Stanage Edge and Hathersage: The House Behind Thornfield
East Midlands, England
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Stanage Edge and Hathersage: The House Behind Thornfield
350 XP
Stanage Edge is the long gritstone escarpment above Hathersage. Below it, North Lees Hall is thought to have inspired Thornfield Hall in Jane Eyre, and east of the village, above Padley Gorge, the Longshaw Estate is National Trust moorland and woodland.
Required Activities
1
of 3
Climb or walk under Stanage Edge, the gritstone escarpment above Hathersage
2
of 3
See North Lees Hall below Stanage Edge from the footpath, the house thought to have inspired Thornfield Hall in Jane Eyre
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of 3
Walk the Longshaw Estate, National Trust moorland and woodland
Climb or walk under Stanage Edge, the gritstone escarpment above Hathersage
See North Lees Hall below Stanage Edge from the footpath, the house thought to have inspired Thornfield Hall in Jane Eyre
Walk the Longshaw Estate, National Trust moorland and woodland
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