Hermits Cave
Hermits Cave is a cave in Harthill, Derbyshire Dales District, England. Hermits Cave is situated nearby to the forest Cratcliff Wood, as well as near the peak Robin Hood’s Stride.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nine Stones Close and Robin Hood’s Stride.
Nine Stones Close
Archaeological site
Photo: MichaelMaggs, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nine Stones Close, also known as the Grey Ladies, is a stone circle on Harthill Moor in Derbyshire in the English East Midlands. It is part of a tradition of stone circle construction that spread throughout much of Britain, Ireland and Brittany during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages, over a period between 3300 and 900 BCE. Nine Stones Close is situated 1,300 feet northwest of Hermits Cave.
Robin Hood’s Stride
Photo: Darius Khan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Robin Hood's Stride is a rock formation on the Limestone Way in Derbyshire close to the village of Elton. The nearest town is Bakewell, to the north. It consists of gritstone boulders deeply seamed by water flows. Robin Hood’s Stride is situated 1,200 feet west of Hermits Cave.
St Michael’s Church, Birchover
Church
Photo: Robert Cutts, CC BY 2.0.
St Michael's Church, Birchover, also known as Rowtor Chapel, is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Birchover, Derbyshire. Located in the Peak District National Park, St Michael was built as a privately endowed chapel for the nearby Rowtor Hall. St Michael’s Church, Birchover is situated 2,700 feet east of Hermits Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Birchover and Elton.
Birchover
Village
Photo: Robert Cutts, CC BY 2.0.
Birchover is a village and civil parish in the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire, England, five miles north-west of Matlock. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 362. Eagle Tor is a small hamlet on the north-western edge of the parish.
Elton
Village
Photo: Mike Fowkes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Elton is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England, and lies within the Peak District. Its nearest towns are Bakewell and Matlock.
Winster
Village
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Winster is a village in the English Derbyshire Dales about 5 miles from Matlock and 6 miles from Bakewell at an altitude of approximately 820 feet. It was formerly a centre for the lead mining industry.
Hermits Cave
- Type: Cave
- Category: landform
- Location: Harthill, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.15771° or 53° 9′ 28″ northLongitude
-1.66073° or 1° 39′ 39″ westOpen location code
9C5W585Q+3POpenStreetMap ID
node 7803744621OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entrance
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