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Sparrowpit
Looking eastwards to the A623 and the Wanted Inn. This direct but steep road to Chapel-en-le-Frith through the village is the original turnpike route, but was superseded in the late 18th century by a new road via Barmoor Clough. The modern main road follows the newer route, hence the sharp bend at Sparrowpit.
SparrowpitLocation within Derbyshire
OS grid reference	SK090806
District	High Peak
Shire county	Derbyshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Buxton
Postcode district	SK17
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	High Peak (UK Parliament constituency)
List of places UK England Derbyshire 53°19′23″N 1°51′54″W / 53.323°N 1.865°W / 53.323; -1.865

Sparrowpit is a small village between Chapel-en-le-Frith and Peak Forest in the High Peak area of the Peak District, Derbyshire, England.

The name is derived from 'spar row pit' from the fluorspar mines.

The village has an active community, including a methodist chapel and village hall.

It is situated at a crossroads where the main road (A623) takes a right-angled bend at the Wanted Inn. From this junction, one minor road takes a different and hillier route to Chapel-en-le-Frith, and another heads for Mam Tor and Castleton by way of the Winnats Pass.

The watershed between rivers running east into the North Sea and west into the Irish Sea runs almost exactly through the village.

References

1. "Sparrowpit". Peak District Online. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
2. Pakington, Humphrey (6 September 2016). English Villages And Hamlets. Read Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1-4733-5326-8.

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