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Robin Hood's Picking Rods

Photo: Robin Hood's Picking Rods, a 327m hill near Marple, Derbyshire, central England.

Robin Hood's Picking Rods

© Graham Hogg / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© Graham Hogg / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Robin Hood's Picking Rods

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Robin Hood's Picking Rods rises to 327 m (1,073 ft) in Derbyshire. It is the highest point of Stockport. The nearest other hill is Mellor Moor, 4.2 km to the south-west. Broadbottom Station is 3.3 km away to the north-west.

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Photo along the Pennine Bridleway, a 205-mile National Trail running from Middleton Top or Hartington to A683 at Cote Moor, England.Highlight

Pennine Bridleway

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The Pennines for horse and bike — old packhorse trails and drovers' roads.

here · spans 6 counties

Photo of the Peak District, a National Park in England.Iconic

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National Park near Castleton

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

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Photo of Etherow Country Park, a country park near Marple, Greater Manchester, north west England.

Etherow Country Park

Country park near Marple

A country park in Greater Manchester.

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Photo of Marple, a village in Greater Manchester, north west England.

Marple

Village

Canal town where the Peak Forest and Macclesfield canals meet at a great flight of locks and an aqueduct.

5 km SW · Greater Manchester

Photo of Marple Locks, a landmark in Greater Manchester, north west England.Highlight

Marple Locks

Landmark near Marple

Flight of sixteen canal locks and a towering stone aqueduct where the Peak Forest Canal climbs out of the Goyt valley.

5.3 km SW

Photo along the Pennine Way, a 268-mile National Trail running from Edale to Kirk Yetholm, England and Scotland.Highlight

Pennine Way

National Trail

The first and toughest of them all — 268 miles along England's rocky spine from the Peak to the Cheviots.

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