Ballidon Dale, Peak District

Name: Ballidon Dale
Address: Peak District, United Kingdom

#73 among attractions in Peak District

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Ballidon Dale is a steep-sided, dry carboniferous limestone valley near Parwich in the Derbyshire Peak District of England. The ancient hamlet of Ballidon lies at the southern foot of the dale. Ballidon Quarry and Hoe Grange limestone quarries now dominate the west side of the dale. ()

Coordinates: 53°5'17"N, 1°42'50"W

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Peak District United Kingdom

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Ballidon Dale – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dovedale, Thorpe Cloud, Tissington Hall, Carsington Water.

3.3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Dovedale, Peak District
84 min walk • Dovedale is a valley in the Peak District of England. The land is owned by the National Trust, and annually attracts a million visitors.
3.4 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Thorpe Cloud, Peak District
86 min walk • Thorpe Cloud is an isolated limestone hill lying between the villages of Thorpe and Ilam on the Derbyshire/Staffordshire border at the southern end of Dovedale.
1.8 miSW
Historical place, Museum, History museum
Tissington Hall, Peak District
46 min walk • Tissington Hall is an early 17th-century Jacobean mansion house in Tissington, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire. It is a Grade II* listed building.
4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Carsington Water
102 min walk • Carsington Water is a reservoir operated by Severn Trent Water located between Wirksworth and Kniveton in Derbyshire, England. The reservoir takes water from the River Derwent at Ambergate during winter months, pumping up to the reservoir by 10.5-kilometre long tunnels and aqueduct.
1.9 miSW
Church
Tissington, Peak District
48 min walk • St Mary’s Church, Tissington is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Tissington, Derbyshire.
3.8 miE
Church
St Margaret's Church
97 min walk • St Margaret's Church, Carsington, is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Carsington, Derbyshire.
~1580 ftSW
Church
St Peter's Church, Peak District
8 min walk • St Peter’s Church, Parwich is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Parwich, Derbyshire.
2 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Minninglow, Peak District
51 min walk • Minninglow is a hill in the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire, located within the White Peak area at grid reference SK209573. Within the clump of trees crowning the hill are a Neolithic chambered tomb and two Bronze Age bowl barrows. The chambered tomb and barrows are a Scheduled Monument.
3.6 miN
Valley
Long Dale, Peak District
91 min walk • Long Dale is a carboniferous limestone valley near the village of Elton, Derbyshire, in the Peak District of England. The dale is cut into the plateau of Gratton Moor and Smerrill Moor and lies to the north of the hamlet of Pikehall, which is the venue of the annual Y Not Festival.
2 miW
Church
St Michael and All Angels' Church, Peak District
52 min walk • St Michael and all Angels' Church, Alsop en le Dale is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Alsop en le Dale, Derbyshire.
0.7 miE
Church
All Saints Church, Peak District
18 min walk • All Saints Church is a redundant Anglican church located to the south of the village of Ballidon, Derbyshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building, and is under the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches.