Windgather Rocks

Windgather Rocks
Windgather Rocks
	Windgather Rocks from the south
	Windgather Rocks Location within Derbyshire
OS grid reference	SJ994783
District	High Peak;
Shire county	Derbyshire;
Region	East Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
	List of places UK England Derbyshire 53°18′06″N 2°00′38″W / 53.30165°N 2.01046°W

The Windgather Rocks (416 metres/1,365 ft a.s.l.^[1]) is a gritstone crag on the Derbyshire–Cheshire border in England. It is in the Peak District National Park and is a popular site for learning the rudiments of rock climbing. As the name suggests the area is exposed to the prevailing westerly winds. The rocks lie above Taxal Edge and are part of a north–south ridge that starts between Kettleshulme and Whaley Bridge and culminates at Shining Tor.^[1] The crag was featured in the first guide to rock climbing in the Peak District, Some Gritstone Climbs, published in 1913 and written by John Laycock.

References

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 OL1 Dark Peak area (Map). 1:25000. Outdoor Leisure. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 10 August 2012.

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[os-1] 1.0 ^1.1 OL1 Dark Peak area (Map). 1:25000. Outdoor Leisure. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 10 August 2012.

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