Revidge

About Revidge

Rising above the village of Warslow, this gritstone ridge offers a rugged contrast to the nearby limestone dales. Its summit, marked by a trig pillar and weathered outcrops, provides a superb vantage point for surveying the jagged silhouettes of Chrome and Parkhouse Hills across the Manifold Valley.

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• •The name is a dialectal evolution of the Old English 'hrycg', meaning ridge. This gritstone spine stands as a geological boundary marker between the soft limestone of the White Peak and the dark sandstones of the Staffordshire Moorlands.
• •The summit offers an exceptional view of the 'Dragon’s Back'—the reef knolls of Chrome Hill and Parkhouse Hill—which appear as sharp, prehistoric fins rising from the floor of the upper Dove Valley.
• •Despite its modest elevation, the hill is an excellent spot for birdwatching; the thermals created by the steep western drop often attract soaring buzzards and kestrels hunting over the lower fields.
• •Most walkers approach the summit from the village of Warslow to the south, often combining the hill with a visit to the nearby Ecton Hill to see the deep shafts of the former copper mines.
• •At exactly 401 metres, it holds its status as a summit of note by a solitary metre—a margin of error that keeps it safely above the ignominy of being called a 300-metre hill.