high peak

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high peak (dest)

olspan=2 align=center bgcolor="#ff9999"\|Borough of High Peak
olspan=2 align=center\| Shown within Derbyshire
olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"\|Geography
idth="45%"\|Status:	Borough
a href="/encyclopedia/Regions-of-England" title="Regions of England">Region:	East Midlands
dmin. County:	Derbyshire
a href="/encyclopedia/Surface-area" title="Surface area">Area: - Total	Ranked 92nd 540.25 km²
dmin. HQ:	Chapel-en-le-Frith
a href="/encyclopedia/ONS-coding-system" title="ONS coding system">ONS code:	17UH
olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"\|Demographics
a href="/encyclopedia/Population" title="Population">Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 248th 89,753 166 / km²
thnicity:	98.7% White
olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"\|Politics
olspan=2 align=center\|High Peak Borough Council http://www.highpeak.gov.uk/
a href="/encyclopedia/Local_government_in_England#Councils_and_councillors" title="Local_government_in_England#Councils_and_councillors">Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
xecutive:	Conservative + Liberal Democrats + Independent
a href="/encyclopedia/MPs-elected-in-the-UK-general-election,-2001" title="MPs elected in the UK general election, 2001">MP:	Tom Levitt

High Peak is a local government district and borough of the county of Derbyshire, England. Administered from the Chapel-en-le-Frith, it is mostly composed of high moorland plateaux in the Dark Peak of the Peak District. High Peak is also an alternative name for the Dark Peak. High Peak was previously a name of a hundred of Derbyshire covering roughly the same area. The borough neighbours the boroughs of Sheffield and Barnsley in South Yorkshire, Stockport, Tameside and Oldham in Greater Manchester, Derbyshire Dales in Derbyshire, and the counties of Cheshire and Staffordshire. There are four main areas of settlement in the borough: around Buxton in the south west, around New Mills in the west, around Glossop in the north west, and the Hope Valley in the east. Settlements in the borough include: