Padley Gorge, Peak District

Name: Padley Gorge
Address: Peak District, United Kingdom

#24 among attractions in Peak District

Nature, Canyon, Natural attraction

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Padley Gorge is a deep but narrow valley in the Peak District, Derbyshire between the village of Grindleford and the A6187 road. ()

Coordinates: 53°18'20"N, 1°37'29"W

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Peak District United Kingdom

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Padley Gorge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Birchen Edge, Eyam Museum, Higger Tor, Eyam Hall.

4.1 miSE
Climbing
Birchen Edge, Peak District
104 min walk • Birchen Edge is a gritstone rock face in the Peak District, England, popular with walkers and novice climbers as most of the climbing routes are in the lower grade.
2.5 miSW
History museum, Historical place, Specialty museum
Eyam Museum, Eyam
65 min walk • Eyam Museum or as it is locally known Eyam Plague museum is a local museum in the village of Eyam, located in the Peak District, Derbyshire, England.
2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Higger Tor, Peak District
51 min walk • Higger Tor or Higgar Tor is a gritstone tor in the Dark Peak, in the north of the Peak District National Park in England. It overlooks the Burbage Valley and the Iron Age hill fort of Carl Wark to the southeast.
2.6 miSW
Historical place, Museum, History museum
Eyam Hall, Eyam
66 min walk • Eyam Hall is a Jacobean-style manor house in Eyam in Derbyshire.
1.7 miN
Forts and castles
Carl Wark, Sheffield
44 min walk • Carl Wark is a rocky promontory on Hathersage Moor in the Peak District National Park, just inside the boundary of Sheffield, England. The promontory is faced by vertical cliffs on all but one side, which is protected by a prehistoric embankment.
1.6 miW
Archaeological site
Wet Withens, Peak District
41 min walk • Wet Withens is a Bronze Age henge on Eyam Moor in the Derbyshire Peak District, England. The prehistoric circle of 10 upright stones is a protected Scheduled Monument. It is sometimes known as Wet Withers.
1.4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cliff
Froggatt Edge, Peak District
37 min walk • Froggatt Edge is a gritstone escarpment in the Dark Peak area of the Peak District National Park, in Derbyshire, England, close to the villages of Froggatt, Calver, Curbar, Baslow and Grindleford.
2.2 miNW
Sacred and religious sites, Historical place, Church
St Michael and All Angels' Church, Hathersage
56 min walk • St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Hathersage is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Hathersage, Derbyshire.
1.8 miW
Mountain
Eyam Moor, Peak District
45 min walk • Eyam Moor is a plateau-topped hill between the villages of Eyam and Hathersage in Derbyshire, in the Peak District of England. The summit of Sir William Hill is 429 metres above sea level. It is unclear whom Sir William Hill is named after.
2.6 miSW
Historical place, Church
St Lawrence's Church, Eyam
68 min walk • St Lawrence’s Church, Eyam is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Eyam, Derbyshire.
~1480 ftW
Church, Vernacular architecture
Padley Chapel, Peak District
8 min walk • Padley Chapel is a building in Grindleford, England, on the site of the former Padley Hall. It is a Grade I listed building.