Axe Edge Moor is the major moorland southwest of Buxton in the Peak District, England. It is mainly gritstone (Namurian shale and sandstone). Its highest point (551 metres (1,808 ft)) is at grid reference SK035706. This is slightly lower than Shining Tor (which is some 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) to the northwest, across the modest dip of the incipient Goyt Valley).

Axe Edge Moor
Dove Head Farm and the A53, looking towards Buxton. On the skyline are the cottages of Axe Edge End.
Highest point
Elevation551 m (1,808 ft)[1]
Prominence84 m[1]
ListingDewey
Coordinates53°14′N 1°57′W / 53.23°N 1.95°W / 53.23; -1.95
Geography
Axe Edge Moor is located in the Peak District
Axe Edge Moor
Axe Edge Moor
Location in the Peak District
LocationCheshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, England
Parent rangePeak District
OS gridSK035706
Topo mapOS Landranger 119

The moor is the source of the River Dove, River Manifold, River Dane, River Wye and River Goyt. It boasted England's second-highest public house (the Cat and Fiddle Inn), which closed in 2015 before reopening as a distillery. The moor is shared between the counties of Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire, which meet on its southwestern flank at Three Shire Heads on the Dane.

The Axe Edge itself is on the southeastern edge, near the source of the Dove.

References

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  1. ^ a b Axe Edge Moor at www.hill-bagging.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2016.