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Natural Monuments

West Midlands Region

Staffordshire Moorlands

Lover’s Leap, Dovedale

Natural Monuments

West Midlands Region

Staffordshire Moorlands

Lover’s Leap, Dovedale

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Lover’s Leap, Dovedale

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(125)

This Highlight is in a protected area

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Peak District National Park

Location: Ilam, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, West Midlands Region, England, United Kingdom

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April 12, 2019

Hiking

The only ascent/descent on the Dovedale trail up to Milldale.

June 4, 2022

Hiking

The stunning limestone promontory of Lover’s Leap is accessed by a set of steps built by Italian prisoners of war from the Second World War. The rock is so-called because a young woman who believed her lover to have been killed in the Napoleonic Wars threw herself from the crag into the ravine below. Her skirt caught in a tree on the slopes as she fell, however, and she survived, later to discover that her lover was actually still alive. letsgopeakdistrict.co.uk/listing/dovedale

Jessica Outdoors

October 9, 2019

Hiking

Spotted just beside the river about head height.

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Elevation 180 m

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Location: Ilam, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, West Midlands Region, England, United Kingdom

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