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Crowdecote
Crowdecote can be found deep in the valley beside the river Dove, and is accessed an extremely steep and winding road descending High Needham hill or an alternative descent from the village of Longnor . The river Dove forms the county boundary between Derbyshire and Staffordshire and most of the buildings of Crowdecote can be found within Derbyshire.
Origianllly the bridge over the Dove was a wooden footbridge, which was replaced in 1709 by a stone packhorse bridge, which was constructed to enable the heavily laden packhorse ponies to cross. It was a popular route incorporating villages such as Buxton, Leek, Ashford and Bakewell, and a toll cottage with a gate stood just on the Derbyshire side of the Dove.
The renowned Packhorse Inn at Crowdecote offers a menu of home-made tasty meals that are popular with all visitors, including weiry Peak District Walkers and Climbers.
Near to Crowdecote you will find the impressive conical-shaped Chrome Hill and Parkhouse Hill which are reef knolls, being examples of a kind of coral reef formed by billions of polyps in the carboniferous sea. Unlike the softer limestone, they retained their original structure and are richer in marine fossils than limestone, containing trilobites and corals.
Due north of Crowdecote is the more conventional shaped hill of High Wheeldon which reaches a height of 1348 feet. It was given to the nation as a memorial to the men of Derbyshire and Staffordshire who fell in the Second World War and then made over to the National Trust.
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