Deep Dale Nature Reserve
Deep Dale Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Ashford-in-the-Water, Derbyshire Dales District, England. Deep Dale Nature Reserve is situated nearby to the hamlet Sheldon, as well as near Brushfield.Places of Interest
Highlights include Magpie Mine and Fin Cop.
Magpie Mine
Photo: Alan Fleming, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Magpie Mine is a well-preserved disused lead mine near the village of Sheldon in Derbyshire, England, in the parish of Ashford in the Water. The walled enclosure of five lead mines is a protected Scheduled Monument.
Fin Cop
Peak
Photo: Jonathan Clitheroe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fin Cop is a hill and an associated Iron Age hill fort in Monsal Dale, close to Ashford in the Water in Derbyshire, England. The fort shows evidence of hurried construction, indicating a defensive response to a real threat, rather than the more usual assumption that such forts were a display of status and prestige.
St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Sheldon
Church
Photo: John Darch, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Sheldon is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Sheldon, Derbyshire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bakewell and Great Longstone.
Bakewell
Photo: John Walton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bakewell is a historic market town in Derbyshire, with a population of 3,400 in 2024. It's the only sizable town in the Peak District National Park, and the park headquarters are here.
Great Longstone
Village
Photo: Alan Heardman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Great Longstone, with Little Longstone, is one of two villages in the local government district of Derbyshire Dales in Derbyshire, England. The population as taken at the 2011 Census was 843.
Sheldon
Hamlet
Photo: Dave.Dunford, Public domain.
Sheldon is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Peak District, England, near Bakewell. It is best known for being the closest village to Magpie Mine, a lead mine with an engine house built in the Cornish style.
Deep Dale Nature Reserve
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Ashford-in-the-Water, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.2288° or 53° 13′ 44″ northLongitude
-1.7484° or 1° 44′ 54″ westOperator
Plantlife UKOpen location code
9C5W67H2+GJOpenStreetMap ID
way 114327921OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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