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Edale
Edale is a loose collection of scattered farmsteads or 'booths' as they are known which grew up around the original shelters or 'boothies' used by shepards when tending their sheep on the hillsides. There are 5 main ones in the valley., Nether Booth, Ollerbooth, Upper Booth, Barber booth and Grindsbrook Booth of which the village called Edale is part. Edale is valley in North Derbyshire, situated about 15 miles west of Sheffield, in the heart of the Peak District National Park. The valley is a
The village is set below Kinder Scout and forms the start start of the Pennine way, the first and longest footpath in England which was opened in 1965. Kinder Scout at 2088ft is the highest lace in Derbyshire. It can be reached by either heading north up Grindsbrook or west up Jacobs ladder. The 2 paths rejoin at Kinder Downfall on the western edge of the plateau, then cross the peat bogs towards Bleaklow.
The buildings of the village are built from local gritstone. The village school, built in 1819, is still in use today having. The old Parsonage, originally a barn was converted into a house in 1615 and housed the church Minister until a new vicarage was built in 1894. The church, dedicated to the Holy and Undivided Trinity was built in 1885 to a design by William Dawes of Manchester. It is aisleless and has a broach spire. A chapel did exist here before but there was a time when villagers has to go to Castleton church and even carry their dead via Hollins Cross to be buried.
There are 2 popular pubs, the Ramblers and the Old Nags Head which is the official start of the Pennine way. The Old Nags head was formerly the village blacksmiths, and offers as does the Ramblers accommodation and refreshments. Here is also a post office and a general stores as well as a camp site. There are a number of other places offering Bed and Breakfast as well as camp sites and other forms of Peak District accommodation. There is an information centre that houses an interesting exhibition on local history and the Peaks National Park Field Center is also housed here.
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