Eldon Hill
Eldon Hill is a hill in the Peak District National Park in the county of Derbyshire, England, 4 kilometres southwest of the village of Castleton. It is a 470-metre limestone hill whose pastureland is used for rough grazing, although a large proportion has been lost to limestone quarrying.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Giant’s Hole and The Reading Room.
Giant’s Hole
Cave
Photo: Dave Dunford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Giant's Hole is a well-known cave near Castleton in Derbyshire, consisting mostly of large passages. It is a stream-way cave, and part of the Karst topography of the area.
The Reading Room
Community center
Photo: Dave.Dunford, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Reading Room is a community center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sparrowpit and Barber Booth.
Sparrowpit
Hamlet
Photo: Dave Dunford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sparrowpit is a small village between Chapel-en-le-Frith and Peak Forest in the High Peak area of the Peak District, Derbyshire, England. The name is derived from 'spar row pit' from the fluorspar mines.
Bagshaw
Hamlet
Photo: Jonathan Clitheroe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bagshaw is a hamlet in Derbyshire, England. The hamlet falls within the civil parish of Chapel-en-le-Frith. It is about 1.2 km or 0.75 miles east of Chapel-en-le-Frith, and within the boundaries of the Peak District National Park.
Eldon Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,545 feet
- Description: hill in Derbyshire, UK
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Peak Forest, High Peak District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.3271° or 53° 19′ 38″ northLongitude
-1.82788° or 1° 49′ 40″ westElevation
1,545 feet (471 metres)Open location code
9C5W85GC+RROpenStreetMap ID
node 293381372OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Egyptian Arabic—“Eldon Hill” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Eldon Hill”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل الدون هيل”
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Notable Places Nearby
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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 “Eldon Hill”. Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.