Middle Loads Wood

Middle Loads Wood is a forest in Holymoorside and Walton, North East Derbyshire, England. Middle Loads Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Upper Loads, as well as near Nether Loads.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Peter and Hob Hurst’s House.

St Peter

Church

Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Peter is a church.

Hob Hurst’s House

Archaeological site

Photo: Alan Heardman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hob Hurst's House is a Bronze Age barrow on Beeley Moor near Bakewell in Derbyshire. It is unique in that instead of the normal round shape, Hob Hurst's barrow is rectangular.

St. John’s Church

Church

Photo: Peter Tarleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chesterfield and Old Brampton.

Chesterfield is a market town in Derbyshire in the English Midlands, with a population of 76,402 in 2021. It's best known for its "leaning spire", the twisted spire of St Mary's Church, but its chief attraction a few miles southeast is Hardwick Hall.

Old Brampton

Village

Photo: Mark Rickus, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Old Brampton is a village in the civil parish of Brampton, in the county of Derbyshire, England. It lies 3 miles to the west of Chesterfield, on a spur of higher land between two small valleys.

Holymoorside

Village

Photo: Neil Theasby, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Holymoorside is a village in the civil parish of Holymoorside and Walton, in the North East Derbyshire district, in the county of Derbyshire, England, approximately two miles west of Chesterfield.

Middle Loads Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Holymoorside and Walton, North East Derbyshire, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.2238° or 53° 13′ 26″ north

Longitude

-1.516° or 1° 30′ 58″ west

Open location code

9C5W6FFM+GJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 172506550

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Upper Loads and Nether Loads.

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