Robin Hood’s Stride
Robin Hood's Stride is a rock formation on the Limestone Way in Derbyshire close to the village of Elton. The nearest town is Bakewell, to the north. It consists of gritstone boulders deeply seamed by water flows.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Darius Khan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Rock
- Description: rock formation in Derbyshire, England
- Also known as: “Mock Beggar’s Mansion” and “Robin Hoods Stride”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nine Stones Close and St Michael’s Church, Birchover.
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. Nine Stones Close is situated 1,300 feet north of Robin Hood’s Stride.
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. St Michael’s Church, Birchover is situated 3,800 feet east of Robin Hood’s Stride.
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. Doll Tor is situated 1 mile northeast of Robin Hood’s Stride.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elton and Birchover.
Elton
Village
Photo: Mike Fowkes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Elton is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England, and lies within the Peak District. Its nearest towns are Bakewell and Matlock.
Birchover
Village
Photo: Robert Cutts, CC BY 2.0.
Birchover is a village and civil parish in the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire, England, five miles north-west of Matlock. At the 2001 Census, it had a population of 362. Eagle Tor is a small hamlet on the north western edge of the parish.
Alport
Village
Photo: Tom Courtney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alport is a hamlet in the White Peak area of Derbyshire, England. It lies east of Youlgreave, at the confluence of the River Bradford and the River Lathkill.
Robin Hood’s Stride
- Categories: rock formation and landform
- Location: Harthill, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.15717° or 53° 9′ 26″ northLongitude
-1.66607° or 1° 39′ 58″ westOpen location code
9C5W584M+VHOpenStreetMap ID
way 196011194OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bare_rockWikidata ID
Q7352485
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Robin Hood’s Stride”. Photo: Darius Khan, CC BY-SA 2.0.