High Peak

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Borough of High Peak
Shown within Derbyshire
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
Image:Highpeakarms.PNG High Peak Borough Council http://www.highpeak.gov.uk/
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.

Contents 1 Creation 2 Neighbouring local government districts 3 Main Settlements 4 National Trust

[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 in the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire, the metropolitan borough of Kirklees 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 are more closely linked to Sheffield and it has been considered whether these communities should be incorporated into 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.