- Longstone Edge
infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 53.24
longitude= -1.69
official_name= Longstone Edge
shire_district =Derbyshire Dales
shire_county =Derbyshire
region= East Midlands
post_town= BAKEWELL
os_grid_reference= SK217735Longstone Edge is a limestone ridge in the
Peak District National Park, inDerbyshire ,England .Longstone Edge is situated to immediately to the north of the village of
Great Longstone , which is in turn about 3km north of the town ofBakewell . It runs from east to west for about 6km, from the village ofCalver to the River Wye atMonsal Dale and is about 1km wide. It rises to about 390m (1300ft) and commands far-reaching views over the Peak District.It has been, and is, intensively quarried for galena,
fluorspar andbarytes , and more controversially,limestone . Since Longstone Edge is a noted beauty spot and is located within the Peak District National Park there is strong local pressure for the quarrying to stop altogether.Some of this quarrying is strictly controlled by the Peak District National Park Authority, but the Authority has been conducting a lengthy legal battle to try to stop other quarries (at Backdale and Wager's Flat) which are operating outside of the authority's guidelines.
In February 2008 the High Court ruled in favour of landowner Bleaklow Industries Ltd, and quarrying at Backdale quarry has resumed. The Peak District National Park Authority has now won permission to appeal against that High Court decision. In the meantime, a consortium of pressure groups is campaigning to have the Government buy out the old mineral mining permissions from the landowner.
External links
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* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/conservation/story/0,13369,1446493,00.html Stop destroying my Peak District, Roy Hattersley, Sunday March 27, 2005, The Observer]
* [http://www.greatlongstone.net Great Longstone Village Web-site]
* [http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/longstone-edge Quarrying on Longstone Edge]
* [http://www.longstone-edge.org Save Longstone Edge Campaign]
* [http://www.bleaklow.co.uk/pages/backdale_longstone_edge.html Legal Rights in a National Park - An alternative history of who caused this problem]
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