- Great Hucklow
Infobox UK place
country = England
static_
static_image_caption=Great Hucklow Butter Cross
latitude = 53.297
longitude = -1.734
map_type = Derbyshire
official_name = Great Hucklow
population =
shire_district =Derbyshire Dales
shire_county =Derbyshire
region = East Midlands
constituency_westminster =
post_town = BUXTON
postcode_district = SK17
postcode_area =SK
dial_code =
os_grid_reference = SK177777Great Hucklow is a small village in the
Derbyshire Peak District about 12 km south east ofChapel-en-le-Frith . It has a population of about 100.The land rises steeply to the north of the village to Hucklow Edge and at Camphill on the plateau above it there is a populargliding field, which in 1954 hosted theWorld Gliding Championships .There is a
Unitarian [http://www.hucklow-old-chapel.org.uk/ Chapel] . The Methodist Chapel, built in the early part of the 19th century, was converted to offices in 1999.It had a theatre for 40 years. The theatre was run by Dr L. du Garde Peach and the actors and staff were from the local area.The first production (The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare) was in 1927 staged in the Hucklow Holiday Homes. The first set of plays in the New Play House was in 1938, with four one act plays written by Dr Peach. The New Play House was in a converted lead mining building (known locally as cupolas from the lead smelting furnace). The first 200 second hand seats cost 1 shilling and 9 pence each (less than 9p each!). The stage was convert|28|ft|m wide by convert|30|ft|m deep.
The village is host to an annual martial arts residency; this is a tradition stretching back almost (?) 20 years. The Tetsudo students can often be found enjoying the delights of inns and hostelries in Foolow, Tideswell and Edale early in August.
External links
* [http://www.hucklow.net The Village Web Site]
* [http://www.derbyshireuk.net/hucklow.html Derbyshire UK - Hucklow website]
* [http://www.dlgc.org.uk Link to the local gliding club website]
* [http://www.derbyshirehills.co.uk/index.htm local campsite at Grindlow]
* [http://www.great-hucklow.org.uk/history.asp The Nightingale Holiday and Conference Centre, Great Hucklow]
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