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Birchen Edge is a gritstone
Gritstone or grit is a hard, coarse-grained, siliceous sandstone. This term is especially applied to such sandstones that are quarried for building material. British gritstone was used for millstones to mill flour, to grind wood into pulp for ...
rock face in the Peak District
The Peak District is an upland area in England at the southern end of the Pennines. Mostly in Derbyshire, it extends into Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire. It includes the Dark Peak, where moorl ...
, England, popular with walkers and novice climbers as most of the climbing routes are in the lower grade.
Walking
Birchen Edge provides an easy high-level walk with views over the nearby village of Baslow and part of theChatsworth House
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estate. The edge is backed by a moorland plateau. Access is via a public footpath
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from the Robin Hood Inn on the A619 road, about from Chesterfield. Nearby Gardom's Edge and Blackstone Edge
Blackstone Edge ( ) is a gritstone escarpment at 472 m (1,549 feet) above sea level in the Pennine hills surrounded by moorland on the boundary between Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire in England.
History
Crossing the escarpment is Bl ...
may be incorporated into a circular walk. The Peak District Boundary Walk
The Peak District Boundary Walk is a circular walking trail, starting and finishing at Buxton and broadly following the boundary of the Peak District, Britain's first national park. The route was developed by the Friends of the Peak District (a ...
runs along the edge past Nelson's Monument.
Nelson's Monument
The monument consists of a 3-metre gritstone column with a 30 cm ball on top. It was erected in 1810 by a local businessman from Baslow called John Brightman, in honour ofLord Nelson
Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was a British flag officer in the Royal Navy. His inspirational leadership, grasp of strategy, and unconventional tactics brought ab ...
and was restored in 1992 by the 1805 Club The 1805 Club was founded in 1990 to accomplish three objectives. To assist in the preservation of monuments and memorials relating to Vice- Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson and seafarers of the Georgian era. To promote research into the Royal Navy of th ...
. Three nearby outcrops called the "Ship Rocks" have been carved with the names of three of Nelson's ships: ''Victory
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'', ''Defiance
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'' and '' Royal Soverin'' (''sic'').
Climbing
There are generally good belays to be found at the tops although there are a couple of areas such asStoker's Wall
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where it can be tricky. The starts can also be quite awkward where the crag is undercut. Classic routes include The Crow's Nest (climbing grade
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VS), Nelson's Slab (HVS), Sail Buttress (VS), Sail Chimney (S), Topsail (VS), Orpheus Wall (HVS), Peaches (E4), Trafalgar Crack (V Diff), Camperdown Crawl (VS) and Powder Monkey Parade (S – but do not underestimate it).
It was also the titular inspiration for the recently built Birchen Apartments at Sheffield University.
See also
* Rock climbing in the Peak DistrictReferences
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