High Peak
See also the High Peak (UK Parliament constituency)High Peak is a
local government district and
borough of the
county of
Derbyshire,
England. Administered from
Chapel-en-le-Frith, it is mostly composed of high
moorland plateaux in the
Dark Peak of the
Peak District. High Peak is also an alternative name for the Dark Peak.
High Peak was previously a name of a
hundred of
Derbyshire covering roughly the same area. See
High Peak (hundred).
The borough adjoins the boroughs of
Sheffield and
Barnsley in
South Yorkshire,
Kirklees in
West Yorkshire,
Stockport,
Tameside and
Oldham in
Greater Manchester,
Derbyshire Dales in Derbyshire, and the counties of
Cheshire and
Staffordshire.
There are four main areas of settlement in the borough: around
Buxton in the south west, around
New Mills in the west, around
Glossop in the north west, around
Whaley Bridge and
Chapel-en-le-Frith in the central part of the borough, and the
Hope Valley in the east. The northern part of the borough is close to the
Manchester urban area. It is believed that some of the northern parts of High Peak were considered for inclusion into
Greater Manchester; these areas have closer links to Stockport and Manchester more than they do to Derby. Similarly, the villages of the Hope Valley look towards Sheffield and there was even talk of these communities being annexed by that city.
The borough was formed on
April 1,
1974 from the former
municipal boroughs of Buxton, Glossop, the
urban districts of New Mills and Whaley Bridge, and
Chapel-en-le-Frith Rural District, as well as
Tintwistle Rural District from
Cheshire.
Settlements in the borough include:
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Ashopton*
Bamford*
Buxton*
Buxworth*
Castleton*
Chapel-en-le-Frith*
Charlesworth*
Chinley*
Crowden*
Derwent*
Dove Holes*
Edale*
Fernilee*
Furness Vale*
Gamesley*
Glossop*
Hadfield*
Hayfield*
Hope*
Horwich*
New Mills*
Peak Forest*
Rowarth*
Sparrowpit*
Tintwhistle*
Thornhill*
Whaley BridgeThe
National Trust is a major landowner in the district, owning extensive tracts of moorland and a number of farms, including some in Edale. Features of the Trust's
High Peak Estate include
Kinder Scout,
Odin Mine and
Mam Tor.
