East Midlands
Derbyshire
High Peak District

Aston

Aston is a village and civil parish in the district of , England, located in the near . According to the 2001 census it had a population of 100, increasing to 155 and including Ashopton in the Census 2011.
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  • Type: Hamlet with 75 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in High Peak, Derbyshire, England
  • Also known as: “Aston, High Peak”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hope railway station and Bamford railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the villages of and Brough in the of , 14+3⁄4 miles west of Sheffield. The station lies between the two villages, Hope and Brough, around 0.6 miles east of Hope, and also serves and ; the latter being a notable tourist spot, famous for its caverns and the gemstone called Blue John.

Railway station
Photo: Osarius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
serves the village of in the , in and is managed by Northern Trains. It is located 13 miles west of Sheffield on the Hope Valley line.

Peak
Photo: Brianej, Public domain.
is a hill north west of in the of England. Its summit is 462 m above sea level and it is bounded by the River Derwent to the east, the to the south west and to the north, with a ridge running north west linking it to .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castleton and Hathersage.

Photo: sidibousaid, CC BY 2.0.
is a small town in the National Park in . Its two main claims to fame are the 12th-century Peveril Castle and a series of four show caves, where minerals including Blue John, unique to this area, have been mined.

Photo: DAVID M GOODWIN, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is in the of . is a tourist destination because of the scenery of the Hope and Derwent valleys, its literary connections, and easy access by train or road from Sheffield and Manchester.

Photo: sidibousaid, CC BY 2.0.
is in . is the name of the valley of the River Noe and the name used by most people for Grindsbrook Booth, the settlement where the only train station in the valley is located.

Aston

Latitude
53.3524° or 53° 21′ 9″ north
Longitude
-1.7234° or 1° 43′ 24″ west
Population
75
Elevation
840 feet (256 metres)
Open location code
9C5W972G+WJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 248810356
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
7293267
Wiki­data ID
Q2169582
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Aston” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Aston”
  • Chinese: “Aston”
  • Chinese: “阿斯顿”
  • Dutch: “Aston”
  • French: “Aston”
  • Irish: “Aston”
  • Italian: “Aston (Derbyshire)”
  • Italian: “Aston”
  • Japanese: “アストン”
  • Ladin: “Aston”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Aston (Derbyshire)”
  • Polish: “Aston”
  • Swedish: “Aston, Derbyshire”
  • Swedish: “Aston, High Peak”
  • Turkish: “Aston, High Peak”
  • Turkish: “Aston”
  • Welsh: “Aston, Swydd Derby”
  • Welsh: “Aston”

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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 “Aston”. Photo: Roger May, CC BY-SA 2.0.