Axe Edge Moor Explained

Axe Edge Moor
Elevation M:551
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence:84 m
Map:United Kingdom Peak District
Map Size:200
Label Position:right
Listing:Dewey
Location:Cheshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, England
Range:Peak District
Coordinates:53.23°N -1.95°W
Grid Ref Uk:SK035706
Topo:OS Landranger 119

Axe Edge Moor is the major moorland southwest of Buxton in the Peak District, England. It is mainly gritstone (Namurian shale and sandstone). Its highest point is at . This is slightly lower than Shining Tor (which is some 5km (03miles) 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 boasted England's second-highest public house (the Cat and Fiddle Inn), which closed in 2015 before reopening as a distillery. The moor is shared between the counties of Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire, which meet on its southwestern flank at Three Shire Heads on the Dane.

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

Notes and References

  1. http://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/mountaindetails.php?qu=S&rf=3629 Axe Edge Moor