Chinley
Chinley is a rural village in the High Peak Borough of Derbyshire, England, with a population of 2,796 at the 2011 Census.

Chinley is a rural village in the High Peak Borough of Derbyshire, England, with a population of 2,796 at the 2011 Census. Most of the civil parish is within the Peak District National Park. Historically, before the coming of the railway, the area was economically dominated by agriculture. Nowadays most inhabitants commute out of the village to work; accessible centres of work include Stockport, Sheffield and Manchester.
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Worth seeing in and around Chinley
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Slackhall
Slackhall is a hamlet in Derbyshire, England. The hamlet falls within the civil parish of Chapel-en-le-Frith.
3.6 km · hamlet in Chapel-en-le-Frith, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Wash
Wash, or The Wash, is a hamlet in Derbyshire, England. The hamlet falls within the civil parish of Chapel-en-le-Frith.
2.3 km · hamlet in Chapel-en-le-Frith, High Peak, Derbyshire, England · Wikipedia - 03Toddbrook Reservoir
Toddbrook Reservoir, a feeder for the Peak Forest Canal, opened in 1838. It is above the town of Whaley Bridge in the High Peak area of Derbyshire, England.
3.8 km · reservoir in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04South Head
South Head is a gritstone hill between the villages of Hayfield and Chinley in the Derbyshire Peak District. The summit is 494 metres above sea level.
2.9 km · hill in the Derbyshire Peak District · Wikipedia - 05Chapel-en-le-Frith Town Hall
Chapel-en-le-Frith Town Hall is a municipal building in Market Street, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, England. The structure operates as a community events venue, as well as the offices and meeting place of Chapel-en-le-Frith Parish Council.
2.5 km · municipal Building in England · Wikipedia - 06Chapel Milton Viaduct
Chapel Milton Viaduct is a Grade II listed bifurcated railway viaduct on the Great Rocks Line at its junction with the Hope Valley Line, straddling the Black Brook valley in Chapel Milton, Derbyshire, England. The first section of the viaduct, built by the Midland Railway in 1867, diverges and curves to the west while the second, built in 1890, curves to the east as the line, coming up from the south, links up with the main line between Sheffield and Manchester.
1.6 km · railway viaduct in Chinley, Buxworth and Brownside, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Combs Reservoir
Combs Reservoir is a canal-feeder reservoir in the Peak District National Park, close to Combs village in Derbyshire. The town of Chapel-en-le-Frith lies about 1 kilometre east of the reservoir.
2.9 km · reservoir in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Railway Bridge
Buxton Road Bridge is a railway bridge over the A5004 road in Whaley Bridge, in the High Peak district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. It carries the Buxton line.
3.2 km · Grade II listed railway bridge in Whaley Bridge, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Church of St James
St. James' Church, Buxworth is a 19th-century Church of England church in the village of Buxworth, Derbyshire.
1.9 km · church building in Chinley, Buxworth and Brownside, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Bugsworth Basin
Bugsworth Basin is a canal basin at the terminus of the Peak Forest Canal at Buxworth in the valley of the Black Brook, close to Whaley Bridge. It was once a busy interchange with the Peak Forest Tramway, for the transport of limestone and burnt lime.
1.9 km · canal basin in the UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Chinley
- Airports
- Manchester (MAN), 23 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 60 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 61 km
- Stations
- Chinley railway station, 200 m · Chapel-en-le-Frith railway station, 3.3 km · Whaley Bridge railway station, 3.1 km · Furness Vale railway station, 3.4 km
- Liverpool → Chinley69 km · quickest by road, 1h 50m · £7–10
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Chinley57 km · quickest by road, 1h 53m · £7–9
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Chinley68 km · quickest by road, 1h 57m · £8–10
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No local-transport research exists yet for Chinley
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Chinley. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Chinley – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Chinley
Chinley is 25 km from Manchester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Whaley Bridgetown and civil parish in Derbyshire, England3 km
- Chapel-en-le-Frithtown and civil parish in High Peak, Derbyshire, England2.5 km
- Furness Valevillage in Derbyshire, England3.4 km
- Chinley, Buxworth and Brownsidecivil parish in High Peak, Derbyshire, England1.1 km
- Buxworthvillage in Derbyshire, UK1.9 km
- Tunstead Miltonvillage in Derbyshire, UK2.8 km