Little Hayfield

Little Hayfield
Little Hayfield from the southwest
Little Hayfield is located in Derbyshire
Little Hayfield
Little Hayfield
Location within Derbyshire
OS grid referenceSK030890
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHIGH PEAK
Postcode districtSK22
PoliceDerbyshire
FireDerbyshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
List of places
UK
England
Derbyshire
53°23′53″N 1°57′18″W / 53.398°N 1.955°W / 53.398; -1.955

Little Hayfield is a hamlet in the Peak District National Park, in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the A624 between Hayfield and Glossop.[1] At the centre of the hamlet is the Lantern Pike pub, named after the nearby hill of the same name.[2] Fell racing take place in Little Hayfield,[3] and until 2021[4] an annual country show was held on a local farm, including sheepdog trials.[5]

From Clough Mill, a former water-powered and later steam-powered textile mill[6] converted to apartments in 1989, a footpath leads to the summit of Lantern Pike.[1]

The screenwriter Tony Warren lived in the village, and is said to have conceived the soap opera Coronation Street in the Lantern Pike pub. Actors Pat Phoenix and Kenneth Cope had spells living in the village, as did producer Bill Podmore.[7]

  1. ^ a b Explorer map OL1: Dark Peak Area (Map). 1:25000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2009. ISBN 0319240673.
  2. ^ "Home page". The Lantern Pike Inn. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Sat 15th Sep 2018 – Lantern Pike (R)". Fellrunner. 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  4. ^ Ball, Lucy (5 September 2022). "Hayfield Country Show and Sheep Dog Trials ends after 45 years". Buxton Advertiser. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  5. ^ "What's on". Hayfield Sheepdog Trials. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  6. ^ "Derbyshire and Peak District Mills". Derbyshire Heritage. 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  7. ^ Bentley, Shirley, ed. (April 2001). Little Hayfield 2000. Privately published.