See also the High Peak (UK Parliament constituency)

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High Peak Borough Council
http://www.highpeak.gov.uk/

Borough of High Peak
Geography
Status:	Non-metropolitan district; 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 () - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	98.7% White
Politics
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MP:	Tom Levitt

High Peak is a local government district and borough of the county of Derbyshire, England. Administered from 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. See High Peak (hundred).

The borough adjoins the boroughs of Sheffield and Barnsley in South Yorkshire, Kirklees in West 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, 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. It is believed that some of the northern parts of High Peak were considered for inclusion into Greater Manchester; these areas have closer links to Stockport and Manchester more than they do to Derby. Similarly, the villages of the Hope Valley look towards Sheffield and there was even talk of these communities being annexed by that city.

The borough was formed on April 1, 1974 from the former municipal boroughs of Buxton, Glossop, the urban districts of New Mills and Whaley Bridge, and Chapel-en-le-Frith Rural District, as well as Tintwistle Rural District from Cheshire.

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

National Trust

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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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