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High Peak (borough)

Borough of High Peak
Non-metropolitan district; Borough
Shown within Derbyshire and England
Shown within Derbyshire and England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region East Midlands
Ceremonial county Derbyshire
Admin. HQ Buxton and Glossop
Government
 • Type Non-metropolitan district; Borough
 • Body High Peak Borough Council
 • Leadership: Cllr Tony Ashton (C)
 • Executive: Conservative
 • MPs: Andrew Bingham (C)
 • Mayor Cllr George Wharmby (C)
Area
 • Total 208.1 sq mi (539.1 km2)
Area rank 86th
Population (mid-2015 est.)
 • Total 91,500
 • Rank Ranked 262nd
 • Density 440/sq mi (170/km2)
Time zone Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
 • Summer (DST) British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Postcode S, SK
ONS code 17UH (ONS)
E07000037 (GSS)
Ethnicity 97.0% White
Website highpeak.gov.uk

High Peak is a borough in Derbyshire, England. Administered by High Peak Borough Council from Buxton and Glossop, it is mostly composed of high moorland plateau in the Dark Peak area of the Peak District National Park. The district stretches from Holme Moss in the north to Sterndale Moor in the south and from Hague Bar in the west to Bamford in the east. The population of the borough taken at the 2011 Census was 90,892.

High Peak was the name of a hundred of the ancient county of Derbyshire covering roughly the same area as the current district. It may have derived its name from the ancient Forest of High Peak a royal hunting reserve, administered by William Peverel, an illegitimate son of William I, who was based at Peak Castle. High Peak contains much of the Peak District National Park.

The district contains the highest point in both Derbyshire and the East Midlands, Kinder Scout, which stands at 636m (2,087 ft) above sea level.

The borough was formed on 1 April 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 and Woodhead which had been in the administrative county of Cheshire.


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