Bamford Edge

{{Short description|Tourist attractions in Derbyshire}}

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| photo_alt = Climbers on Gun Buttress, Bamford Edge

| photo_caption = Climbers on Gun Buttress, Bamford Edge

| map = Derbyshire

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| map_caption = Location within Derbyshire

| location = Peak District, United Kingdom

| nearest_city = Sheffield

| range = Pennines

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| climbing_type = Traditional crag{{Cite web |date=2005-02-18 |title=UKC Databases - "Bamford Edge" |url=http://www.ukclimbing.com/databases/crags/craginfo.html?id=87 |access-date=2023-08-16 |archive-date=18 February 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050218071636/http://www.ukclimbing.com/databases/crags/craginfo.html?id=87 |url-status=bot: unknown }}

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| ratings = D to E7

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| quantity = 150 routes

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| aspect = South-west

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| elevation = {{convert|400|m|ft}}

| ownership = Private

| access = All year (except pre-announced closures)

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Bamford Edge is an overhang of gritstone rock that sticks out north of the village of Bamford, Hope Valley, in the English county of Derbyshire.{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 110 Sheffield & Huddersfield (Glossop & Holmfirth)|ISBN= 9780319231876 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2012}} The first ascent of "Smoked Salmon", which is graded as E8 7b was made by British climber Johnny Dawes.{{Cite web |date=2003-08-29 |title=ROCKFAX %7C Databases %7C Bamford > Great Tor Lower |url=http://www.rockfax.com/databases/results_buttress.html?id=18 |access-date=2023-08-16 |archive-date=29 August 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030829020636/http://www.rockfax.com/databases/results_buttress.html?id=18 |url-status=bot: unknown }}

Bamford Edge has numerous trails across it and, on a clear day, provides views of almost all of the Hope Valley. Some trails come out at New Road opposite the Yorkshire Bridge public house.