Thorpe, Derbyshire

Coordinates: 53°03′00″N 1°46′05″W / 53.050°N 1.768°W / 53.050; -1.768
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Thorpe
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townASHBOURNE
Postcode districtDE6
PoliceDerbyshire
FireDerbyshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
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Derbyshire
53°03′00″N 1°46′05″W / 53.050°N 1.768°W / 53.050; -1.768

Thorpe is a village and

River Dove, about four miles north of Ashbourne. The population of the civil parish as at the 2011 census was 183.[1]

Thorpe is at the southern end of the

bridleway passes through Thorpe,[2] as does the Peak District Boundary Walk.[3]

The

cross-country running
race held annually each November, was first organised here in 1953.

It formerly had a railway station,

Parsley Hay. This former trackbed now forms the long distance Tissington Trail
cycle and footpath trail.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  2. ^ OL24 White Peak area (Map). 1:25000. Outdoor Leisure. Ordnance Survey. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  3. ISBN 978-1909461536
    .

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