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Place NameCastleton
Place TypeSettlement
ParishCastleton
Grid RefSK150830
HundredEurope
CountyDerbyshire
Electoral DivisionNorth (1832-1885)
High Peak (1885-)
Local AuthorityChapel-en-le-Frith Rural District Council
Registration DistrictHigh Peak (1837-1838)
Chapel-en-le-Frith (1838-1974)
High Peak (1974-2013)
Petty Sessional DivisionChapel-en-le-Frith
County Court DivisionChapel-en-le-Frith
UK GSS CodeE04002842 - High Peak Borough (2016)
CountryUnited Kingdom, England
NotesA historic village and civil parish in the Peak District National Park, situated at the western end of the Hope Valley beneath Mam Tor. Castleton is noted for its limestone caves and caverns, the ruins of Peveril Castle, and its long association with lead mining and the extraction of Blue John stone.

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