Viewpoints · East Midlands
Heron Crags
Heron Crags is a viewpoint in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 20 min–45 min
- Best time of year
- Clear days year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Chinley · 5.5 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Heron Crags is a named viewpoint in Derbyshire, the East Midlands, marked on Ordnance Survey maps for its outlook. The site is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest. It sits within the High Peak parliamentary constituency. The nearest railway station is Chinley, about 5.5 km away. Postcode area SK22.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Dark Peak SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Craig Heron is a Canadian social historian and public intellectual with a broad interest in labour and cultural history. A former president of the Canadian Historical Association, he is a professor emeritus at York University.
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Background
History
Craig Heron grew up in the 1950s in a working-class household in suburban Toronto. The first in his family to go to university, he graduated with an Honours B.A. in Modern History from the University of Toronto in 1970 and completed an M.A. in history at the same institution in 1973. He was employed by the Ontario Federation of Students and the Dictionary of Canadian Biography before undertaking an M.A. in Comparative Labour History at the University of Warwick in England. On his return to Canada in 1976, he joined the active social history group at Dalhousie University, where he completed his Ph.D. in 1981. He began teaching at York University in 1982 and was appointed to the Division of…
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- Coordinates
- 53.3885, -1.9269
- County
- Derbyshire
- District
- High Peak
- Parish
- Hayfield
- Postcode
- SK22 2LJ
- Parliamentary constituency
- High Peak
- Nearest railway station
- Chinley — 5.5 km
Sources
- osm: n2627594837 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Craig Heron (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Heron Crags?
- Heron Crags is in Derbyshire, the East Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode SK22 2LJ), in the parish of Hayfield.
- Is Heron Crags a protected site?
- Yes — Heron Crags is part of the Dark Peak SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is Heron Crags free to visit?
- Yes, Heron Crags is free to enter.
- How do I get to Heron Crags?
- The nearest railway station is Chinley, about 5.5 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode SK22 2LJ.