High Peak Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
| Borough of High Peak | |
|---|---|
Shown within Derbyshire | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | 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 (2002 est.) - Density | Ranked 248th 89,753 166 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.7% White |
| Politics | |
| High Peak Borough Council http://www.highpeak.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative + Liberal Democrats + Independent |
| MP: | Tom Levitt |
High Peak was previously a name of a hundred of Derbyshire covering roughly the same area.
The borough neighbours the boroughs of Sheffield and Barnsley in South 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, and the Hope Valley in the east.
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
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