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Place NamePeak Forest
Place TypeSettlement
ParishPeak Forest
Grid RefSK1179
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 CodeE04002856 - High Peak Borough (2016)
CountryUnited Kingdom, England
NotesA village and civil parish in the White Peak area of the Peak District National Park, situated approximately 6 km north-east of Buxton. Historically associated with limestone quarrying, it is closely linked to the Peak Forest Canal and Peak Forest Tramway.

Extra-parochial chapelry and liberty

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