Canyards Hills, Stocksbridge

Name: Canyards Hills
Address: Stocksbridge, United Kingdom

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Canyards Hills is a 64.1 hectare biological and geological site of Special Scientific Interest in South Yorkshire. The site was notified in 1990. This site possesses the most impressive examples in England and Wales of 'ridge-and-trough' or 'tumbled ground.' Beneath a 10 m high cliff, the north-facing valley side above Broomhead Reservoir and the hamlet of Wigtwizzle is a chaotic mass of sub-parallel ridges, separated by intervening narrow areas of marshy ground. The site is formed in Upper Carboniferous Millstone Grit and shows the most extreme form and best example of 'tumbled ground', with innumerable small Millstone Grit blocks taking up a large landslip. ()

Coordinates: 53°27'2"N, 1°37'28"W

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Stocksbridge United Kingdom

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Canyards Hills – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Church of St Nicholas, Damflask Reservoir, St Mary's Church, Derwent Edge.

1.9 miSE
Gothic architecture, Church
Church of St Nicholas, Sheffield
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Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Damflask Reservoir, Peak District
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1.7 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Mary's Church, Sheffield
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4.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Derwent Edge, Peak District
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4.1 miNE
Museum, History museum
Wortley Top Forge, Barnsley
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1.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Agden Reservoir, Peak District
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2.6 miE
Park
Glen Howe Park, Sheffield
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3.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Margery Hill, Peak District
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3.4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cliff
Wharncliffe Crags
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3.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Strines Reservoir, Peak District
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2.4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Bradfield Dale, Peak District
63 min walk • Bradfield Dale is a rural valley 12 kilometres west-northwest of the City of Sheffield in England. The valley stands within the north-eastern boundary of the Peak District National Park just west of the village of Low Bradfield.