Dovedale
Dovedale is a valley in the Peak District of England. The land is owned by the National Trust and attracts a million visitors annually. The valley was cut by the River Dove and runs for just over 3 miles between Milldale in the north and a wooded ravine, near Thorpe Cloud and Bunster Hill, in the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Tourist attraction with an elevation of 643 feet
- Description: valley on the boundary of Derbyshire and Staffordshire, in England
- Also known as: “Dove Dale”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Moat Low bowl barrow and Thorpe Cloud.
Thorpe Cloud
Peak
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.
Church of the Holy Cross
Church
Photo: Dennis Thorley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of the Holy Cross is the Church of England parish church of Ilam, Staffordshire, England. It is within the grounds of Ilam Park. The church is a Grade I listed building, and has been since 1967.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thorpe and Alsop en le Dale.
Thorpe
Village
Photo: John Darch, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thorpe is a village and civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire; it is on the Derbyshire/Staffordshire border, on the east bank of the River Dove, about four miles north of Ashbourne. Thorpe is situated 2 miles southeast of Dovedale.
Alsop en le Dale
Village
Photo: Stephen G Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alsop en le Dale is a village in Derbyshire, England about 5 miles north of Ashbourne close to the Staffordshire border, and a mile from Dovedale, a popular tourist location within the Peak District national park. Alsop en le Dale is situated 2 miles northeast of Dovedale.
Dovedale
- Categories: valley and tourism
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.07233° or 53° 4′ 20″ northLongitude
-1.78876° or 1° 47′ 20″ westElevation
643 feet (196 metres)Open location code
9C5W36C6+WFOpenStreetMap ID
node 765762020OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Dovedale” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Dove Dale”
- Dutch: “Dovedale”
- French: “Dovedale”
- Irish: “Dovedale”
- Japanese: “ダブデール”
- Swedish: “Dove Dale”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Reynard’s Cave and Dovedale Church.
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