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Castleton

Castleton 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.
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  • Type: Village with 544 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in High Peak, Derbyshire, England
  • Also known as: “Castleton, Derbyshire”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Peveril Castle and Peak Cavern.

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is a ruined 11th-century castle overlooking the village of Castleton in the English county of . It was the main settlement of the feudal barony of William Peverel, known as the Honour of Peverel, and was founded some time between the…

Cave
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The , also known as the Devil's Arse, is one of the four show caves in Castleton, Derbyshire, England. Peakshole Water flows through and out of the cave, which has the largest cave entrance in Britain.

Cave
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is a show cave near Castleton in Derbyshire, England. It is part of the Castleton Site of Special Scientific Interest and one of only two sites where the ornamental mineral Blue John is still excavated.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Edale and Bradwell.

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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.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the of . The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 1,416. It lies south of the main body of the but is usually included among its settlements.

Hamlet
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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. is situated 2 miles east of Castleton.

Castleton

Latitude
53.3431° or 53° 20′ 35″ north
Longitude
-1.7746° or 1° 46′ 29″ west
Population
544
Elevation
636 feet (194 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB CAS
Open location code
9C5W86VG+65
Open­Street­Map ID
node 18086345
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2653543
Wiki­data ID
Q2103060
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Castleton” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Castleton (Derbyshire)”
  • Basque: “Castleton”
  • Belarusian: “Касэлтан”
  • Cebuano: “Castleton”
  • Chinese: “Castleton”
  • Chinese: “卡斯尔顿”
  • Chinese: “卡斯爾頓”
  • Dutch: “Castleton”
  • Finnish: “Castleton”
  • French: “Castleton”
  • German: “Castleton”
  • Irish: “Castleton, Derbyshire”
  • Irish: “Castleton”
  • Italian: “Castleton (Derbyshire)”
  • Italian: “Castleton”
  • Japanese: “カースルトン (ダービーシャー)”
  • Japanese: “キャッスルトン (ダービーシャー)”
  • Ladin: “Castleton”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Castleton (Derbyshire)”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Castleton”
  • Persian: “کسلتون، دربی‌شر”
  • Polish: “Castleton”
  • Spanish: “Castleton”
  • Swedish: “Castleton, Derbyshire”
  • Swedish: “Castleton”
  • Welsh: “Castleton, Swydd Derby”
  • Welsh: “Castleton”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Castleton”. Photo: sidibousaid, CC BY 2.0.