Country: | England |
Static Image: | Wye Head.JPG |
Static Image Width: | 240px |
Static Image Caption: | Wye Head rising |
Coordinates: | 53.255°N -1.928°W |
Map Type: | Derbyshire |
Official Name: | Wye Head |
Shire District: | High Peak |
Shire County: | Derbyshire |
Region: | East Midlands |
Post Town: | BUXTON |
Postcode District: | DE56 |
Postcode Area: | DE |
Os Grid Reference: | SK049731 |
Wye Head is an area in Derbyshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Burbage, on the outskirts of Buxton. It is so named because of a major rising of the River Wye, which carries much of the water from Poole's Cavern.[1]