Hopton Tunnel
Hopton Tunnel is a tunnel in Middleton, Derbyshire Dales District, England. Hopton Tunnel is situated nearby to the forest Pearson’s Plantation, as well as near Bonemill Quarry.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dream Cave and Church of Holy Trinity.
Dream Cave
Cave
Dream Cave is a natural limestone cavern located near Wirksworth and Hopton in Derbyshire, England. It was discovered by lead miners in 1822 and was found to contain the almost complete skeletal remains of a woolly rhinoceros and other large mammal bones. Dream Cave is situated 1¼ miles south of Hopton Tunnel.
Church of Holy Trinity
Church
Photo: Neil Theasby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of Holy Trinity is situated 1 mile northeast of Hopton Tunnel.
Miner’s Arms Inn
Photo: Andrew Woodvine (awo…, CC BY 3.0.
Miner’s Arms Inn is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Hopton Tunnel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Godfreyhole and Middleton-by-Wirksworth.
Godfreyhole
Hamlet
Photo: Alan Heardman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Godfreyhole is a hamlet in the civil parish of Wirksworth, in the Derbyshire Dales district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. It is located at the junction of the B5035 and West End roads, 2 miles west of Wirksworth.
Middleton-by-Wirksworth
Village
Photo: Stephen Henley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Middleton or Middleton-by-Wirksworth is an upland village and civil parish lying approximately one mile NNW of Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England. Middleton was, in 1086, a berewick of the town and manor of Wirksworth.
Hopton
Hamlet
Photo: U1ajl5xge2, CC0.
Hopton is a small village adjacent to the village of Carsington and two miles from the market town of Wirksworth in the Derbyshire Dales. Evidence of human activity near Hopton, during a warm period known as the Aveley Interglacial around 200,000 years ago, is provided by the discovery of a Paleolithic Acheulean hand axe in the area.
Hopton Tunnel
- Type: Tunnel
- Category: transportation
- Location: Middleton, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.08961° or 53° 5′ 23″ northLongitude
-1.60376° or 1° 36′ 14″ westOpen location code
9C5W39QW+RFOpenStreetMap ID
way 1092583604OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=tunnel
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pearson’s Plantation and Bonemill Quarry.
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