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|static_image_caption= [[The Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Edale|Holy Trinity parish church]] | |static_image_caption= [[The Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Edale|Holy Trinity parish church]] | ||
|population= 353 | |population= 353 | ||
|population_ref= ([[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 Census]])<ref name="Census">{{cite web |url= http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=793399&c=Edale&d=16&e=15&g=434882&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |title=Neighbourhood Statistics, Parish Headcounts: Edale CP |access-date=31 January 2007 |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]]}}</ref> | |population_ref= ([[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 Census]])<ref name="Census">{{cite web |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=793399&c=Edale&d=16&e=15&g=434882&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |title=Neighbourhood Statistics, Parish Headcounts: Edale CP |access-date=31 January 2007 |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] |archive-date=25 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525190652/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=793399&c=Edale&d=16&e=15&g=434882&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
|os_grid_reference= SK122856 | |os_grid_reference= SK122856 | ||
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==Amenities== | ==Amenities== | ||
There is a [[youth hostel]] about a mile from the village centre, several [[Bed and breakfast|B&B]]s and both pubs also provide accommodation. | There is a [[youth hostel]] about a mile from the village centre, several [[Bed and breakfast|B&B]]s and both pubs also provide accommodation and food. There are also two cafés and a general store with a post office. | ||
In 2006, a new information and visitor centre was opened at Fieldhead; it was developed by the [[Moors for the Future]] partnership and is owned and operated by the Peak District National Park Authority.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/visiting/visitor-centres/edale|title=Visitor Centres - Edale: Peak District National Park|work=Peak District National Park|access-date=2017-12-20|language=en-GB}}</ref> | In 2006, a new information and visitor centre was opened at Fieldhead; it was developed by the [[Moors for the Future]] partnership and is owned and operated by the Peak District National Park Authority.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/visiting/visitor-centres/edale|title=Visitor Centres - Edale: Peak District National Park|work=Peak District National Park|access-date=2017-12-20|language=en-GB}}</ref> While Moors for the Future continue to operate on the site, the visitor centre was closed down in 2025.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/visiting/visitor-centres/edale |title=Visitor Centres - Edale |date=2025 |publisher=Peak District National Park |access-date=20 December 2025}}</ref> | ||
Edale is also a popular camping village, with two major campsites and numerous others in the surrounding area. | Edale is also a popular camping village, with two major campsites and numerous others in the surrounding area. | ||
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==Transport== | ==Transport== | ||
[[Edale railway station]] lies on the trans-Pennine [[Hope Valley | [[Edale railway station]] lies on the trans-Pennine [[Hope Valley Line]] and receives a reasonably frequent service for such a rural area. The typical off-peak is one train an hour in both directions, with some gaps at certain times of the day, to [[Sheffield railway station|Sheffield]] and to [[Manchester Piccadilly]] via [[Marple railway station|Marple]]. Services are operated by [[Northern Trains]]. | ||
The short but narrow, twisting and dead-end road to the village centre is not suitable for visitors' cars and parking in the village centre is almost impossible. However, there is a large pay-and-display car park near the village hall and parking for rail users at the railway station. Additional parking near the station is provided at busy times by the Parish Council. | The short but narrow, twisting and dead-end road to the village centre is not suitable for visitors' cars and parking in the village centre is almost impossible. However, there is a large pay-and-display car park near the village hall and parking for rail users at the railway station. Additional parking near the station is provided at busy times by the Parish Council. | ||
== | == Notable residents == | ||
*[[Nicholas Cresswell]] (1750–1804), native farmer and diarist in America 1774–1777 | *[[Nicholas Cresswell]] (1750–1804), native farmer, explorer and diarist in America 1774–1777 | ||
*[[ | *[[Anthony Favell]] (born 1939), politician, MP for [[Stockport (UK Parliament constituency)|Stockport]], 1983 to 1992.<ref name="Favell">{{cite web|url=http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/looking-after/npa/members/memberdetails/tony-favell |title=Councillor Tony Favell – Chair of the Authority |publisher=Peak District National Park Authority |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511105634/http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/looking-after/npa/members/memberdetails/tony-favell |archive-date=11 May 2013 |access-date=11 November 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref> | ||
*[[Berlie Doherty]] (born 1943), novelist, poet, playwright and screenwriter.,<ref name='Doherty'>{{cite web |url= http://derbyshire.greatbritishlife.co.uk/article/berlie-doherty-award-winning-author-from-vale-of-edale-derbyshire-granny-was-a-buffer-girl-12458/ |date=29 April 2010|title=Berlie Doherty: Award Winning Author from the Vale of Edale |newspaper=Derbyshire Life |access-date=27 September 2012}}</ref> | |||
*[[Peter Cropper]] (1945–2015), violinist, leader of the [[Lindsay String Quartet]]. | |||
*[[ | *[[Mark Wallington (writer)|Mark Wallington]] (born 1953), writer, known for his humorous ''Boogie'' travelogues,<ref name="Wallington">{{cite web |url= http://derbyshire.greatbritishlife.co.uk/article/mark-wallington-derbyshire-writer-man-who-lost-his-head-martin-clunes-5248/ |title=Mark Wallington: Derbyshire Writer: The Man Who Lost His Head |date=29 April 2010|newspaper=Derbyshire Life |access-date=11 November 2016}}</ref> | ||
*[[Bella Hardy]] (born 1984), contemporary folk musician, singer and songwriter.<ref name= 'Hardy'>{{cite web | url=http://www.bellahardy.com |title=Bella Hardy: About |publisher=Bella Hardy |access-date=11 November 2016 |quote="Bella grew up in Edale in the Peak District but now lives in Edinburgh."}}</ref> | |||
*[[Mark Wallington (writer)|Mark Wallington]],<ref name="Wallington">{{cite web |url= http://derbyshire.greatbritishlife.co.uk/article/mark-wallington-derbyshire-writer-man-who-lost-his-head-martin-clunes-5248/ |title=Mark Wallington: Derbyshire Writer: The Man Who Lost His Head |date=29 April 2010|newspaper=Derbyshire Life |access-date=11 November 2016}}</ref> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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Edale.JPG|Grindsbrook Booth, Edale | Edale.JPG|Grindsbrook Booth, Edale | ||
Old Nags Head.jpg|The Old Nags Head pub | Old Nags Head.jpg|The Old Nags Head pub | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:49, 20 December 2025
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Edale Template:IPAc-en is a village and civil parish in the Peak District, Derbyshire, England, whose population was 353 at the 2011 Census.[1] Edale, with an area of Script error: No such module "convert".,[2] is in the Borough of High Peak.
