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River Manifold

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implements in some of the caves imply that minerals were mined around the Manifold valley thousands of years ago. Nowadays there is little trace of the industry that made many people (mainly the
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in 2008. Crayfish have been noted in the tributaries of the Manifold and it is hoped that re-colonisation can be achieved by the surviving upstream crayfish.
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which operated between 1904 and 1934. Opened in July 1937 after the LMS handed over the trackbed to Staffordshire County Council, it is tarmacked throughout.
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Bridgland, David; Howard, Andy; White, Mark; White, Tom (2014). "6 Synthesis: the Pleistocene evolution and human occupation of the Trent catchment".
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beds. It continues for 12 miles (19 km) before it joins the Dove. For part of its course, it runs underground (except when in spate), from
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The limestone cliffs that fringe the valley contain several rock-climbing areas, and named rock features, including
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The Manifold Valley Visitor Centre is housed in Hulme End Station, which also has a model of the railway.
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The Manifold valley was famous for the mining of copper and lead, and the mines at
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were some of the richest in the country. The discovery of
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Oakenclough Brook, Warslow Brook, Hoo Brook, River Hamps
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Staffordshire Past Track project: historical photos
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Index


Buxton
Axe Edge
Mouth
Dove
53°3′0″N 1°47′5″W / 53.05000°N 1.78472°W / 53.05000; -1.78472
Dove
Trent
Humber
North Sea

Grindon
Staffordshire
tributary
River Dove
Peak District
Derbyshire
Buxton
Axe Edge
White Peak
limestone
Wetton Mill
Ilam
River Hamps
Longnor
Hulme End
Ilam
Anglo-Saxon
meanders
Manifold Way

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