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High Peak

Borough of High Peak Geography Demographics Politics.

High Peak is a Non-metropolitan district and borough of the non-metropolitan county of Derbyshire, England. Administered from Chapel-en-le-Frith, it is mostly composed of high moorland plateau in the Dark Peak of the Peak District.

High Peak Hundred was the name of a hundred of the ancient county of Derbyshire covering roughly the same area as the current district. High Peak is also an alternative name for the Dark Peak.

Creation

The borough was formed on April 1, 1974, by absorbing the municipal boroughs of Buxton and Glossop, the urban districts of New Mills and Whaley Bridge and the rural district of Chapel-en-le-Frith, all of which had previously been in the administrative county of Derbyshire, as well as the rural district of Tintwistle which had been in the administrative county of Cheshire.

Neighbouring local government districts

The borough adjoins the metropolitan boroughs of The City of Sheffield and Barnsley in the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire, the metropolitan borough of Kirklees in the mtropolitan county of West Yorkshire, the metropolitan boroughs of Stockport, Tameside and Oldham in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, the district of Derbyshire Dales in non-metroplitan Derbyshire, and the non-metropolitan counties of Cheshire and Staffordshire.

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.

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