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Peak Dale

Coordinates: 53°17′20″N 1°51′47″W / 53.289°N 1.863°W / 53.289; -1.863
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Peak Dale
Terraced housing in Peak Dale
Peak Dale is located in Derbyshire
Peak Dale
Peak Dale
Location within Derbyshire
OS grid referenceSK092769
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBUXTON
Postcode districtSK17
PoliceDerbyshire
FireDerbyshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
List of places
UK
England
Derbyshire
53°17′20″N 1°51′47″W / 53.289°N 1.863°W / 53.289; -1.863

Peak Dale is a small village in Derbyshire, England, 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Buxton and 1.3 miles (2.1 km) southeast of Dove Holes.[1] The population falls within the civil parish of Wormhill.

The village is between Dove Holes Quarry (to the north) and Tunstead Quarry (to the south), with other smaller quarries in the vicinity.[1] It was built to house quarry workers and their families, but some of the original houses have now been demolished. The village has a club (Great Rocks Club), a playground and a primary school.

Great Rocks Dale lies immediately south of the village.

Railway

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The village previously had a railway station called Peak Forest railway station, on the Midland Railway line, which closed when passenger services were withdrawn. However, the station building survives as offices for the adjacent quarry as does the line through the station, which is now known as the Great Rocks Line.

References

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  1. ^ a b OL24 White Peak area (Map). 1:25000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey.
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