Glossop is a market town in the Borough of High Peak,Derbyshire,England. It is located 15 miles (24 km) east of Manchester,24 miles (39 km) north-west of Sheffield and 32 miles (51 km) north of the county town,Matlock. Glossop lies near Derbyshire's borders with Cheshire,Greater Manchester,South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. It is between 150 and 300 metres above sea level and is bounded by the Peak District National Park to the south,east and north.
Buxton is a spa town in the Borough of High Peak,Derbyshire,England. It is England's highest market town,sited at some 1,000 feet (300 m) above sea level. It lies close to Cheshire to the west and Staffordshire to the south,on the edge of the Peak District National Park. In 1974,the municipal borough merged with other nearby boroughs,including Glossop,to form the local government district and borough of High Peak.
Longdendale is a valley in the Peak District of England,north of Glossop and southwest of Holmfirth. The name means "long wooded valley" and the valley is mostly in the counties of Derbyshire and Greater Manchester.
The M67 is a 5-mile (8.0 km) urban motorway in Greater Manchester,England,which heads east from the M60 motorway passing through Denton and Hyde before ending near Mottram. The road was originally conceived as the first section of a trans-Pennine motorway between Manchester and Sheffield that would connect the A57(M) motorway with the M1 motorway;however,the motorway became the only part to be built.
High Peak is a local government district with borough status in Derbyshire,England. The borough compromises high moorland plateau in the Dark Peak area of the Peak District National Park. The district stretches from Holme Moss in the north to Sterndale Moor in the south,and from Hague Bar in the west to Bamford in the east. The population of the borough taken at the 2011 Census was 90,892. The borough is unusual in having two administrative centres for its council,High Peak Borough Council;the offices are based in both Buxton and Glossop. The borough also contains other towns including Chapel-en-le-Frith,Hadfield,New Mills and Whaley Bridge.
Tom Levitt was a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for High Peak from the 1997 to 2010 general elections.
Whaley Bridge is a town and civil parish in the High Peak district of Derbyshire,England. It is situated on the River Goyt,16 miles (26 km) south-east of Manchester,7 miles (11 km) north of Buxton,9 miles (14 km) north-east of Macclesfield and 28 miles (45 km) west of Sheffield. It had a population of 6,455 at the 2011 census,including Furness Vale,Horwich End,Bridgemont,Fernilee,Stoneheads and Taxal.
Hadfield is a town in the High Peak of Derbyshire,England,with a population at the 2021 Census of 6,763. It lies on the south side of the River Etherow,near to the border with Greater Manchester,at the western edge of the Peak District close to Glossop.
High Peak is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Robert Largan,a Conservative.
Stalybridge and Hyde is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Jonathan Reynolds,a member of Labour Co-op.
The Longdendale Bypass is a long-planned road scheme in England by the Highways Agency. The aim is to alleviate traffic congestion on the A57 road/A628 road/A616 road routes that presently pass through the villages. There is both support and opposition for this long-planned scheme which will pass through the valley of Longdendale and part of the Peak District National Park.
The A628 is a major road connecting Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire in northern England. It crosses the Pennine hills by way of Longdendale and the Woodhead Pass in the Peak District National Park. The road's altitude and exposure to bad weather create problems in winter and the road is sometimes closed due to snow or high winds.
High Peak Borough Council is the local authority for High Peak,a borough of Derbyshire,England. It forms part of the two-tier system of local government for High Peak,alongside Derbyshire County Council. The administrative base of High Peak Borough Council is split between sites in the towns of Buxton and Glossop. Full council meetings are usually held at the Octagon,Buxton. The whole council is elected once every four years. As of 2019,the council is controlled by the Labour Party.
The East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EMAS) provides emergency medical services,urgent care and patient transport services for the 4.8 million people within the East Midlands region of the UK - covering Nottinghamshire,Derbyshire,Leicestershire,Rutland,Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire. It was formed in 1999 by amalgamating several county ambulance services,and in July 2006 was dissolved and reformed under the same name as part of a nationwide reorganisation of ambulance service provision.
Andrew George Stephenson is a British politician serving as Lord Commissioner of the Treasury since October 2022. He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Communities from September to October 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pendle in Lancashire since 2010.
Jonathan Neil Reynolds is a British politician.
Chapel-en-le-Frith High School is a mixed gender comprehensive school in Chapel-en-le-Frith in the county of Derbyshire,England. It serves pupils aged 11 to 16 from the town and surrounding areas.
Ruth Stephanie Nicole George is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for High Peak from 2017 to 2019. A member of the Labour Party,she has been a Member of Derbyshire County Council since 2020.
Robert Largan is a British Conservative Party politician,who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for High Peak at the 2019 general election. He has been serving as Assistant Government Whip since October 2022.
Corbar Hill is a sandstone hill at the south end of Combs Moss,overlooking Buxton in Derbyshire,in the Peak District. The summit is 437 metres (1,434 ft) above sea level.
