High Edge
High Edge is a limestone hill overlooking Harpur Hill, Buxton in Derbyshire, in the Peak District. The summit is 472 metres (1,549 ft) above sea level. The lower hilltop (about 400m north-west of the summit) is marked by a cairn.[1][2]
Following the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, this hilltop area became "Open Access" land for the public.[3]
There are two machine gun bunkers on the hilltop as part of the defences of the former RAF Harpur Hill.[4] From 1938 to 1969, the RAF Maintenance Unit 28 was based at Harpur Hill.[5] The RAF site was established as an underground ammunitions store with an extensive tunnel system to house munitions and ordnance. The site is now operated by the Health and Safety Executive Laboratory, which has had a presence on the site since 1947, when it was the Safety in Mines Research Establishment (SMRE).[6]
On the north-west side of High Edge is Buxton Raceway, a modern oval motorsport track. Racing started at the site in 1974 when it was known as 'High Edge'.[7]
References
- ^ "High Edge". Hill Bagging – Database of British and Irish Hills. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ OL24 White Peak area (Map). 1:25000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. West sheet.
- ^ "CRoW and Coastal Access Maps". Natural England. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ "Harpur Hill – Buxton Online – Peak District". www.buxtononline.net. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ "RAF Harpur Hill". Buxton Mountain Rescue Team. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
- ^ "HSE: Timeline". www.hse.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
- ^ "B U X T O N R A C E W A Y". buxtonraceway.com. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- v
- t
- e
- Black Hill
- The Cloud
- Gun
- Kinder Scout
- Shining Tor
- Abney Low
- Aleck Low
- Allman Well Hill
- Alport Height
- Axe Edge Moor
- Back Tor
- Beeley Moor
- Big Moor
- Birchen Edge
- Blacka Moor
- Black Chew Head
- Black Edge
- Blake Low
- Blakelow Hill
- Bleaklow
- Bole Hill
- Bolehill
- Bosley Minn
- Britland Edge Hill
- Brittain's Plantation
- Brown Knoll
- Bunster Hill
- Burbage Edge
- Burton Bole End
- Calver Peak
- Cheeks Hill
- Chinley Churn
- Chrome Hill
- The Cloud
- Combs Moss
- Corbar Hill
- Croker Hill
- Crook Hill
- Dead Edge End
- Derwent Edge
- Durham Edge
- Eccles Pike
- Ecton Hill
- Eldon Hill
- Emlin
- Eyam Moor - Sir William Hill
- Featherbed Moss
- Featherbed Top
- Fin Cop
- Froggatt Edge
- Gardom's Edge
- Gautries Hill
- Gibraltar Rocks
- Gratton Hill
- Great Ridge
- Grindslow Knoll
- Grin Low
- Gun
- Harborough Rocks
- Hare Edge Hill
- Harridge Pike
- Hartcliff Hill
- Haven Hill
- Hawks Low
- The Height
- Heights of Abraham
- Higger Tor
- High Edge
- High Field
- High Low
- Hollins Hill
- High Neb
- High Wheeldon
- Higher Shelf Stones
- Hollins Cross
- Houndkirk Hill
- Lantern Pike
- Lees Moor
- Longstone Moor
- Lord's Seat
- Lose Hill
- Lost Lad
- Low Moor
- Mam Tor
- Margery Hill
- Merryton Low
- Middleton Moor
- Minninglow Hill
- Mount Famine
- Nelson's Monument
- Ossoms Hill
- Parkhouse Hill
- Pike Low
- Pikenaze Hill
- The Roaches
- Rock Hall
- Rushup Edge
- Sheen Hill
- Shutlingsloe
- Slipper Low
- Snailsden Pike End
- Snels Low
- South Head
- Sponds Hill
- Stanage Edge
- Stanton Moor
- Tegg's Nose
- Thorpe Cloud
- Totley Moor
- Ughill Height
- Wardlow Hay Cop
- West Nab
- Wetton Hill
- Whaley Moor
- Wibben Hill
- Wild Bank
- Win Hill
- Windgather Rocks
- Wire Stone
- Wolfscote Hill