Wye Head

Wye Head
Wye Head
	Wye Head rising
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
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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

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

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[huggett-1] Huggett, Richard J. (2011). Fundamentals of Geomorphology (3rd ed.). Routledge. p. 389. Retrieved 8 May 2012.

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