The Top 17 Natural Monuments around Ashbourne
Ashbourne’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 17
beautiful natural monuments around Ashbourne. 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 Ashbourne. 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: October 8, 2025
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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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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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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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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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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Extend your search for the best caves by checking out these guides of the top ones around Ashbourne:
HazlebadgeBradwellOffertonEyamHathersageAbney and Abney Grange CPFoolowGreat HucklowHathersageHighlowStoney MiddletonWardlowTideswellGrindlow CP CPGrindlefordLittonBaslow and Bubnell CPGreat LongstoneHassopHartington Middle QuarterRowsleyFroggattCurbarCalverStanton CPSheldonAshford In The WaterBakewellNorthwood and Tinkersley CPOver HaddonBeeleyEdensorRowlandNether HaddonDarley DaleMiddleton And SmerrillHartington Town Quarter CPGrattonChatsworth CPLittle LongstonePilsleyYoulgreaveBrushfieldBallidonHartington Nether Quarter CPHarthillAldwarkParwichLittle Hucklow CP CPTaddingtonMonyashBrassingtonIvonbrook Grange CP CPHoptonBonsallEltonSouth DarleyIbleMatlock TownWhestonCarsingtonBirchoverWinsterEaton and Alsop CPMatlock Bath CP CPChelmortonCromfordWirksworthTansleyMiddletonCallowFlaggBradbourneBlackwell in the Peak CPHognastonTissington and Lea Hall CPKirk IretonNewton Grange CPAtlowHulland CPBradley CPBigginFenny BentleyThorpeKnivetonMapletonHulland WardOffcote and Underwood CPClifton And ComptonSnelstonEdlaston and Wyaston CPNorbury and Roston CPOsmastonYeldersleyMarston MontgomeryMercastonBrailsfordCubleyYeaveleySomersal HerbertDoveridgeShirleyLongford CPHungry Bentley CPBoylestoneAlkmontonSudbury
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