Glossop is a market town in the borough of High Peak,Derbyshire,England,15 miles (24 km) east of Manchester,24 miles (39 km) north-west of Sheffield and 32 miles (51 km) north of Matlock. Near Derbyshire's borders with Cheshire,Greater Manchester,South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire,between 150 and 300 metres above sea level,it is bounded by the Peak District National Park to the south,east and north. In 2021,it had a population of 17,825.
Buxton is a spa town in the Borough of High Peak,Derbyshire,in the East Midlands region of 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-long (8 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,covering a 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 in Buxton and Glossop. Other towns include Chapel-en-le-Frith,Hadfield,New Mills and Whaley Bridge.
Tom Levitt is a former 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. It doubled as the fictional town of Royston Vasey in the BBC comedy series The League of Gentlemen.
Tintwistle is a village and civil parish in the High Peak district of Derbyshire,England,which had a population of 1,400 at the 2011 census. The village is just north of Glossop at the lower end of Longdendale Valley. Tintwistle,like nearby Crowden and Woodhead,lies within the historic county boundaries of Cheshire.
The Woodhead line was a railway line linking Sheffield,Penistone and Manchester in the north of England. A key feature of the route is the passage under the high moorlands of the northern Peak District through the Woodhead Tunnels. The line was electrified in 1953 and closed between Hadfield and Penistone in 1981.
High Peak is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Jon Pearce of the Labour Party.
The Longdendale Bypass is a long-planned National Highways road scheme in the Tameside and High Peak districts in England. Its aim is to alleviate traffic congestion on the A57,A628,and A616 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.
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 FRSA is a former British politician who most recently served as Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care from November 2023 to July 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pendle in Lancashire from 2010 until 2024.
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 the Member of Parliament (MP) for High Peak from 2019 to 2024. He served as Assistant Government Whip from October 2022 until July 2024.
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.
Jonathan Pearce is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for High Peak since the 2024 general election,in which he defeated incumbent Conservative MP Robert Largan.
