Bleakly Plantation
Bleakly Plantation is a deciduous forest in Harthill, Derbyshire Dales District, England. Bleakly Plantation is situated nearby to the village Youlgreave, as well as near Alport.Places of Interest
Highlights include Nine Stones Close and Doll Tor.
Nine Stones Close
Archaeological site
Photo: MichaelMaggs, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nine Stones Close, also known as the Grey Ladies, is a stone circle on Harthill Moor in Derbyshire in the English East Midlands. It is part of a tradition of stone circle construction that spread throughout much of Britain, Ireland and Brittany during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages, over a period between 3300 and 900 BCE.
Doll Tor
Archaeological site
Photo: Elfmeterschiessen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Doll Tor is a stone circle just west of Stanton Moor, near the village of Birchover, Derbyshire in the English East Midlands. Doll Tor is part of a tradition of stone circle construction that spread throughout much of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages, over a period between 3300 and 900 BCE.
St Michael’s Church, Birchover
Church
Photo: Robert Cutts, CC BY 2.0.
St Michael's Church, Birchover, also known as Rowtor Chapel, is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Birchover, Derbyshire. Located in the Peak District National Park, St Michael was built as a privately endowed chapel for the nearby Rowtor Hall.
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.
Winster
Village
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Winster is a village in the English Derbyshire Dales about 5 miles from Matlock and 6 miles from Bakewell at an altitude of approximately 820 feet. It was formerly a centre for the lead mining industry.
Bleakly Plantation
- Type: Deciduous forest
- Category: forest
- Location: Harthill, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.1647° or 53° 9′ 53″ northLongitude
-1.6807° or 1° 40′ 51″ westOpen location code
9C5W5879+VPOpenStreetMap ID
way 158678302OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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