Lees Cross
Lees Cross is a quarry in Stanton, Derbyshire Dales District, England. Lees Cross is situated nearby to the forest Sheepwalk Wood, as well as near the archaeological site T62 stone circle.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nine Ladies and Holy Trinity Church, Stanton-in-Peak.
Nine Ladies
Archaeological site
Photo: PaleCloudedWhite, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Nine Ladies is a stone circle located on Stanton Moor in Derbyshire in the English East Midlands. The Nine Ladies 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 Ladies is situated 2,400 feet south of Lees Cross.
Holy Trinity Church, Stanton-in-Peak
Church
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holy Trinity Church, Stanton-in-Peak is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Stanton in Peak, Derbyshire. Holy Trinity Church, Stanton-in-Peak is situated 2,600 feet west of Lees Cross.
Rowsley South railway station
Railway station
Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rowsley South railway station lies approximately 1 mile short of Rowsley village, the location of the settlement's previous stations. Rowsley South was the third station to be built in the area, constructed by Peak Rail volunteers in the late 1990s. Rowsley South railway station is situated 4,200 feet east of Lees Cross.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stanton in Peak and Rowsley.
Stanton in Peak
Village
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stanton in Peak is a village in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, It is about seven miles north-west of Matlock, on the north side of Stanton Moor, from Birchover.
Rowsley
Village
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Rowsley is a village on the A6 road in the English county of Derbyshire. The population as at the 2011 census was 507. It is at the point where the River Wye flows into the River Derwent and prospered from mills on both.
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.
Lees Cross
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Stanton, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.17449° or 53° 10′ 28″ northLongitude
-1.62879° or 1° 37′ 44″ westOpen location code
9C5W59FC+QFOpenStreetMap ID
way 233509522OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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