Wye Head is an area in Derbyshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Burbage, on the outskirts of Buxton. It is so named because of a major rising of the River Wye, which carries much of the water from Poole's Cavern.[1]
Wye Head | |
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Wye Head rising | |
Location within Derbyshire | |
OS grid reference | SK049731 |
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Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BUXTON |
Postcode district | DE56 |
Police | Derbyshire |
Fire | Derbyshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
References
edit- ^ Huggett, Richard J. (2011). Fundamentals of Geomorphology (3rd ed.). Routledge. p. 389. ISBN 9780203860083. Retrieved 8 May 2012.