Cross bedding view

Stanage Edge, the longest of the Eastern Edges, in the Peak District National Park, Derbyshire.

Stanage Edge is comprised of Rivelin Grit (aka Chatsworth Grit), Namurian age, Upper Carboniferous. The coarse-grained gritstone was deposited in a series of delta distributary channels. The gritstone is normally strongly cross-bedded, and intraformational erosion surfaces (as in this photo) are common.

The Hope Valley, Hope cement works, Mam Tor and the Kinderscout plateau are all visible in the background.