Biggin
Biggin is a village in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England. It is part of the Hartington Nether Quarter parish, and is in the Peak District National Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 136 residents
- Description: village in Hartington Nether Quarter, Derbyshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Biggin-by-Hartington”, “Biggin, Derbyshire”, and “Newbiggin”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Giles, Hartington and Gib Hill.
Church of St Giles, Hartington
Church
Photo: Debbie J, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Giles, Hartington is situated 1½ miles northwest of Biggin.
Gib Hill
Archaeological site
Photo: Chris Wimbush, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gib Hill is a large burial mound in the Peak District, Derbyshire, England. It is thought to be a Neolithic oval barrow with an Early Bronze Age round barrow superimposed at one end. It is located some 300 metres south-west of Arbor Low henge. Gib Hill is situated 2½ miles north of Biggin.
Charles Cotton Hotel
Hotel
Photo: Neil Theasby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Charles Cotton Hotel is situated 2 miles west of Biggin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newhaven and Hartington.
Newhaven
Hamlet
Photo: David Grimshaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newhaven is a hamlet in the county of Derbyshire, England, east of Hartington and west of Cromford. The principal employer in the area is DSF Refractories & Minerals Ltd. The hamlet is located within the Peak District National Park.
Hartington
Village
Hartington is a village in the centre of the White Peak area of the Derbyshire Peak District, England, lying on the River Dove which is the Staffordshire border. Hartington is situated 2 miles west of Biggin.
Pikehall
Hamlet
Photo: David Grimshaw, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pikehall is a small village in the Derbyshire Dales consisting of a few dozen households and a handful of farms. The population of the village is included in the civil parish of Hartington Nether Quarter. Pikehall is situated 2½ miles east of Biggin.
Biggin
Latitude
53.13164° or 53° 7′ 54″ northLongitude
-1.77007° or 1° 46′ 12″ westPopulation
136Elevation
991 feet (302 metres)Open location code
9C5W46JH+MXOpenStreetMap ID
node 677193428OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
12262576Wikidata ID
Q4906924
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Biggin” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Biggin”
- French: “Biggin”
- Irish: “Biggin”
- Polish: “Biggin (Dovedale and Parwich)”
- Polish: “Biggin”
- Welsh: “Biggin, Swydd Derby”
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