Black Edge

Black Edge
Derbyshire
Black Edge
Range:	Peak District
Summit:	1,663 feet SK062770 53°17’23"N, 1°54’29"W

Black Edge is a fell in the Peak District, reaching a summit at 1,633 feet above sea level. It is on a sharp ridgeline above the village of Dove Holes in the Dark Peak, in Derbyshire.

The summit of Black Edge is marked by a trig point. The summit is about a mile south-west of Dove Holes and two miles north of the historic spa town of Buxton, the 'Capital of the Peak'. It lies in open moorland on the gritstone crest of the eponymous escarpment that runs roughly north to south. There are alternative summits at SK062771 and SK060763. In addition the ground 140 yards to the north and the ruined building 700 yards south-southeast are at the same height as the summit.

Surrounding area

Nine hundred metres further north, also on the crest, is Hob Tor. Here the escarpment swings northwest, while a short spur, on which there is a tumulus known as Lady Low, heads northeast. To the west of Black Edge the heather-clad terrain of Combs Moss descends initially slowly for about a kilometre before dropping steeply into the valley south of Combs Reservoir.

To the east of Black Edge, the escarpment dives into the lowlands north of Buxton. A railway line hugs the foot of the scarp slope and is paralleled to the east by the A6.