Hard Rake Plantation

Hard Rake Plantation is a forest in Sheldon, Derbyshire Dales District, England. Hard Rake Plantation is situated nearby to the hamlet Sheldon, as well as near the village Monyash.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Magpie Mine and Bole Hill bowl barrow.

Magpie Mine

Photo: Alan Fleming, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Magpie Mine is a well-preserved disused lead mine near the village of Sheldon in Derbyshire, England, in the parish of Ashford in the Water. The walled enclosure of five lead mines is a protected Scheduled Monument.

Bole Hill bowl barrow

Archaeological site

Photo: Dave.Dunford, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bole Hill bowl barrow is an archaeological site.

Church of St Leonard

Church

Photo: Poliphilo, CC0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bakewell and Monyash.

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.

Monyash

Village

Photo: Robert Cutts, CC BY 2.0.

Monyash is a village and civil parish in the Peak District, Derbyshire, England, 5 miles west of the market town Bakewell. It is centred on a village green 265 metres above sea level at the head of Lathkill Dale in the limestone area known as the White Peak.

Taddington

Village

Photo: Warofdreams, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Taddington is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish, together with neighbouring Blackwell in the Peak and Brushfield parishes, as taken at the 2011 census, was 457.

Hard Rake Plantation

Type: Forest
Location: Sheldon, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.2098° or 53° 12′ 35″ north

Longitude

-1.7586° or 1° 45′ 31″ west

Open location code

9C5W665R+WH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 933565880

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hard Rake Plantation and Hartington Memorial Hall Sheldon.

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