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Old Road, HIGH PEAK, SK23 7LF

A loading gauge still stands were the Cromford and High Peak Railway passed under the Stockport to Buxton line at bridge number 43. The bridge stood on the right behind the gauge seen standing amongst the shrubbery. There was a line used to access Shallcross sidings behind the photographer and passed straight ahead to join the Stockport to Buxton line at Whaley Bridge

New Horwich is on the east of the River Goyt which flows in a northerly direction through the town of Whaley Bridge.

Buxton Road (A5004), New Horwich

The line from Buxton to Stockport/ Manchester.

Heading south.

Looking down from Old Road. The more major road, Buxton Road, runs in the bottom of the valley here. The centre of Whaley Bridge is off to the right.

Looking out of Whaley Bridge along Buxton Road from close to the Cock pub. This is a stretch of the A5004 but it was at one time the A6.

Built c 1873 for the Band of Hope,a Temperance Society which helped working class children, promoted abstinence from alcohol and arranged events for the children. In 1908 the building became a Drill Hall, and was the headquarters of ‘H’ company,6th Battalion, of the Sherwood Foresters regiment and was used by the territorial army for meetings, drill and shooting practice. Later, the town of Whaley Bridge took over responsibility for the Hall and in the 1960s it had the biggest function room in the town and was used as a dance hall and social club. The floor was then at a lower level than it is now. The Local Council later used the Hall as a local depot for tools and storage of equipment. The large entrance at the east end was probably installed at this time to allow for the refuse collection vehicle to be based there. The building has been used by a number of commercial companies since,and then was left empty for ten years. It is currently occupied by a company called Web Processing.