High Peak, Derbyshire

Creation

The borough was formed on 1 April 1974, covering the area of six former districts, which were abolished:

• Buxton Municipal Borough
• Chapel-en-le-Frith Rural District
• Glossop Municipal Borough
• New Mills Urban District
• Tintwistle Rural District (which had been in the administrative county of Cheshire)
• Whaley Bridge Urban District

Neighbouring districts

The borough adjoins the metropolitan boroughs of Sheffield and Barnsley in South Yorkshire, Kirklees in West Yorkshire, the districts of Derbyshire Dales, Cheshire East and Staffordshire Moorlands, and the Stockport, Tameside and Oldham metropolitan boroughs in Greater Manchester. The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham is only bordered by high moorland near Black Hill and is not accessible by road.

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.

Settlements in the borough include:

• Ashopton
• Bamford
• Brough and Shatton
• Buxton
• Buxworth
• Castleton
• Chapel-en-le-Frith
• Charlesworth
• Chinley
• Chisworth
• Crowden
• Derwent
• Dove Holes
• Edale
• Fernilee
• Furness Vale
• Gamesley
• Glossop
• Hadfield
• Hayfield
• Hope
• Horwich End
• New Mills
• Old Glossop
• Padfield
• Peak Forest
• Peak Dale
• Rowarth
• Sparrowpit
• Taxal
• Tintwistle
• Thornhill
• Whaley Bridge
• Woodhead

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.

Freedom of the Borough

The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of High Peak.

Individuals

• John Pritchard: 15 November 2022.

Military Units

• The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment: 1974.
• The Mercian Regiment: 18 December 2007.
• The Royal British Legion (6 local branches): 7 November 2018.

Media

For television, the area is served by BBC North West and ITV Granada broadcasting from the Winter Hill transmitter. Some eastern parts of the High Peak such as Hope Valley are served by BBC Yorkshire and ITV Yorkshire broadcasting from the Emley Moor transmitter.

Radio stations for the area are:

• BBC Radio Manchester on 95.1 MHz FM (covering Glossop, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Hadfield, New Mills and Whaley Bridge).
• BBC Radio Derby on 96.0 MHz FM (covering Buxton) and 95.3 MHz FM (for Hope Valley).
• Greatest Hits Radio Derbyshire (High Peak) on 103.3 MHz FM, 106.4 MHz FM, and 106.6 MHz FM.

Local newspapers are the Buxton Advertiser, Peak Advertiser and Glossop Chronicle.

References

References

1. "High Peak Local Authority".
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10. Downes, Emma. (15 November 2022). "Longest-serving High Peak borough councillor given Freedom of Borough".
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13. "High Peak British Legion branches granted Freedom of the Borough".
14. (May 2004). "Full Freeview on the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter". UK Free TV.
15. (May 2004). "Full Emley Moor (Kirklees, England) Full Freeview transmitter". UK Free TV.
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