Birch Vale

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Birch Vale
Birch Vale from Lower Cliff. Looking SSW across the Sett valley, with the end of Hayfield Sewage Works just visible far left; in the centre is Birch Vale Reservoir and beyond that the houses of Birch Vale along the A6015.
Birch Vale shown within Derbyshire
District	High Peak
Shire county	Derbyshire
Region	East Midlands
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HIGH PEAK
Postcode district	SK22
Dialling code	01663
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
European Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	High Peak
List of places: UK • England • Derbyshire

Coordinates: 53°22′N 1°58′W / 53.37, -1.97

Birch Vale is a village in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, just outside the boundary of the Peak District National Park, between New Mills and Hayfield. Most of Birch Vale, including the attached village of Thornsett, comes under the administration of New Mills Town Council, though the small part to the east of 'The Grouse' public house is within the boundaries of Hayfield.

There are very few shops but there are four public houses: 'The Grouse' and the 'Vine Tavern' on the main road and 'The Sycamore' and 'The Printers' in Thornsett. There is a primary school in Thornsett. Until 1970, Birch Vale had a railway station on the branch line from New Mills Central to Hayfield with through trains to Manchester Piccadilly. Today the nearest railheads are the stations in New Mills — Central and Newtown — about two miles away. There are frequent bus services into New Mills, Hayfield, Glossop, Buxton and Stockport. The trackbed of the former railway line now carries the Sett Valley Trail.

Birch Vale's most famous daughter is the TV presenter Tess Daly who grew up here^[1].

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