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Stanton in Peak

Stanton in Peak is a village in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, It is about seven miles north-west of Matlock, on the north side of Stanton Moor, from Birchover.

Stanton in Peak
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The place

Stanton in Peak is a village in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, It is about seven miles north-west of Matlock, on the north side of Stanton Moor, from Birchover. The name of the civil parish is Stanton with a population taken at the 2011 census of 365. There is a 19th-century parish church, and many stone houses, with mullion windows. There is also a stately home, Stanton Park, a combination of the English Classical style, and later Palladian alterations, which is a private house.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Stanton in Peak

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.

  1. 01
    St Michael's Church, Birchover

    St Michael's Church, Birchover, also known as Rowtor Chapel, is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Birchover, Derbyshire. Located in the Peak District National Park, St Michael was built as a privately endowed chapel for the nearby Rowtor Hall.

    2.3 km · Grade II listed church in Birchover, Derbyshire Dales, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    St Mary the Virgin's Church

    St Mary the Virgin's Church, South Darley is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in South Darley, Derbyshire. At the entrance to the churchyard is a memorial to the men from the parish who died in the two world wars.

    3.9 km · grade II listed church in South Darley, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Holy Trinity Church, Stanton-in-Peak

    Holy Trinity Church, Stanton-in-Peak is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Stanton in Peak, Derbyshire.

    0 m · grade II listed building in Stanton, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Church of St Katherine

    St Katherine's Church, Rowsley is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Rowsley, Derbyshire.

    2.2 km · church building in Rowsley, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    All Saints’ Church, Youlgreave

    All Saints’ Church, Youlgreave is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Youlgreave, Derbyshire.

    2.9 km · Grade I listed parish church in Youlgreave, Derbyshire Dales, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Winster Hall

    Winster Hall is a Grade II* listed building in Winster, Derbyshire.

    3.7 km · house in Winster, Derbyshire Dales, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    St John the Baptist's Church, Winster

    St John the Baptist's Church, Winster is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Winster, Derbyshire.

    3.7 km · grade II listed church in Winster, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    All Saints' Church, Elton

    All Saints’ Church, Elton is a Grade II listed Church of England church in Elton, Derbyshire.

    3.8 km · church building in Elton, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Winster Market House

    The Market House is a historic building in the Main Street in Winster, a town in Derbyshire, England. The building, which is currently in use a visitor exhibition centre, is a Grade II* listed building.

    3.7 km · market hall in Winster, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Parish Church of St Helen

    St Helen's Church, Darley Dale is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Darley Dale, Derbyshire.

    2.9 km · church in Darley Dale, Derbyshire Dales, England, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Stanton in Peak

Airports
East Midlands (EMA), 44 km · Manchester (MAN), 47 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 77 km
Stations
Darley Dale railway station, 3.6 km · Rowsley South railway station, 2.1 km
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Stanton in Peak
    41 km · quickest by road, 1h 17m · £5–6
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Stanton in Peak
    52 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · £6–8
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Stanton in Peak
    69 km · quickest by road, 2h 2m · £8–11
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Stanton in Peak

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 Stanton in Peak. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inRailway stations at for the town or (1.5 miles S) for the scenic Derwent gorge area, the Heights of Abraham attraction, caves and cable car service.

From Wikivoyage: Matlock, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-05.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    278 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    303 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    350 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    385 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    412 km

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Around it

Next door to Stanton in Peak

Stanton in Peak is 26 km from Sheffield, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

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  • Youlgravevillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England3.1 km
  • Winstervillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England3.7 km
  • Birchovervillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England2.9 km
  • Rowsleyvillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England2.4 km
  • Beeleyvillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England3.9 km