Visit Ashopton Places

Welcome to Visit Ashopton Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Ashopton

  

Ashopton Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Ashopton

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Ashopton history

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Ashopton was located near where the Derwent Valley joins the Snake Valley (route of the current A57 Snake Pass to Glossop) A key part of the village was the Methodist Chapel, built in 1840. The final service was held at the chapel on 25 September 1939, the final hymn sung was “The Day’s Dying in the West”

You can visit Ashopton places with Walkfo Ashopton to hear history at Ashopton’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Ashopton has 22 places to visit in our interactive Ashopton map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Ashopton, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Ashopton places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Ashopton & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 22 audio facts unique to Ashopton places in an interactive Ashopton map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Ashopton Places Map
22 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Ashopton tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Ashopton

  

Best Ashopton places to visit

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Ashopton has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Ashopton’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Ashopton’s information audio spots:

Hope Valley, Derbyshire The Hope Valley is a rural area centred on the village of Hope, Derbyshire, in the Peak District. The name also applies to the post town that includes the surrounding villages.

St Peter’s Church, Hope The Domesday Book records that Hope, Derbyshire, had a church. The present parish church dates from the 14th and 15th century with modifications to the chancel dating from 1882. The church has two ancient crosses in its grounds.

St John the Baptist’s Church, Bamford St John the Baptist church is a C of E church in Bamford in the Hope Valley, Derbyshire, England. It was built in the 1930s and is now a C-of-E church.

Derwent, Derbyshire Derwent was a village ‘drowned’ in 1944 when the Ladybower Reservoir in Derbyshire was created. The village of Ashopton, Derwent Woodlands church and Derwent Hall also drowned.

Crook Hill Crook Hill is a small hill in the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire. It is 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northeast of Castleton.

Derwent Edge Derwent Edge is a Millstone Grit escarpment that lies above the Upper Derwent Valley in the Peak District National Park. An Ordnance Survey column marks the highest point of the Edge at Back Tor (538 metres, 1765 feet) North of Back Tor the edge extends into Howden Edge and enters the county of South Yorkshire.

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