I'm a very infrequent poster here (about once a year!) but a regular reader, and thought someone on URW could answer this.
Whenever I go for a walk at The Roaches, I end up having a pint at the New Inn in Flash. There's a sign on the way in to the village welcoming you to "the highest village in Britain" at 1558 ft. I don't have anything to compare it against, but is this really true? It just surprises me that the highest village would be in the White Peak as opposed to, well, almost anywhere else actually!
Whenever I go for a walk at The Roaches, I end up having a pint at the New Inn in Flash. There's a sign on the way in to the village welcoming you to "the highest village in Britain" at 1558 ft. I don't have anything to compare it against, but is this really true? It just surprises me that the highest village would be in the White Peak as opposed to, well, almost anywhere else actually!
Not a definitive answer, but this strikes me as higher than anywhere that springs to mind in Scotland. That's about the height of the Drumochter pass, and Dalwhinnie (something of a benchmark in desolate sites for a village to my mind) is well down from there. Even in upland areas villages tend to be in valleys.
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I'm a very infrequent poster here (about once a year!) but a regular reader, and thought someone on URW could answer this.
Whenever I go for a walk at The Roaches, I end up having a pint at the New Inn in Flash. There's a sign on the way in to the village welcoming you to "the highest village in Britain" at 1558 ft. I don't have anything to compare it against, but is this really true? It just surprises me that the highest village would be in the White Peak as opposed to, well, almost anywhere else actually!
I make 1558ft 467m
Tomintoul in the Cairngorms is at 345m.
Wanlockhead in Dumfries and Galloway is at 420m
The usual fount of all knowledge as to the highest whatever is TAC -- Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"
I'm a very infrequent poster here (about once a year!) but a regular reader, and thought someone on URW could answer this.
Whenever I go for a walk at The Roaches, I end up having a pint at the New Inn in Flash. There's a sign on the way in to the village welcoming you to "the highest village in Britain" at 1558 ft. I don't have anything to compare it against, but is this really true? It just surprises me that the highest village would be in the White Peak as opposed to, well, almost anywhere else actually!
I make 1558ft 467m
Tomintoul in the Cairngorms is at 345m.
Wanlockhead in Dumfries and Galloway is at 420m
We're at 200m, and that's considered high and exposed. Which - for the UK - it clearly is.
Up the hill, Princetown is at up to 450m (how do you assign a spot height to a town that isn't on the flat?) and doesn't confront visitors with "highest this or that" signs, though I believe it may have some contenders (e.g. highest railway station[disused]?)
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I'm a very infrequent poster here (about once a year!) but a regular reader, and thought someone on URW could answer this.
Whenever I go for a walk at The Roaches, I end up having a pint at the New Inn in Flash. There's a sign on the way in to the village welcoming you to "the highest village in Britain" at 1558 ft. I don't have anything to compare it against, but is this really true? It just surprises me that the highest village would be in the White Peak as opposed to, well, almost anywhere else actually!
I think Wanlockhead (sp?) in the borders is the highest.
I think you'll find that Flash is actually 'Dark Peak' rather than White Peak. It's situated on what must be the southern most extent of the gritstones on a ridge that extends from the Roaches up through Flash, Axe Edge, Burbage and Black Edges on the outskirts of Buxton. Immediately to the south of this is limestone.
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I'm a very infrequent poster here (about once a year!) but a regular
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and thought someone on URW could answer this.
Whenever I go for a walk at The Roaches, I end up having a pint at the New Inn in Flash. There's a sign on the way in to the village welcoming you to "the highest village in Britain" at 1558 ft. I don't have anything to compare it against, but is this really true? It just surprises me that the highest village would be in the White Peak as opposed to, well, almost anywhere else actually!
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I think you'll find that Flash is actually 'Dark Peak' rather than White Peak. It's situated on what must be the southern most extent of the gritstones
Not quite right - the gritstone actually goes to the SE of Leek, just about the Churnett Valley.
On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 11:32:58 +0000, Peter Clinch <[email hidden]> wrote:
Its higher than any other i can think of.
There is something cute about the highest something being in Staffordshire.
Nenthead, Cumberland ,must run it close. Wanlockhead is definitely a little lower but at least is in a Glen, so most daysfrom there finish with a downhill. Catching a bus at Flash was always a cruel end to a day
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I think you'll find that Flash is actually 'Dark Peak' rather than White Peak. It's situated on what must be the southern most extent of the gritstones
Not quite right - the gritstone actually goes to the SE of Leek, just about the Churnett Valley.
True, and Stanton Lees quarry and Nine Ladies Circle, which have been "in the news" recently are in an area of gritstone which is also quite far south in the Peak (a couple of miles from me in the south White Peak). -- Paul Lydon Winster, Derbyshire, UK
Thanks for providing that link, I've been looking for a site listing the geographical extremes of the UK for ages! Just out of interest, the OS site only shows the longest rivers in each country, does anyone know of an on-line source listing, say, the top twenty?
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Thanks for providing that link, I've been looking for a site listing the geographical extremes of the UK for ages! Just out of interest, the OS
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only shows the longest rivers in each country, does anyone know of an on-line source listing, say, the top twenty?
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Err - surely they've got the other bit wrong tho - i.e. Highest points for isolated buildings - No Snowdon Cafe, Ptarmigan Restaurant or even Cairngorm Weather Station.
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Err - surely they've got the other bit wrong tho - i.e. Highest points for isolated buildings - No Snowdon Cafe, Ptarmigan Restaurant or even Cairngorm Weather Station.
I haven't had a look at the site so may be wrong but the thing that immediately strikes me about the Snowdon Cafe is that it is not occupied permanently and that might apply also to the Ptarmigan. AFASIK the weather centre is not occupied at all.
The highest occupied building in the country used to be the Ben Nevis Observatory.
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Err - surely they've got the other bit wrong tho - i.e. Highest points
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isolated buildings - No Snowdon Cafe, Ptarmigan Restaurant or even
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Weather Station.
I haven't had a look at the site so may be wrong but the thing that immediately strikes me about the Snowdon Cafe is that it is not occupied permanently and that might apply also to the Ptarmigan. AFASIK the weather centre is not occupied at all.
The highest occupied building in the country used to be the Ben Nevis Observatory.
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aha - but the site just mentions isolated buildings - not "dwellings"
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aha - but the site just mentions isolated buildings - not "dwellings"
Perhaps you should make them aware of their mistake then. They get far too much of our money to be allowed to get away with such sloppy reporting.
The last time I was there (late 80s) there was still a building (the emergency shelter) on the summit of Ben Nevis. Has that now gone the same way as the high level shelters in the Cairngorms, destroyed by a PC ethos that would rather deny shelter to those in extremis than allow any hint that they have encouraged the feckless to risk their lives in any way.
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The last time I was there (late 80s) there was still a building (the emergency shelter) on the summit of Ben Nevis. Has that now gone the same way as the high level shelters in the Cairngorms
Still there. They've removed the one at the top of No 4 Gully, since it was falling to pieces and in any case was usually covered by snow in the winter.
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Err - surely they've got the other bit wrong tho - i.e. Highest points
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isolated buildings - No Snowdon Cafe, Ptarmigan Restaurant or even
Cairngorm
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Weather Station.
I haven't had a look at the site so may be wrong but the thing that immediately strikes me about the Snowdon Cafe is that it is not occupied permanently and that might apply also to the Ptarmigan. AFASIK the weather centre is not occupied at all.
The highest occupied building in the country used to be the Ben Nevis Observatory.
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aha - but the site just mentions isolated buildings - not "dwellings"
Aha - but it also has the word "settlement" at the top of the column ;-)
