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Caves: Poole's Cavern

Derbyshire atolls: Parkhouse Hill

Gritsone edges: Black Edge

Limestone gorges: Wye Dale

Limestone plateau: Chelmorton

Peat and moorland: Combs Moss

Springs and wells: Wye Head Springs

Superquarries: Tunstead

Tropical limestones: Bee Low

Volcanoes: Calton Hill


A bow of stone: Crich Cliffe

Dolomite tors: Harboro' Rocks

Dry valleys: Via Gellia

Going underground: Middleton Mine

Limestone foundations: Dene Quarry

Metals and mines: Hopton

Rails and trails: High Peak Trail

Reservoirs: Carsington Water

River valley: Derwent

Sandstone deltas: Black Rock

Solution hollows: Carsington Pastures


Visit the Derbyshire coast: National Stone Centre site

Biodiversity section
Buxton Biodiversity pages Wirksworth Biodiversity pages


Acid grassland: Grinlow

Calcareous grasslands: Chee Dale

Farmland: Hargatewall

Flushes: Flint Clough

Gritstone edges: Combs Edge

Limestone outcrops: Great Rocks Dale

Limestone rivers: River Wye

Moorland: Combs Moss

Neutral grasslands: Ferney Bottom Meadows

Scrub: Topley Pike and Deepdale


Ancient farmland: Rose End Meadows

Ash woodlands: Via Gellia

Canals: Cromford

Lead spoil heaps: Gang Mine

Oak/birch woodland 1: Bow Wood

Oak/birch Woodland 2: Bow Wood

Quarries: Hopton Wood Quarry

Reservoirs: Carsington Water

Rivers: The Derwent

Wet woodland: Derwentside

Industry and Settlement section
Buxton Industry & Settlement pages Wirksworth Industry & Settlement pages


Britain's first superquarry: Tunstead/Old Moor

Buxton Spa: Buxton Spa

Forests: Hundred Acre Wood

Limeburning: Great Rocks Dale

Lofty villages: Chelmorton

Quarry after use: Grin Quarry

Send it by rail: Doveholes


Adding colour: Ryder Point Works

Birthplace of factories: Cromford

Building materials: Wirksworth

Carved in bright stone: Hopton Wood

Historic mining: Temple Mine, Matlock Bath

Historic quarry: Dene Quarry

Something for everyone: Matlock bath

Transport corridor: Derwent Valley

Village out of time: Bolehill village

Water everywhere: Carsington Water

Water wars: Meerbrook Sough

White walls: Middleton by Wirksworth

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