Axe Edge Moor is the major moorland southwest of
Buxton in the
Peak District. It is mainly gritstone (
Namurian shale and sandstone). Its highest point () is at . This is slightly lower than
Shining Tor (which is some to the northwest, across the modest dip of the incipient
Goyt Valley
The River Goyt is a tributary of the River Mersey in North West England.
Etymology
The name ''Goyt'' may be derived from the Middle English ''gote'', meaning "a watercourse, a stream". Derivation from the Welsh ''gwyth'' meaning "vein" has bee ...
).
The moor is the source of the
River Dove,
River Manifold
The River Manifold is a river in Staffordshire, England. It is a tributary of the River Dove (which also flows through the Peak District, forming the boundary between Derbyshire and Staffordshire).
The Manifold rises at Flash Head just south ...
,
River Dane
The River Dane is a tributary of the River Weaver that originates in the Peak District area of England. The name of the river (earlier ''Daven'') is probably from the Old Welsh ''dafn'', meaning a "drop or trickle", implying a slow-moving river. ...
,
River Wye
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and
River Goyt. It boasts England's second-highest public house (the
Cat and Fiddle Inn). The moor is shared between the counties of
Derbyshire,
Staffordshire
Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands Cou ...
and
Cheshire
Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...
, which meet on its southwestern flank at
Three Shire Heads on the Dane.
The Axe Edge itself is on the southeastern edge, near the source of the Dove.
References
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Mountains and hills of Derbyshire
Hills of Staffordshire
Mountains and hills of the Peak District
Moorlands of England
Buxton