Winnats Pass (or Winnats, as shown on some Ordnance Survey maps) is a hill pass and limestone gorge in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England. The name is a corruption of 'wind gates' due to the swirling winds through the pass. It lies west of the village of Castleton, in the National Trust's High Peak Estate and the High Peak borough of Derbyshire. The road winds through a cleft, surrounded by high limestone ridges. At the foot of the pass is the entrance to Speedwell Cavern, a karst cave accessed through a flooded lead mine, and which is a popular tourist attraction.[1]
In the 1930s, Winnats Pass was the location used for annual access rallies in support of greater access to the moorlands or the Peak District, around the time of the Mass Trespass of Kinder Scout. At their peak these were attended by up to 10,000 people.[2]
The permanent closure of the main A625 road at Mam Tor in 1979 due to subsidence has resulted in Winnats Pass being heavily used by road traffic. However, the narrowness of the road and its maximum gradient of over 28% has caused it to be closed to buses, coaches and vehicles over 7.5 tonnes (7.4 long tons; 8.3 short tons) in weight. The road regularly features in the Tour of the Peak cycle race each autumn.[3]
^"Speedwell Cavern". showcaves.com. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
^"A history of open access land". Peak District National Park. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
^Pettinger, Tejvan (12 January 2015). "Winnats Pass". Cycling uphill (blog post). Retrieved 22 March 2020.
WinnatsPass (or Winnats, as shown on some Ordnance Survey maps) is a hill pass and limestone gorge in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England. The name...
the south face of Mam Tor—replacing a much earlier route through the WinnatsPass. This section of the road proved highly prone to landslides, especially...
and overlooks the White Peak (limestones), including the dry gorge of WinnatsPass. It is a dominating link between the eastern end of Rushup Edge and the...
Kinder Scout, the Manifold valley, Mam Tor, Dovedale, Milldale and WinnatsPass. The park authority owns around 5 per cent; other major landowners include...
it was not profitable and it was closed down by 1790. At the foot of WinnatsPass, it is a tourist attraction with an underground boat trip to the cavern...
stream that formed the New Series once flowed into the lower end of WinnatsPass, whereas the stream that formed the Old Series lost its headwaters to...
demonstration at WinnatsPass and, most famously, a mass trespass on Kinder Scout in Derbyshire. However, the Mountain Access Bill that was passed in 1939 was...
public attention and sympathy. The subsequent access rally staged in WinnatsPass attracted 10,000 people to attend in support of greater access to the...
WinnatsPass in Derbyshire on 31 October 2021. Tom Bell triumphantly reigned victorious in a time of 00:03:01.6 and Bithja Jones stormed up the pass to...
Chapel-en-le-Frith, and another heads for Mam Tor and Castleton by way of the WinnatsPass. The watershed between rivers running east into the North Sea and west...
limestone outcrop which gives rise to the White Peak stretching south from WinnatsPass. The south-eastern salient of the limestone outcrop represents the basinal...
the south side of the road running from the A623 at Sparrowpit to the WinnatsPass, west of Castleton, and is almost opposite Giant's Hole on the other...
(one of the oldest lead mines in the county) Snake Pass (to the north-east of the estate) WinnatsPass (west of Castleton) Forest of High Peak High Peak...
: 89 and Derby hawkweed (Hieracium naviense), still known only from WinnatsPass.: 263 One endemic species of moss, Derbyshire Feather Moss, occurs in...
Cave Dale with a return down WinnatsPass to give a very interesting walk. The approach from Peak Forest is shorter and passes Eldon Hole on the way. The...
Spicer – was found by 17-year-old rambler Fred Bannister in a cave in WinnatsPass in Castleton, Derbyshire. By his side was 17-year-old Marjorie Coe Stewart...
winter and after heavy rains but dry up over summer months. The gorge of WinnatsPass has cliffs up to 100m high. Dovedale, Deep Dale and Miller's Dale are...
of limestone cliffs, first discovered in Derbyshire, England, at the WinnatsPass (SK1382) by J.N. Mills in 1966, and described by him as a new species...
permanently closed after 1979 (so that all traffic now goes through WinnatsPass). The updraft winds created by the steep face make the hill a popular...
Ramblers, in conjunction with other groups, held an annual rally at WinnatsPass where they called for an Access to Mountains Bill to give a right to...
continues to Castleton over the course of 1 mile. It ends at the foot of WinnatsPass. Historically the road was designated the A625 but was re-designated...
short-lived. He damaged an ankle in an accident when leading in a race on WinnatsPass in November 1951 which ultimately resulted in his early retirement. Ronnie...
Retrieved 4 July 2019. - Winnat, Christoph (4 October 2013). "Ordermed gibt DrEd schon wieder den Laufpass" [Ordermed gives DrEd the pass again]. Ärzte-Zeitung...
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