Whim Plantation

Whim Plantation is a forest in Hathersage, Derbyshire Dales District, England. Whim Plantation is situated near the hamlet Hathersage Booths, as well as near the locality Lawrencefield.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Grindleford railway station and Hathersage railway station.

Grindleford railway station

Railway station

Photo: James Haynes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Grindleford railway station serves the village of Grindleford in the Derbyshire Peak District, England. It is located 1 mile away from the village centre in Nether Padley.

Hathersage railway station

Railway station

Photo: Roger Geach, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hathersage railway station serves the village of Hathersage, in the Derbyshire Peak District, England. It is a stop on the Hope Valley Line between Sheffield and Manchester Piccadilly.

Carl Wark is a rocky promontory on Hathersage Moor in the Peak District National Park, just inside the boundary of Sheffield, England. The promontory is faced by vertical cliffs on all but one side, which is protected by a prehistoric embankment.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eyam and Grindleford.

Eyam

Photo: Davepape, CC0.

Eyam is a village in the Derbyshire Dales that lies within the Peak District National Park. Eyam has many Plague-related places of interest. It is pronounced "Eem".

Grindleford

Village

Photo: Gary Barber, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Grindleford is a village and civil parish in the county of Derbyshire, in the East Midlands of England. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 Census was 909.

Bamford

Village

Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bamford is a village in the Peak District, Derbyshire, England, close to the River Derwent. To the north-east is Bamford Edge, and to the north-west the Ladybower, Derwent and Howden Reservoirs. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 1,115.

Whim Plantation

Type: Forest
Location: Hathersage, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.3226° or 53° 19′ 21″ north

Longitude

-1.6339° or 1° 38′ 2″ west

Open location code

9C5W89F8+2C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 105950865

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Hathersage Booths and Lawrencefield.

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Highlights: Over Owler Tor and Kettle Wood.

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