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Tideswell
Tideswell is found lining a narrow, twisting valley that runs between Litton and Wheston, and about a mile to the west of the main A623 Baslow - Chapel-en-le-Frith road. It forms the point of a triangle on the map along with Bakewell and Buxton, which are seven miles south east and the same distance south west respectively. With over 2000 residents, Tideswell is a very large village, but the charm and character of a Peaks village is still there.
In the centre of the village, Bank Square Gardens are dedicated to Norman Gratton CBE, JP, MA. Chairman of the Peak National Park 1956-77, and the bank opposite occupies the site of the former ancient Guild Hall, demolished in 1905.
There are many other notable buildings in Tideswell, and perhaps the most architecturally spectacular is the 1872 Oddfellows Hall standing in an elevated position at the rear of the market square. The magnificent Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, known as `The Cathedral of The Peak`. Immediately behind the church stand yet more architectural gems; the Tideswell Grammar School building founded in 1559 by Bishop Pursglove, and the handsome early Georgian structures of Eccles Hall and Blake House. The George, the local public house, has a friendly, welcoming atmosphere and the excellent dining area is well served with delicious food and good ale. Many visitor to Tiddiswell enjoy a pint or two in these great surrounds, especially after a hard day of Peak District Walking and Peak District Climbing.
The village has many delightful narrow lanes with names like Cherry Tree Square and Sunny Bank Lane; it is a colourful place which during the summer months comes alive, shops and cottages alike festooned with baskets of wonderful cascading flowers. Yet despite it's alluring character and picturesque location amongst the surrounding limestone hills it has not fallen prey to tourism, and though it retains all the charms of a traditional Derbyshire limestone village, it has the facilities and the civic pride and industry of a small rural town.
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