Howden Edge

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Howden Edge tops out at 550 m in South Yorkshire. It is the highest point of Sheffield. It is one of four hills the Albion Guide lists in South Yorkshire. The surrounding countryside is part of the Peak District National Park.

Hoar Stones - Howden Edge and Bleaklow Head are among the hills within 9.5 km. The nearest railway station is Penistone, 10.9 km to the north-east.

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Britain's first national park: gritstone edges in the Dark Peak, limestone dales in the White.

The middle of three Derwent Valley reservoirs in the Peak District, its stone dam a Dambusters training ground below Bleaklow.

4 km SW

Thought to be Britain's largest landslip, over half a mile long, its gritstone towers looking like a ruined castle above remote Alport Dale.

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Gateway to the Peak's northern moors, a lakeside and woodland walk below the gritstone edges west of Barnsley.

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Dambusters crews trained over the dams and drowned villages of this Derwent Valley reservoir in the Peak District.

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Gritstone edge high above Bamford, giving one of the most celebrated views over Ladybower Reservoir and the Hope Valley.

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