- Axe Edge Moor
Infobox Mountain
Name = Axe Edge Moor
Photo = Dove Head 376618 71ea2781.jpg
Caption = Dove Head Farm and the A53, looking towardsBuxton . On the skyline are the cottages of Axe Edge End
Elevation = 551 metres (1808 feet)
Location =Peak District ,England
Range =
Prominence = "c." 84 m
Coordinates =
Topographic
OS "Landranger" 119
Grid_ref_UK = SK035706
Listing = "none"Axe Edge Moor is the major moorland, west of
Buxton in thePeak District . It is mainly gritstone (Namurian shale and sandstone). Its highest point (551m) is at gbmapping|SK035706 This is slightly lower thanShining Tor , (which is some 5km away to the north-west, across the modest dip of incipient Goyt Valley)The moor is the source of the River Dove,
River Manifold ,River Dane , River Wye andRiver Goyt . It boasts England's second highest public house (theCat and Fiddle Inn ). The moor is shared between the counties ofDerbyshire ,Staffordshire andCheshire , which meet on its south-western flank at the Three Shire's Head on the Dane.The Axe Edge itself is on the south western edge, near the source of the Dove.
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