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Peak District, DerbyshireStanage Edge Circuit
Four miles of gritstone escarpment — Britain's most famous climbing crag and a superb ridgeline walk, with Pride & Prejudice film-location views over the Hope Valley.
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Start — Hollin Bank
Park at Hollin Bank (Plantation) car park below the crag. A short climb through the plantation reaches the edge at its busiest, most impressive section — watch climbers on routes first put up a century ago.
What's in the full guide
- Along the edge
- Stanage End & return
- Robin Hood's Cave
- Local area
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