Axe Edge Moor

Axe Edge Moor

Dove Head Farm and the A53, looking towards Buxton. On the skyline are the cottages of Axe Edge End.
Highest point
Elevation 551 m (1,808 ft)[1]
Prominence 84 m[1]
Listing Dewey
Coordinates 53°13′57″N 1°56′56″W / 53.23243°N 1.94902°W / 53.23243; -1.94902Coordinates: 53°13′57″N 1°56′56″W / 53.23243°N 1.94902°W / 53.23243; -1.94902
Geography
Location Cheshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, England
Parent range Peak District
OS grid SK035706
Topo map OS Landranger 119

Axe Edge Moor is the major moorland southwest of Buxton in the Peak District. It is mainly gritstone (Namurian shale and sandstone). Its highest point (551 metres (1,808 ft)) is at grid reference SK035706. This is slightly lower than Shining Tor (which is some 5 kilometres (3 mi) to the northwest, across the modest dip of the incipient Goyt Valley).

The moor is the source of the River Dove, River Manifold, River Dane, River Wye and River Goyt. It boasts England's second-highest public house (the Cat and Fiddle Inn). The moor is shared between the counties of Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire, which meet on its southwestern flank at the Three Shire's Head on the Dane.

The Axe Edge itself is on the southeastern edge, near the source of the Dove.

References

  1. 1 2 Axe Edge Moor at www.hill-bagging.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
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