Twelve Apostles
Twelve Apostles is in Thorpe, Derbyshire Dales District, England. Twelve Apostles is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint Lover’s Leap, as well as near the peak Bunster Hill.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Thorpe Cloud and Church of the Holy Cross.
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. Church of the Holy Cross is situated 1 mile southwest of Twelve Apostles.
Church of St Leonard
Church
Photo: Tim Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Leonard is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Twelve Apostles.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dovedale and Thorpe.
Dovedale
Locality
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.
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.
Tissington
Village
Tissington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Tissington and Lea Hall, in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England. Tissington is situated 2 miles east of Twelve Apostles.
Twelve Apostles
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Category: tourism
- Location: Thorpe, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.06238° or 53° 3′ 45″ northLongitude
-1.7862° or 1° 47′ 10″ westOpen location code
9C5W3667+XGOpenStreetMap ID
node 1429400283OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
“Twelve Apostles” goes by many names.
- German: “Zwölf Apostel”
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