Derbyshire Dales

Derbyshire Dales District
Non-metropolitan district
View of Matlock, both the administrative centre of Derbyshire Dales and the official county town of Derbyshire
Shown within Derbyshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East Midlands
Administrative county	Derbyshire
Admin. HQ	Matlock
Government
• Type	Derbyshire Dales District Council
• MP:	John Whitby
Area
• Total	306 sq mi (792 km2)
• Rank	41st
Population  (2022)
• Total	71,752
• Rank	Ranked 283rd
• Density	230/sq mi (91/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 97.8% White 1% Mixed 0.7% Asian 0.3% other 0.2% Black
Religion (2021) [1]
• Religion	List 59% Christianity 39.6% no religion 1% other 0.4% Islam
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code	17UF (ONS) E07000035 (GSS)
Ethnicity	97.8% White 0.8% .Asian[2]

Derbyshire Dales (/ˈdɑːrbiʃɪər, -ʃər/ DAR-bee-sheer, -⁠shər) is a local government district in Derbyshire, England. The district was created in 1974 as West Derbyshire; the name was changed to Derbyshire Dales in 1987. The council is based in the town of Matlock, and the district also includes the towns of Ashbourne, Bakewell, Darley Dale and Wirksworth, as well as numerous villages and extensive rural areas. Much of the district is within the Peak District National Park.

The neighbouring districts are High Peak, Sheffield, North East Derbyshire, Amber Valley, South Derbyshire, East Staffordshire and Staffordshire Moorlands.