Peak Dale

Peak Dale
Peak Dale
Peak Dale shown within Derbyshire
OS grid reference	SK092769
District	High Peak
Shire county	Derbyshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BUXTON
Postcode district	SK17

Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands

EU Parliament	East Midlands

Peak Dale is a small village in Derbyshire, England. It is located between Dove Holes and Buxton, between 2 quarries. The population falls in the civil parish of Wormhill.

The village used to house quarry workers and their families, but some of the original houses have now been demolished. The village has a club, a playground, and a primary school, which are all used frequently by residents of the village.

Great Rocks Dale lies immediately south of the village.

Peak Dale Band

Peak Dale also has a public band that meets every week; it performs in churches and clubs in the local area. Most of the band is made up of the youth around the area, aged 10 to 18. It plays on 11 November every year for the village.

External links

Media related to Peak Dale at Wikimedia Commons

Borough of High Peak

Major settlements

Villages

Waterways

Canals	Peak Forest Canal
Rivers	Alport Ashop Dane Derwent Dove Etherow Goyt Kinder Peakshole Water Noe Sett Westend Wye

Transport

Rail	Buxton railway station Chapel-en-le-Frith railway station Glossop railway station Hadfield railway station New Mills Central railway station Whaley Bridge railway station
Road	A6 A57 (Snake Pass) A624

Culture, leisure
and tourism

Education: Schools; University of Buxton
Governance: High Peak (constituency)
Historic: Mass trespass of Kinder Scout; Well dressing; Woodhead Tunnel
Sport: Buxton F.C.; Chapel Town F.C.; Glossop North End A.F.C.; New Mills A.F.C.

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