Rake Wood
Rake Wood is a forest in Middleton and Smerrill, Derbyshire Dales District, England. Rake Wood is situated nearby to the village Middleton-by-Youlgreave, as well as near the locality Littleton Dale.Places of Interest
Highlights include Arbor Low and Gib Hill.
Arbor Low
Archaeological site
Photo: MichaelMaggs, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Arbor Low is a well-preserved Neolithic henge in the Derbyshire Peak District, England. It lies on a Carboniferous Limestone plateau known as the White Peak area. The monument consists of a stone circle surrounded by earthworks and a ditch.
Gib Hill
Archaeological site
Photo: Chris Wimbush, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gib Hill is a large burial mound in the Peak District, Derbyshire, England. It is thought to be a Neolithic oval barrow with an Early Bronze Age round barrow superimposed at one end. It is located some 300 metres south-west of Arbor Low henge.
All Saints’ Church, Youlgreave
Church
Photo: Adrian Channing, CC BY-SA 2.0.
All Saints’ Church, Youlgreave is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Youlgreave, Derbyshire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bakewell and Youlgreave.
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.
Youlgreave
Village
Photo: John Darch, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Youlgreave or Youlgrave is a village and civil parish in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England, on the River Bradford 2+1⁄2 miles south of Bakewell.
Over Haddon
Village
Photo: John Sutton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Over Haddon is a small village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 255. It is near the small town of Bakewell, south of the B5055 road.
Rake Wood
Latitude
53.1641° or 53° 9′ 51″ northLongitude
-1.718° or 1° 43′ 5″ westOpen location code
9C5W577J+JQOpenStreetMap ID
way 145313465OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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