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Photo of Flash, a village in the Peak District, Staffordshire, central England.

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Flash

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Flash claims to be the highest village in England, sitting at around 1,518 feet on windswept gritstone moor. It’s a scatter of stone houses near Three Shires Head, where Staffordshire, Cheshire and Derbyshire meet at a packhorse bridge over the young River Dane. Bring layers — it’s exposed up here. Buxton station is about 7km to the north-east.

More places to visit near Flash

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

Peak District

You’re inside itNational Park near Castleton

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

Photo of Three Shires Head, a waterfall near Flash in the Peak District, Staffordshire, central England.Highlight

Three Shires Head

Waterfall near Flash

The packhorse bridge and pools where Cheshire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire meet — once handy for prize-fighters dodging three county constabularies at once.

1.9 km NW

Photo: Chrome Hill, a viewpoint near Hollinsclough in the Peak District, Staffordshire, central England.Iconic

Chrome Hill

Viewpoint near Hollinsclough

Dragon's-back reef limestone ridge in the upper Dove valley, a sharp-crested fossil-reef hill with dramatic sunrise views.

3.3 km E

Photo of Lud's Church, a cave near Flash in the Peak District, Staffordshire, central England.Highlight

Lud's Church

Cave near Flash

Deep mossy chasm hidden in woodland above the Dane, a fairytale cleft of dripping rock linked to the Green Knight and Lollard worship.

4.1 km SW

Photo of The Roaches, a rock formation near Flash in the Peak District, Staffordshire, central England.Iconic

The Roaches

Rock formation near Flash

Spectacular gritstone escarpment on the Dark Peak edge, its wind-carved crags climbing to 505m with views to Wales and a hidden pool below.

4.2 km SW

Photo of Buxton, a village in Derbyshire, central England.Highlight

Buxton

Village

Elegant spa town of Georgian crescents and a domed Opera House, England's highest market town, built on its warm mineral spring.

7.2 km NE · Derbyshire