Holymoorside and Walton
civil parish in North East Derbyshire, Derbyshire, England
Holymoorside and Walton is a civil parish within the North East Derbyshire district, which is in the county of Derbyshire, England. Named for its main settlements, with a mix of a number of villages and hamlets amongst a large rural area, it had a population of 2,138 residents in 2021. The parish is 130 miles (210 km) north west of London, 20 miles (32 km) north of the county city of Derby, and 2 miles (3.2 km) south west of the nearest market town of Chesterfield. It is adjacent with the Peak District national park to the west, and shares a border with the district of Chesterfield, along with the parishes of Ashover, Beeley, Brampton as well as Wingerworth. The parish paradoxically does not include the majority of the nearby built-up suburb of Walton, Chesterfield which is now within an adjacent unparished area of the borough.
Geography
Location
Holymoorside and Walton is surrounded by the following local locations:
Chesterfield, Old Brampton and Wadshelf to the north
Alicehead, Harper Hill, Spitewinter and Uppertown to the south
Chesterfield and Wingerworth to the east
Beeley Moor, Brampton East Moor and Chatsworth to the west.
It is 5.73 square miles (14.8 km2; 1,480 ha) in area, 2.8 miles (4.5 km) in height and 4.1 miles (6.6 km) in width, spanning across all the western edge of the North East Derbyshire district, fitting between Chesterfield and the Derbyshire Dales districts. The parish lies in the west of the district and central portion of Derbyshire county. The parish is roughly bounded by land features such as an unnamed tributary of the River Hipper to the north, Hipper Sick brook and Syda Lane to the west, Birdholme Brook to the east, and the A632, B5057 roads and River Hipper to the south.
Settlements and routes
There are two main villages within the parish:
Holymoorside is the largest, and central to the area
Walton is along the A632 road, 1+1⁄3 miles (2.1 km) east of Holymoorside.
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