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Creswell Crags (or Cresswell Craggs)

Features
Large man made lake
Visitor centre
Toilets, Cafe
Large Car Park
Well maintained footpaths around the waters edge.
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North Derbyshire nr Worksop (A57). Creswell Crags (often misspelled as Cresswell Craggs) is a limestone gorge with lots of caves and smaller fissures. Stone tools and remains of animals found in the caves by archaeologists provide evidence for a fascinating story of life during the last Ice Age between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago.

The base of the gorge contains a small lake with a well maintained path circling the water, with loads of wild flowers to look at & photograph. There's also a visitor center in nearby woodland.

Creswell Craggs in on the Derbyshire - Nottinghamshire border, in between the Peak District to the west and Sherwood Forest to the east. Clumber Park in less than 5 miles away.

Photographs from Creswell Crags , Derbyshire. (soon)

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Creswell Crags

A limestone gorge with lots of caves and smaller fissures. Stone tools and remains of animals found in the caves by archaeologists provide evidence for a fascinating story of life during the last Ice Age between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago.

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