Edale

Worth seeing in and around Edale

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Peveril Castle

   Peveril Castle is a ruined 11th-century castle overlooking the village of Castleton in the English county of Derbyshire. It was the main settlement of the feudal barony of William Peverel, known as the Honour of Peverel, and was founded some time between the Norman Conquest of 1066 and its first recorded mention in the Domesday Survey of 1086, by Peverel, who held lands in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire as a tenant-in-chief of the king.

   3.9 km · castle in Castleton, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Mam Tor

   Mam Tor is a 517 m hill near Castleton in the High Peak of Derbyshire, England. Its name means "mother hill", so called because frequent landslips on its eastern face have resulted in a multitude of "mini-hills" beneath it.

   1.9 km · hill near Castleton in the High Peak of Derbyshire, England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Peak Cavern

   Peak Cavern, also known as the Devil's Arse, is one of the four show caves in Castleton, Derbyshire, England. Peakshole Water flows through and out of the cave, which has the largest natural cave entrance in Britain.

   3.8 km · cave in Castleton, Derbyshire, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Lose Hill

   Lose Hill lies in the Derbyshire Peak District. It is the south-east corner of the parish of Edale and the end of the Great Ridge that runs from Rushup Edge to the west.

   3 km · hill in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Blue John Cavern

   The Blue John Cavern is one of the four show caves in Castleton, Derbyshire, England. The others are Peak Cavern, Treak Cliff Cavern and Speedwell Cavern.

   2.4 km · show cave in Derbyshire, England · Wikipedia
6. 06
   The Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Edale

   The Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Edale, is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Edale, Derbyshire.

   300 m · grade II listed church in Edale, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Speedwell Cavern

   Speedwell Cavern is one of the four show caves in Castleton, Derbyshire, England. The cave system consists of a horizontal lead-miners' adit 200 metres below ground leading to the cavern itself, a limestone cave.

   3.2 km · cave in Castleton, Derbyshire, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Treak Cliff Cavern

   Treak Cliff Cavern is a show cave near Castleton in Derbyshire, England. It is part of the Castleton Site of Special Scientific Interest and one of only two sites where the ornamental mineral Blue John is still excavated.

   2.6 km · show cave in Derbyshire, England · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Edale War Memorial

   Edale War Memorial is a 20th-century grade II listed war memorial in Edale, Derbyshire.

   300 m · memorial in Edale, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Church of St Edmund

    St Edmund's Church, Castleton, is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Castleton, Derbyshire.

    3.7 km · church in Castleton, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

The surrounding hills Edale Visitor Centre, Fieldhead (between the station and the village centre),.

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Things to do

Maps: OS Outdoor Leisure Map 1 (1:25,000) covers the National Park from its northern boundary at Black Hill, south through Edale to Castleton and Chapel-en-le-Frith. OS Landranger Map 110 (1:50,000) covers the Pennine Way north from Edale to Marsden. Kinder Scout, rising abruptly on the north flank of Edale, demonstrates the contrasts of this area.

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Where to eat

Toasted teacakes and other light snack in the two cafes and bar meals in the two pubs. 1 Coopers Cafe, Grindsbrook Booth,.

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Getting to Edale

Airports

Manchester (MAN), 31 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 57 km · East Midlands (EMA), 68 km

Stations

Edale railway station, 200 m

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  51 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · £7–10
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Edale

  50 km · quickest by road, 1h 8m · £5–7
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• Liverpool → Edale

  32 km · quickest by road, 1h 25m · £5–7
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