High Peak
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- See also the High Peak (UK Parliament constituency)
| Borough of High Peak | |
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 Shown within Derbyshire |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Non-metropolitan district; Borough |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Admin. County: | Derbyshire |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 92nd 540.25 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Chapel-en-le-Frith |
| ONS code: | 17UH |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density |
Ranked 249th 91,100 169 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.7% White |
| Politics | |
 High Peak Borough Council http://www.highpeak.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative / Liberal Democrats / Independent |
| MP: | Tom Levitt |
High Peak is a Non-metropolitan district and borough of the non-metropolitan county of Derbyshire, England. Administered from Chapel-en-le-Frith, it is mostly composed of high moorland plateau in the Dark Peak of the Peak District.
High Peak Hundred was the name of a hundred of the ancient county of Derbyshire covering roughly the same area as the current district. High Peak is also an alternative name for the Dark Peak.
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[edit] Creation
The borough was formed on April 1, 1974 by absorbing the municipal boroughs of Buxton and Glossop, the urban districts of New Mills and Whaley Bridge and the rural district of Chapel-en-le-Frith, all of which had previously been in the administrative county of Derbyshire, as well as the rural district of Tintwistle which had been in the administrative county of Cheshire.
[edit] Neighbouring local government districts
The borough adjoins the metropolitan boroughs of The City of Sheffield and Barnsley inthe metropolitan county of South Yorkshire, the metropolitan borough of Kirklees in in the mtropolitan county of West Yorkshire, the metropolitan boroughs of Stockport, Tameside and Oldham in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, the district of Derbyshire Dales in non-metroplitan Derbyshire, and the non-metropolitan counties of Cheshire and Staffordshire.
[edit] Main Settlements
There are five 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. Some of the northern parts of High Peak were considered for inclusion in Greater Manchester. These areas have closer links to Stockport and Manchester than the settlements nearer Derby. Similarly, the villages of the Hope Valley look towards Sheffield and it has been considered that these communities be annexed by that city.
Settlements in the borough include:
- 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 Bridge
[edit] National Trust
The 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.
Ceremonial county of Derbyshire  |
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| Unitary authorities: | Derby | |
| Boroughs/Districts: | Amber Valley • Bolsover • Chesterfield • Derbyshire Dales • Erewash • High Peak • North East Derbyshire • South Derbyshire | |
| Cities/Towns: | Alfreton • Ashbourne • Bakewell • Belper • Bolsover • Buxton • Chapel-en-le-Frith • Chesterfield • Clay Cross • Derby • Dronfield • Glossop • Heanor • Ilkeston • Killamarsh • Long Eaton • Matlock • New Mills • Ripley • Sandiacre • Shirebrook • Staveley • Swadlincote • Whaley Bridge • Wirksworth See also: List of civil parishes in Derbyshire |
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| Districts of the East Midlands |  |
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Amber Valley | Ashfield | Bassetlaw | Blaby | Bolsover | Boston | Broxtowe | Charnwood | Chesterfield | Corby | Daventry | Derby | Derbyshire Dales | East Lindsey | East Northamptonshire | Erewash | Gedling | Harborough | High Peak | Hinckley and Bosworth | Kettering | Leicester | Lincoln | Mansfield | Melton | Newark and Sherwood | Northampton | North East Derbyshire | North Kesteven | North West Leicestershire | Nottingham | Oadby and Wigston | Rushcliffe | Rutland | South Derbyshire | South Holland | South Kesteven | South Northamptonshire | Wellingborough | West Lindsey |
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Counties with multiple districts: Derbyshire - Leicestershire - Lincolnshire - Northamptonshire - Nottinghamshire |
