Robin Hood’s Picking Rods
Robin Hood’s Picking Rods is a wayside cross in Chisworth, High Peak District, England. Robin Hood’s Picking Rods is situated nearby to the pond Derbyshire Pool, as well as near the forest Bot Wood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jonathan Clitheroe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Wayside cross
- Description: scheduled monument in the parish of Chisworth, Derbyshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “A wayside and a boundary cross known as Robin Hood’s Picking Rods”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St John the Evangelist and Broadbottom railway station.
Church of St John the Evangelist
Church
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St John the Evangelist is situated 1¼ miles north of Robin Hood’s Picking Rods.
Broadbottom railway station
Railway station
Photo: Stephen Burton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broadbottom railway station serves the village of Broadbottom in Greater Manchester, England. It is on the Manchester-Glossop Line, 10 miles east of Manchester Piccadilly. Broadbottom railway station is situated 2 miles northwest of Robin Hood’s Picking Rods.
Lantern Pike
Peak
Photo: Katy Walters, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lantern Pike is a hill located just outside Hayfield, in Derbyshire, England. The land lies within the Peak District National Park and is owned and maintained by the National Trust. Lantern Pike is situated 2 miles southeast of Robin Hood’s Picking Rods.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rowarth and Charlesworth.
Rowarth
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Rowarth is a hamlet about 2.5 miles north of New Mills in the High Peak borough of Derbyshire, England. It is on the edge of the Peak District, in the hills between New Mills and Marple Bridge, within the parish boundary of New Mills.
Charlesworth
Village
Photo: Alan Fleming, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Charlesworth is a village and civil parish near Glossop, Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 2,449. It is 2 miles south-west of Glossop town centre and close to the borders of Greater Manchester with the nearby village of Broadbottom in Tameside.
Chunal
Locality
Photo: Darren Haddock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chunal is a hamlet in Derbyshire, England. It is located on the A624 road, 1 mile south of Glossop. The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein conducted aeronautical research at Chunal during his time as an engineering research student at Manchester University. Chunal is situated 1½ miles east of Robin Hood’s Picking Rods.
Robin Hood’s Picking Rods
- Category: historic site
- Location: Chisworth, High Peak District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.41526° or 53° 24′ 55″ northLongitude
-1.99234° or 1° 59′ 32″ westOpen location code
9C5WC285+43OpenStreetMap ID
node 1939438226OpenStreetMap feature
historic=wayside_crossWikidata ID
Q17650330
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Highlights include Derbyshire Pool and Bot Wood.
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