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Tintwistle
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| Tintwistle | |
  Tintwistle shown within Derbyshire |
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| Population | 1,401 (2001 Census) |
|---|---|
| District | High Peak |
| Shire county | Derbyshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Glossop |
| Postcode district | SK13 |
| Dialling code | 01457 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | High Peak |
| European Parliament | East Midlands |
| List of places: UK • England • Derbyshire | |
Tintwistle is village and civil parish in the High Peak district of the non-metropolitan county of Derbyshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,401. The village is just north of Glossop at the lower end of the Longdendale valley. It lies within the historic county boundaries of Cheshire.
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Tintwistle was, until 1974, part of the Tintwistle Rural District in the administrative county of Cheshire. After 1936, it shared the rare distinction of being a rural district in England consisting of one parish. In 1974, when the Local Government Act 1972 came into force, the nearby urban areas of Cheshire were placed in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester. Placing Tintwistle in the new non-metropolitan county of Cheshire would have left it an enclave. Instead it became part of the High Peak district of the non-metropolitan county of Derbyshire. Locally Tintwistle is pronounced Tintsle.
Tintwistle sits at the western end of the Longdendale valley and is divided in two by the busy A628. The older part of the village sits on the northern side of the road, set back on the valley side. Some of the buildings in the old part of the village are said to date back to the 16th century, including the Bulls Head Public House. A section of the village sits within the Peak District national park boundary and is designated a conservation area. Most of the buildings in the newer parts of the village are of the Victorian period or later and sit closer to, or to the south of the A628, towards Hadfield.
The well in the old part of the village is decorated every year as part of the custom of well dressing
Tintwistle also have their own football team called Tintwistle Villa F.C who challenge in the Manchester League Division 1.
The village is also home to Tintwistle Cricket Club (www.tintwistlecc.org).
In this village they host an annual race round the local reservoirs. The race is ran by young & old citizens from the village and from the surrounding villages of Tintwistle. The children's race (## - 16) has been won 3 times (once & twice in a row) by Tintwistle citizen Lyam Bradley, who has won it the most times. Joel Harwood winning it twice (two times in a row), Harwood was the first to win the award 2 times in a row.
- The fashion designer Vivienne Westwood was born in the village in 1941.
- Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder and Bez both live in the nearby village of Padfield
- The League of Gentlemen was filmed on location in the nearby village of Hadfield
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