Derbyshire
High Peak District
Peak Forest

Peak Forest

Peak Forest is a small village and civil parish on the main road the from to in . The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 335.
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  • Type: Village with 331 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in High Peak, Derbyshire, England
  • Also known as: “Peak Forest, Derbyshire”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Reading Room and Church of King Charles the Martyr.

Community center
Photo: Dave.Dunford, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a community center.

Church
Photo: Poliphilo, CC0.

Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hill in the National Park in the county of , England, 4 kilometres southwest of the village of . It is a 470-metre limestone hill whose pastureland is used for rough grazing, although a large proportion has been lost to limestone quarrying.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sparrowpit and Wheston.

Hamlet
Photo: Dave Dunford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village between and Peak Forest in the High Peak area of the , , England. The name is derived from 'spar row pit' from the fluorspar mines. is situated 1½ miles northwest of Peak Forest.

Village
Photo: Roger May, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in the . Notable features include Hall and the Cross. The cross, which survives intact, is more than 11 feet high. is situated 2 miles southeast of Peak Forest.

Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village in , England, 3 miles northeast of and 1.3 miles southeast of . The population falls within the civil parish of . is situated 2½ miles southwest of Peak Forest.

Peak Forest

Latitude
53.31038° or 53° 18′ 37″ north
Longitude
-1.82982° or 1° 49′ 47″ west
Population
331
Elevation
1,037 feet (316 metres)
Open location code
9C5W856C+53
Open­Street­Map ID
node 248161725
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2640547
Wiki­data ID
Q2522594
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Peak Forest” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Peak Forest”
  • Chinese: “Peak Forest”
  • Dutch: “Peak Forest”
  • French: “Peak Forest”
  • Irish: “Peak Forest”
  • Italian: “Peak Forest”
  • Ladin: “Peak Forest”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Peak Forest”
  • Persian: “پیک فارست”
  • Polish: “Peak Forest”
  • Swedish: “Peak Forest”
  • Welsh: “Peak Forest”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Peak Forest”. Photo: George Griffin, CC BY-SA 2.0.