Hope Valley is a rural area centered on the village of Hope, Derbyshire, in the Peak District in England 's North Midlands. The name also refers to the post town, which includes the surrounding villages.
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| Hope Valley in Derbyshire England |
Although Hope Valley appears to be a single valley, the name of the river changes several times. The head of the valley is below Mam Tor at Castleton. From here the water from Peakshole flows into Hope where it enters the lower reaches of the River Noe, which flows from Edale. The Noe then flows into Bamford, where it empties into the River Derwent, which has flown some ten miles from Bleaklow.
The valley is now technically the Derwent Valley, but the term "Valley of Hope" is still used when the Derwent flows through Hathersage and Grindleford. Other streams in the area include the Burbage Brook, which runs down from the Burbage Valley through Padley Gorge and empties into the River Derwent near Grindleford Station.
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| Hope Valley in Derbyshire England |
The area is a popular tourist destination, particularly as the Hope Valley Line railway from Sheffield to Manchester runs through it, from the western end of the Totley Tunnel near Grindleford to the eastern end of the Cowburn Tunnel near Edale.
In the center of the valley is a long-established cement factory, the largest in the UK, run by Hope Construction Materials. It is somewhat infamous locally because it is a prominent industrial operation in the middle of a National Park and is highly visible from many places. However, the factory provides valuable local employment outside of the tourism sector.
Hope Valley College is the only high school in Hope Valley. Castleton Church of England Primary School (one of several primary schools in the valley) and the surrounding area were featured in Channel 4's new ID (as of October 2017) showing images of the Mam Tor valley.