The Top 20 Natural Monuments around Hognaston
Hognaston’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 20
beautiful natural monuments around Hognaston. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
beautiful natural monuments around Hognaston. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
Last updated: November 14, 2025
Thorpe Cloud
Highlight • Climb
Thorpe Cloud rises proudly from Dovedale and affords breathtaking views over the River Dove, Bunster Hill, Ilam and beyond. It has a distinctive conical shape and is a popular summit …
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Dovedale Stepping Stones and the River Dove
Highlight • River
Boasting an internationally important ancient ash woodland, wildflower-rich grasslands, abundant wildlife, awesome caves, iconic stepping stones and the crystal-clear River Dove gently flowing through its heart, Dovedale is the perfect …
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High Tor and Giddy Edge
Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint
The footpath along the summit is commonly known as Giddy Edge, unfenced and not recommended for small children . There is a small metal handrail afixed to the inside edge (of the cliff) totally spectacular.
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Black Rocks
Highlight • Forest
An impressive gritstone outcrop, Black Rocks and its surroundings are superb hiking territory. A steep ascent from the car park and the trails below bring you to the top. From …
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Reynard’s Cave and Natural Arch
Highlight • Cave
Reynard’s Cave is located high up on the bank of Dovedale. The caves, formed by the erosion of limestone, were used as a shelter by hunters from around 13,000 BCE. …
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StarDisc, Stoney Wood
Highlight • Monument
Check out the Stardisc at the top of Stoney Wood, where there is also some lovely views of the surrounding area and the Middle Peak Quarry. Stoney Wood itself contains …
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Fountain and Flower Beds in Hall Leys Park
Highlight • Natural Monument
Flower beds feature in Matlock Town centre
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National Stone Centre
Highlight • Climb
Old limestone quarries that have been opened to explain how the area used to be the shoreline. Interesting details to read and lots of old, overgrown quarries to explore. Some …
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Oker Sycamore Tree
Highlight • Natural Monument
A Tradition of Oker Hill in Darley Dale, DerbyshireWilliam Wordsworth (1770–1850) ’T IS said that to the brow of yon fair hillTwo brothers clomb, and, turning face from face,Nor one …
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Ilam Rock
Highlight • Natural
Dovedale is renowned for its beautiful rock formations, created by water, ice and wind erosion over the millennia. Some of the exposed limestone has formed magnificent structures, towering above the …
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Yew Tree Well
Highlight • Historical Site
One of the most celebrated events in the village is the annual Well Dressing festival, a unique and tradition that dates back centuries.
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OffertonAbney and Abney Grange CPHazlebadgeHathersageBradwellEyamFoolowHathersageGreat HucklowHighlowStoney MiddletonGrindlow CP CPTideswellGrindlefordBaslow and Bubnell CPLittonWardlowCalverFroggattCurbarHartington Middle QuarterGreat LongstoneHassopRowsleyStanton CPOver HaddonBakewellAshford In The WaterSheldonLittle Hucklow CP CPBeeleyEdensorLittle LongstoneBrushfieldRowlandNether HaddonMiddleton And SmerrillHartington Town Quarter CPHartington Nether Quarter CPGrattonHarthillParwichTaddingtonNorthwood and Tinkersley CPChatsworth CPPilsleyMonyashYoulgreaveDarley DaleIbleSouth DarleyIvonbrook Grange CP CPMatlock TownBallidonBonsallBrassingtonAldwarkBirchoverChelmortonWinsterWhestonEltonHoptonCarsingtonBlackwell in the Peak CPEaton and Alsop CPFlaggMatlock Bath CP CPCromfordTansleyMiddletonWirksworthCallowBradbourneTissington and Lea Hall CPKirk IretonHulland CPAtlowBradley CPNewton Grange CPKnivetonBigginFenny BentleyMapletonThorpeHulland WardOffcote and Underwood CPClifton And ComptonSnelstonAshbourneEdlaston and Wyaston CPNorbury and Roston CPOsmastonYeldersleyMarston MontgomeryMercastonBrailsfordCubleyYeaveleySomersal HerbertDoveridgeLongford CPShirleyBoylestoneHungry Bentley CPAlkmontonSudbury
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