Dove Holes

CRS Code	DVH
Collected date	18/09/18

Dove Holes, it turns out, has nothing to do with doves but everything to do with water (the modern Welsh dŵr). It's a small village in the High Peak area of Derbyshire, where we arrived by train for a short bike ride to Hope.

The station was opened in 1863, but there are no extant station buildings, so it's just modern shelters. The entrance to platform 1, for trains towards Buxton:

Platform 1 with its brick shelter, seen from platform 2 opposite:

Access to platform 2 is via Station Road which crosses the line at the northern end of the station. The view south towards the station platforms:

Looking north along the line:

On the other side of the bridge, the road down to platform 2:

The entrance to platform 2:

On platform 2, looking north under the bridge:

Looking south along platform 2 at the shelter:

The wall is dry stone:

At the northern end of platform 2 looking north at both platforms:

Looking south along the line:

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