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Whaley Bridge is a small town in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, United Kingdom. Situated on the River Goyt, Whaley Bridge is approximately 30km South of Manchester and 11km North of Buxton (53°20′ N 1°59′ W), and has a population of around 7,000. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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The British Isles consist of Great Britain, Ireland and a number of much smaller surrounding islands. ...
Whaley Bridge Mechanics Institute. ...
Whaley Bridge Mechanics Institute. ...
Historically, Mechanics Institutes were educational establishments formed to provide adult education, particularly in technical subjects, to working people. ...
High Peak is a local government district and borough of the county of Derbyshire, England. ...
Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, which boasts some of Englands most attractive hill and mountain scenery. ...
The River Goyt is a river in Derbyshire in north west England. ...
Location within the British Isles. ...
Buxton is a spa town in Derbyshire, England, the gateway to the Peak District National Park. ...
History The name is thought to be of Anglo-Saxon origin meaning "clearing by the road", spellings in early documents include Weylegh and Weyley. The Anglo-Saxons refers collectively to the groups of Germanic tribes who achieved dominance in southern Britain from the mid-5th century, forming the basis for the modern English nation. ...
The town expanded greatly in the Industrial Revolution. Although there had been coal mines from earlier times, by 1871 cotton mills had become the dominant industry. The Industrial Revolution was the major social, economic and technological change in the late 18th and early 19th century. ...
The Whaley Bridge Branch of the Peak Forest Canal, approved by Act of Parliament in 1794, terminates here, constructed to carry limestone and coal. The Peak Forest Canal was connected to the Cromford Canal by the Cromford and High Peak Railway, originally using horse-drawn carriages. The Peak Forest Canal is part of the British Inland Waterways network. ...
The Cromford Canal ran 14. ...
The Cromford and High Peak Railway was a railway built in the 1830s and operated by the London and North Western Railway to carry minerals and goods between the Cromford Canal at Cromford Wharf and the Peak Forest Canal at Whaley Bridge. ...
 The canal basin in Whaley Bridge on a summer's day Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 183 KB)Whaley Bridge Canal basin. ...
Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 183 KB)Whaley Bridge Canal basin. ...
Cromford and High Peak Railway The northern terminus of the Cromford and High Peak Railway was at Whaley Bridge. This railway was fully opened for the public and for trade on the 6 July 1831 and it linked the Cromford Canal at High Peak Wharf to the wharf at the head of the Whaley Bridge Branch of the Peak Forest Canal.
When this railway first opened, it had seven inclined planes and the last of these was situated within the town of Whaley Bridge itself. Unlike the other six inclined planes, which were operated by stationary steam engines, this one was operated by a horse-driven gin, which remained operational until the 9 April 1952. Approach to the top of the plane was under a very low bridge and, because of this, waggons had to be hauled to and from the top of the plane by horses.
This plane was much shorter than the others, being only 180 yards (165m) long and rising at 1:13.5.
Horses also worked the bottom section of the line and the tracks ran onto a wharf and into two mills. A stone-built transit shed spans the head of the canal and there are entrances on either side for railway waggons. This building is now listed Grade II. Another notable feature on the bottom section is an iron bridge that carries the line across the river Goyt.
Present day Whaley Bridge continues to expand as new housing is built, but it retains the character of a small town. As the self-styled 'Gateway to the Goyte' it attracts some tourists, mainly walkers, but it has not become dominated by the tourist industry. With a reasonably good commuter railway service to Manchester many people travel to work in the Greater Manchester conurbation, or in Cheshire. With the recent introduction of ASDL broadband internet services increasingly people work from home. Location within the British Isles. ...
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in England established in 1974 which covers an area roughly encompassing the conurbation of Manchester. ...
A conurbation is an urban area comprising a number of cities or towns which, through population growth and expansion, have physically merged to form one continuous built up area. ...
This article is about the English county. ...
Abstract-Type and Scheme-Definition Language (ASDL) was a computer language developed as part of ESPRIT project GRASPIN, as a basis for generating language-based editors and environments. ...
The town has been twinned with Tymbark, Poland since June1994. This article is about partnerships between towns distant from each other; see Twin cities for the different concept of physically neighbouring cities. ...
1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...
The town has two primary schools, Whaley Bridge County Primary School and Taxal and Fernilee Church of England Primary School, although for secondary education children travel further a field, typically to Chapel-en-le-Frith, New Mills or Buxton. Chapel-En-Le-Frith is a small town in the heart of the Peak District in Northern England – part of the Pennine Range. ...
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Buxton is a spa town in Derbyshire, England, the gateway to the Peak District National Park. ...
Festivals and traditions Whaley Bridge has an annual carnival, the Rose Queen festival, in the early summer, also local wells are decorated with pictures made of flowers, a custom known as Well Dressing. Swabian-Alemannic carnival clowns in Wolfach, Germany A carnival parade is a public celebration, combining some elements of a circus and public street party, generally during the Carnival Season. ...
Well dressing in Youlgreave Well dressing is a custom practised in the Peak District of England, in which wells are decorated with designs created from flower petals. ...
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