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Cressbrook Dale
Valley in the Derbyshire Peak District / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cressbrook Dale (also called Ravensdale) is a dry carboniferous limestone gorge near Bakewell, Derbyshire, in the Peak District of England. The dale is cut into a plateau of farmland and lies to the south east of the village of Litton. Cressbrook village is at the foot of the valley to the south.[1]
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Cressbrook Dale | |
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Ravensdale | |
![]() Cressbrook Dale Nature Reserve | |
Length | 2.5 miles (4 km) North-South |
Width | 450 metres (1,476 ft) |
Depth | 100 metres (328 ft) |
Geography | |
Location | Derbyshire, England |
Coordinates | 53.2586°N 1.7466°W / 53.2586; -1.7466 |
Rivers | winterbourne stream |
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The valley is dry over the summer but has a winterbourne stream which runs into the mill pond at Cressbrook Mill and then into the River Wye in Water-cum-Jolly Dale.