Blake Dean

At the head of Hardcastle Crags is Blake Dean, which was founded by Slack and was in use from 1820-1959. Its construction on a hillside by a couple of hairpin bends gave rise to a local phrase ‘downstairs to the gallery and upstairs to the bottom’. Although the chapel was demolished in 1971, the remaining building has been used by the Scouts for some time.

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