Climbing & bouldering crags · East Midlands
Stanage Edge
In or near Hathersage.
Britain's biggest climbing crag — four miles of Peak District gritstone.
Neil Theasby — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Hathersage · 3.0 km
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Stanage Edge, the nearest railway station is Hathersage, which is 3 km away. The postcode for navigation is S32 1DY. Entry is free, and the area is accessible for visitors.
About
Stanage Edge in the Peak District is the largest single climbing crag in Britain — a four-mile gritstone escarpment east of Hathersage with over 1,000 named routes. The popularity of Stanage shaped the British trad-climbing scene; the Plantation, the Popular End, and the iconic Robin Hood's Cave. Also a setting in the 2005 Pride and Prejudice film.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Dark Peak SSSI
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Eastern Peak District Moors SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Stanage Edge, or simply Stanage (from "stone edge") is a gritstone escarpment in the Peak District, England, famous as a location for climbing. It lies a couple of miles to the north of Hathersage, and the northern part of the edge forms the border between the High Peak of Derbyshire and Sheffield in South Yorkshire. Its highest point is High Neb at 458 metres (1,503 ft) above sea level. Areas of Stanage were quarried in the past to produce grindstones, and some can still be seen on the hillside—carved, but never removed.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Description
A paved packhorse road ran along the top of the edge, and remains of it can be seen, as can remains of the Long Causeway, once thought to be a Roman road which works its way over the edge on its route from Templeborough to Brough-on-Noe, crossing Hallam Moor and passing Stanedge Pole (note the slightly different spelling), an ancient waymarker on the route to Sheffield. Some cairns along the top are even older, and there is a well-known cave in the cliff known as Robin Hood's Cave. More recent features include early 20th-century drinking basins, designed to collect pure rainwater for grouse to drink. During the construction of the Rivelin tunnel a sighting tower was constructed on the edge…
Visiting
The location has featured in films and television series, most notably in the 2005 film Pride and Prejudice during a scene in which Elizabeth Bennet (portrayed by Keira Knightley) is seen facing the horizon from the Edge.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 53.3500, -1.6333
- County
- Derbyshire
- District
- Derbyshire Dales
- Parish
- Hathersage
- Postcode
- S32 1DY
- Parliamentary constituency
- Derbyshire Dales
- Nearest railway station
- Hathersage — 3 km
Sources
- manual: stanage-edge (manual)
- wikipedia: Stanage Edge (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Stanage Edge?
- Stanage Edge is in Derbyshire, the East Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode S32 1DY), in the parish of Hathersage.
- What is Stanage Edge?
- Britain's biggest climbing crag — four miles of Peak District gritstone.
- How do I get to Stanage Edge?
- The nearest railway station is Hathersage, about 3.0 km away. Drivers can use postcode S32 1DY.
- When was Stanage Edge built?
- Dates from the modern period.
- Is Stanage Edge a protected site?
- Yes — Stanage Edge is part of the Dark Peak SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Eastern Peak District Moors SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Stanage Edge?
- The nearest railway station is Hathersage, about 3.0 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode S32 1DY.