Great Rocks Tunnel
Great Rocks Tunnel is a tunnel in Wormhill, High Peak District, England. Great Rocks Tunnel is situated nearby to the village Tunstead, as well as near the hamlet Hargate Wall.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Margaret’s Church, Wormhill and Christ Church.
St Margaret’s Church, Wormhill
Church
Photo: Neil Theasby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Margaret's Church, Wormhill is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Wormhill, Derbyshire. St Margaret’s Church, Wormhill is situated 1½ miles east of Great Rocks Tunnel.
Christ Church
Church
Photo: Chris Morgan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Christ Church is situated 2 miles south of Great Rocks Tunnel.
Calton Hill
Peak
Calton Hill is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Derbyshire, England, showing Olivine Diorite magma chamber. It is the site of an extinct volcano and the quarrying that has now been abandoned means that it is possible to observe the geological structures caused by the repeated eruptions. Calton Hill is situated 2½ miles southeast of Great Rocks Tunnel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tunstead and Hargate Wall.
Tunstead
Village
Tunstead is a village in Derbyshire, England, situated above Great Rocks Dale north of Buxton. It should not be confused with Tunstead Milton, which is roughly five miles to the north west.
Hargate Wall
Hamlet
Hargate Wall is a hamlet in Derbyshire, England, situated northeast of Buxton and now part of Wormhill. The name Hargate Wall derives from Old English Herdwyk-waella, meaning "herd farm by the spring", so the first settlement was probably around AD 700–950.
Peak Dale
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Peak Dale is a small village in Derbyshire, England, 3 miles northeast of Buxton and 1.3 miles southeast of Dove Holes. The population falls within the civil parish of Wormhill.
Great Rocks Tunnel
- Type: Tunnel
- Category: transportation
- Location: Wormhill, High Peak District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.26897° or 53° 16′ 8″ northLongitude
-1.84931° or 1° 50′ 58″ westOpen location code
9C5W7592+H7OpenStreetMap ID
way 1118056959OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=tunnel
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