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The Top 19 Natural Monuments around Snelston

Snelston’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 19

beautiful natural monuments around Snelston. 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 15, 2025

Thorpe Cloud

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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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The Chained Oak

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"On an autumn night, the Earl of Shrewsbury was returning to his home at Alton Towers when an old woman suddenly appeared in the road ahead of his horse and …

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Ilam Rock

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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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Extend your search for the best caves by checking out these guides of the top ones around Snelston:

HathersageBradwellHazlebadgeOffertonAbney and Abney Grange CPEyamFoolowHathersageHighlowGreat HucklowTideswellStoney MiddletonGrindlefordGrindlow CP CPBaslow and Bubnell CPWardlowLittonFroggattCalverCurbarGreat LongstoneHartington Middle QuarterHassopRowsleyStanton CPAshford In The WaterBakewellOver HaddonSheldonLittle Hucklow CP CPEdensorBeeleyLittle LongstoneNether HaddonRowlandBrushfieldMiddleton And SmerrillHartington Town Quarter CPHartington Nether Quarter CPParwichDarley DaleTaddingtonHarthillGrattonNorthwood and Tinkersley CPChatsworth CPPilsleyMonyashYoulgreaveBonsallSouth DarleyIbleMatlock TownBallidonIvonbrook Grange CP CPBrassingtonAldwarkBirchoverWinsterChelmortonWhestonEltonHoptonCarsingtonEaton and Alsop CPFlaggBlackwell in the Peak CPTansleyWirksworthMatlock Bath CP CPMiddletonCromfordCallowBradbourneHognastonTissington and Lea Hall CPKirk IretonAtlowHulland CPBradley CPNewton Grange CPKnivetonBigginFenny BentleyMapletonThorpeHulland WardOffcote and Underwood CPClifton And ComptonAshbourneEdlaston and Wyaston CPNorbury and Roston CPOsmastonYeldersleyMarston MontgomeryMercastonBrailsfordCubleyYeaveleySomersal HerbertDoveridgeLongford CPShirleyBoylestoneHungry Bentley CPAlkmontonSudbury

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