor, Peak District
56 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.
1.8 miE
History museum, Museum, Natural history museum
Buxton Museum and Art Gallery, Buxton
47 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.
2.9 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Upper Goyt Valley, Whaley Bridge
75 min walk • The Upper Goyt Valley is the southern section of the valley of the River Goyt in North West England.
1.9 miE
53°15'35"N • 1°54'41"W
The Springs Shopping Centre, Buxton
49 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre