Dove Head
Dove Head is a locality in Hartington Upper Quarter, High Peak District, England. Dove Head is situated nearby to the locality Brand Side, as well as near the hamlet Colshaw.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Axe Edge Moor and Cheeks Hill.
Axe Edge Moor
Peak
Photo: Dave Dunford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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.
Oliver Hill
Peak
Photo: Roger Brooks, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oliver Hill is a hill, 513 metres high, in the Peak District in the county of Staffordshire in England. It is a treeless summit surrounded by farmland in the southern part of the Peak District about 6 kilometres south-southwest of the town of Buxton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Flash and Three Shire Heads.
Flash
Village
Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.
Flash is a village in the Staffordshire Moorlands and the Peak District National Park, England. At 1,519 feet above sea level, it is the highest village in the United Kingdom. Flash was an early centre for Wesleyanism.
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. Three Shire Heads is situated 2 miles west of Dove Head.
Hollinsclough
Village
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hollinsclough is a small rural village in the Staffordshire Moorlands district in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is within the Peak District National Park. Hollinsclough is situated 2 miles southeast of Dove Head.
Dove Head
- Type: Locality
- Location: Hartington Upper Quarter, High Peak District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.21598° or 53° 12′ 58″ northLongitude
-1.94097° or 1° 56′ 28″ westElevation
1,424 feet (434 metres)Open location code
9C5W6385+9JGeoNames ID
13275011
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