Wye Head

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 UK England Derbyshire 53°15′18″N1°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

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