Edale is best known to walkers as the start, or southern end, of the Pennine Way and, to less ambitious walkers, as a starting point for evening or day walks. The village is accessible by generally hourly railway services from Sheffield and Manchester. There are two pubs serving real ale and food.
History
As spelt, the name is first recorded in 1732. Earlier recorded versions of the name are Aidele (1086), Heydale (1251), Eydale (1275), Eydal (1285) and Edall (1550).[3]Template:Rp
Historically, Edale was the name of the valley of the River Noe. From the Norman Conquest of England it was in the royal Forest of High Peak and at its centre is the Edale Cross, which marked the boundary of the three wards at the Forest, Campana, Hopedale and Longdendale. Settlement in the valley consists of several booths, originally established in the 13th century as 'vaccaries' (cattle farms) along the valley of the River Noe, which have since developed into the hamlets of Upper Booth (once Crowdenley Booth and Over Booth), Barber Booth (once Whitmorely Booth), Grindsbrook Booth, Ollerbrook Booth and Nether Booth (also known as Lady Booth and, formerly, Lower Booth).[3]Template:Rp
Cotton mill
Edale is the site of a historic cotton mill built in 1795 on the site of a corn mill and tannery by Nicholas Cresswell in partnership with James Harrison, Robert Blackwell and Joseph Fletcher. Workers were brought in from the towns and accommodated in cottages and in a nearby house called Skinner's Hall. Many of the women workers walked each day from Castleton over the thousand-foot Hollins Cross pass.[4] The mill continued spinning cotton until around 1940 but then fell into disuse. It was restored in the early 1970s by the Landmark Trust who have since sold off all of the apartments.
Countryside
As well as being the start of the Pennine Way (the official start is the Old Nag's Head, a former smithy dating back to 1577), the village is surrounded by walking country which is excellent in its own right. The village lies in the Vale of Edale and is surrounded by hills: the plateau of Kinder Scout to the north, where the highest point in the parish is found, the Great Ridge (running west to east between Rushup Edge over Mam Tor to Lose Hill) to the south and east, Win Hill to the east (outside the parish), and Dalehead (Brown Knoll, Horsehill Tor and Colborne) to the west. Almost the entire parish is over 200m above sea level; only along the River Noe east from Carr House does the elevation drop below this level.
The bed and banks of the River Noe from Barber Booth upstream to approximately the Script error: No such module "convert". contour constitute the Edale SSSI,[5] cited for geological interest. The "important exposures" of the Edale Shales here contain fossils of technical interest.[6]
Amenities
There is a youth hostel about a mile from the village centre, several B&Bs and both pubs also provide accommodation and food. There are also two cafés and a general store with a post office.
In 2006, a new information and visitor centre was opened at Fieldhead; it was developed by the Moors for the Future partnership and is owned and operated by the Peak District National Park Authority.[7] While Moors for the Future continue to operate on the site, the visitor centre was closed down in 2025.[8]
Edale is also a popular camping village, with two major campsites and numerous others in the surrounding area.
Media
Regional TV news comes from Leeds-based BBC Yorkshire and ITV Yorkshire. Television signals are received from the local relay transmitter.[9]
Local radio stations are BBC Radio Derby and Greatest Hits Radio Derbyshire (High Peak) (formerly High Peak Radio).
The village is served by the local newspapers the Peak Advertiser[10] and the Buxton Advertiser.[11]
Transport
Edale railway station lies on the trans-Pennine Hope Valley Line and receives a reasonably frequent service for such a rural area. The typical off-peak is one train an hour in both directions, with some gaps at certain times of the day, to Sheffield and to Manchester Piccadilly via Marple. Services are operated by Northern Trains.
The short but narrow, twisting and dead-end road to the village centre is not suitable for visitors' cars and parking in the village centre is almost impossible. However, there is a large pay-and-display car park near the village hall and parking for rail users at the railway station. Additional parking near the station is provided at busy times by the Parish Council.
Notable residents
- Nicholas Cresswell (1750–1804), native farmer, explorer and diarist in America 1774–1777
- Anthony Favell (born 1939), politician, MP for Stockport, 1983 to 1992.[12]
- Berlie Doherty (born 1943), novelist, poet, playwright and screenwriter.,[13]
- Peter Cropper (1945–2015), violinist, leader of the Lindsay String Quartet.
- Mark Wallington (born 1953), writer, known for his humorous Boogie travelogues,[14]
- Bella Hardy (born 1984), contemporary folk musician, singer and songwriter.[15]
See also
Gallery
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Grindsbrook Booth, Edale
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The Old Nags Head pub
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Vale of Edale
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Ringing Roger
Panorama
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References
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External links
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