Creswell Crags
Creswell Crags is an enclosed limestone gorge on the border between Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, England, near the villages of Creswell and Whitwell.Photo: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Gorge
- Description: limestone gorge on the border between Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, England
- Also known as: “Creswell Gorge” and “Palaeolithic and later prehistoric sites at Creswell Gorge including Pinhole Cave, Mother Grundy’s Parlour and Robin Hood’s Cave”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Whitwell railway station and Creswell railway station.
Whitwell railway station
Railway station
Photo: Alan Heardman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitwell railway station serves the village of Whitwell in Derbyshire, England. The station is on the Robin Hood Line 4¾ miles south west of Worksop towards Nottingham.
Creswell railway station
Railway station
Photo: Adambro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Creswell railway station serves the village Creswell in Derbyshire, England. The station is on the Robin Hood Line between Nottingham and Worksop. It is also the nearest station to the larger village of Clowne.
Welbeck Abbey
Welbeck Abbey is a historic country house near the village of Welbeck in the Bassetlaw District of Nottinghamshire, situated in the Dukeries, four contiguous ducal estates, between Worksop and Ollerton.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitwell and Creswell.
Whitwell
Village
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitwell is a village in the Bolsover District of Derbyshire, England, which lies close to the border with Nottinghamshire. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2021 Census was 3,721.
Creswell
Village
Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Creswell is a village located in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire, England. At the 2011 Census population details were included in the civil parish of Elmton-with-Creswell.
Elmton
Village
Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Elmton is a linear village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Elmton with Creswell in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire, England, approximately equidistant from Bolsover Castle and Creswell Crags.
Creswell Crags
- Categories: cave with prehistoric art, archaeological site, tourism, tourist attraction, historic site, and landform
- Location: Elmton, Bolsover District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.262° or 53° 15′ 43″ northLongitude
-1.1996° or 1° 11′ 59″ westOpen location code
9C5W7R62+Q5OpenStreetMap ID
way 123387963OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
natural=gorgeOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q2580424
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Creswell Crags” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “克雷斯維爾”
- Chinese: “克雷斯維爾峭壁”
- Dutch: “Creswell Crags”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كريسويل كراجز”
- Esperanto: “Creswell Crags”
- Finnish: “Cresswell Crags”
- French: “Creswell Crags”
- German: “Creswell Crags”
- Irish: “Creswell Crags”
- Italian: “Creswell Crags”
- Latin: “Creswell Crags”
- Portuguese: “Creswell Crags”
- Russian: “Кресвел-Крэгс”
- Russian: “Кресвелл-Крэгс”
- Slovenian: “Creswell Crags”
- Spanish: “Creswell Crags”
- Turkish: “Creswell Crags”
- Turkish: “Creswell Kayalıkları”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Holbeck and Creswell Model Village.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Robin Hood Cave and Church Hole.
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