Litton, Derbyshire

Litton
Well dressing, June 2000
Litton is located in Derbyshire
Litton
Litton
Location within Derbyshire
Population675 (2011)
OS grid referenceSK163752
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBUXTON
Postcode districtSK17
PoliceDerbyshire
FireDerbyshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
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England
Derbyshire
53°16′26″N 1°45′22″W / 53.274°N 1.756°W / 53.274; -1.756

Litton is a village and civil parish in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 675 (including Cressbrook (within the parish) and the separate parish of Little Longstone).[1] It is one mile from Tideswell and six miles from Bakewell.[2]

The village has a primary school,[3] a public house (the Red Lion[4]) and a post office run by a co-operative of villagers.[5] There are two churches, one at the east end of the village, and Christ Church at the west, on the outskirts of the village on the road to Tideswell.

Litton has a well dressing each summer.[6] The display is set on a base of moist clay and the patterns formed from petals, seeds, mosses and lichens.

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference gen was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Home page". Litton C of E Primary School. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Home page". Red Lion, Litton. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  5. ^ "About Litton Village Shop". Litton Village Shop. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Litton". welldressing.com. Retrieved 20 March 2017.