Wye Head

Human settlement in England

Wye Head

Wye Head rising

Wye Head

Location within Derbyshire

OS grid reference| SK049731
District|

* High Peak

Shire county|

* Derbyshire

Region|

* East Midlands

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| BUXTON
Postcode district| DE56
Police| Derbyshire
Fire| Derbyshire
Ambulance| East Midlands

List of places

England
Derbyshire

53°15′18″N 1°55′41″W﻿ / ﻿53.255°N 1.928°W﻿ / 53.255; -1.928

Wye Head is an area in Derbyshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Burbage, on the outskirts of Buxton. It is so named because of a major rising of the River Wye, which carries much of the water from Poole's Cavern.[1]

## References

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1. ^ Huggett, Richard J. (2011). Fundamentals of Geomorphology (3rd ed.). Routledge. p. 389\. ISBN 9780203860083. Retrieved 8 May 2012.

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