Owler Bar

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | static_image_name = Owler Bar near Sheffield - geograph.org.uk - 172296.jpg | static_image_caption = Owler Bar. | coordinates = {{coord|53.299|-1.561|display=inline,title}} | map_type = Derbyshire | official_name = Owler Bar | population = | shire_district = North East Derbyshire | shire_county = Derbyshire | region = East Midlands | constituency_westminster = | post_town = HOLMESFIELD | postcode_district = S17 | postcode_area = S | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = SK293780 | civil_parish = Holmesfield }}

'''Owler Bar''' {{audio|Owler_Bar.oga|listen}} is a small area of settlement and locally important road junction in the parish of Holmesfield, Derbyshire, England.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Stuff|first=Good|title=The Peacock Inn, Holmesfield, Derbyshire|url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101109638-the-peacock-inn-holmesfield|access-date=2021-09-02|website=britishlistedbuildings.co.uk}}</ref> It lies at an altitude of 305 metres and is just south of the county border with Sheffield, on the edge of the Peak District National Park. It lies {{convert|5|mi|spell=in}} west of the town of Dronfield and is where the A 621, B6054 and B6051 roads meet. The junction of the roads takes the form of an unusually large roundabout, or one-way system. Despite its small size, the hamlet has two pubs: the Peacock<ref name=":0" /> and the Moorlands.<ref>[http://www.sheffieldpub.co.uk/pubs/owler-bar/ Pubs In Owler Bar, Sheffield]</ref> A cairn lies immediately north of the hamlet.<ref>[http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=5486 The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map: Owler Bar Cairn]</ref> Notable residents have included rambler G. H. B. Ward.<ref>"[http://www.dorevillage.co.uk/doretodoorspr01/localhistoryspr01.htm Local history] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015225146/http://www.dorevillage.co.uk/doretodoorspr01/localhistoryspr01.htm |date=2008-10-15 }}", ''Dore to Door'', Spring 2001</ref>

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Category:Hamlets in Derbyshire Category:Towns and villages of the Peak District Category:North East Derbyshire District