Axe Edge Moor
Axe Edge Moor is the major moorland southwest of Buxton in the Peak District, England. It is mainly gritstone. Its highest point is at grid reference SK035706.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dave Dunford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,801 feet
- Description: moorland and hill in Derbyshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Axe Edge” and “Axe Edge Hill”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cheeks Hill and Solomon’s Temple.
Cheeks Hill
Peak
Photo: Dave Dunford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cheeks Hill is a hill on Axe Edge Moor in the Peak District, England. It lies just south of the Cat and Fiddle Road near Buxton, and forms part of the border between Derbyshire and Staffordshire.
Solomon’s Temple
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Stevekraken, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Solomon's Temple, also known as Grinlow Tower, is a Victorian folly on the summit of Grin Low hill, near the spa town of Buxton in the Derbyshire Peak District.
Poole’s Cavern
Cave
Photo: Davepape, Public domain.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burbage and Harpur Hill.
Burbage
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burbage is a village in the High Peak district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. At the 2011 Census Burbage was a ward of the High Peak Borough Council.
Harpur Hill
Village
Photo: Roger May, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harpur Hill is a small village on the outskirts of Buxton, Derbyshire, England. It is in the Cote Heath ward of the High Peak Borough Council. It has a primary school, a park, a pub, a working men's club and a Methodist church.
Three Shire Heads
Locality
Three Shire Heads is the tripoint on Axe Edge Moor where Cheshire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire meet, at UK grid reference SK009685, or. It is on the River Dane, which marks the Cheshire border in this area.
Axe Edge Moor
- Categories: hill, moorland, and landform
- Location: Hartington Upper Quarter, High Peak District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.23258° or 53° 13′ 57″ northLongitude
-1.94898° or 1° 56′ 56″ westElevation
1,801 feet (549 metres)Open location code
9C5W63M2+2COpenStreetMap ID
node 2819460275OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Axe Edge Moor” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Axe Edge”
- Dutch: “Axe Edge Moor”
- Dutch: “Axe Edge”
- Japanese: “アックス・エッジ・ムーア”
- Ladin: “Axe Edge Moor”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Axe Edge Moor”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Axe Edge”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Axe Edge Moor”
- Norwegian: “Axe Edge Moor”
- Swedish: “Axe Edge”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Axe Edge Moor and Flash Bar.
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Highlights include Tumulus and Anthony Hill.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Axe Edge Moor”. Photo: Dave Dunford, CC BY-SA 2.0.