High Peak
| 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 (2003 est.) - Density | Ranked 247th 90,072 167 / 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 is a local government district and borough of the county of Derbyshire, England. Administered from the Chapel-en-le-Frith, it is mostly composed of high moorland plateaux in the Dark Peak of the Peak District. High Peak is also an alternative name for the Dark Peak.
High Peak was previously a name of a hundred of Derbyshire covering roughly the same area.
The borough adjoins 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
| Districts of England – East Midlands | |
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Amber Valley | Ashfield | Bassetlaw | Blaby | Bolsover | Boston | Broxtowe | Charnwood | Chesterfield | Corby | Daventry | Derby | Derbyshire Dales | East Lindsey | East Northamptonshire | Erewash | Gedling | Harborough | High Peak | Hinckley and Bosworth | Kettering | Leicester | Lincoln | Mansfield | Melton | Newark and Sherwood | Northampton | North East Derbyshire | North Kesteven | North West Leicestershire | Nottingham | Oadby and Wigston | Rushcliffe | Rutland | South Derbyshire | South Holland | South Kesteven | South Northamptonshire | Wellingborough | West Lindsey | |
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Administrative counties with multiple districts: Derbyshire – Leicestershire – Lincolnshire – Northamptonshire – Nottinghamshire |
Categories: Local government in Derbyshire