Old Glossop

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Old Glossop
St.James Church. Situated in Whitfield, in the old part of Glossop, just off the main road to Hayfield.
Old Glossop shown within Derbyshire
OS grid reference	SK0393
District	High Peak
Shire county	Derbyshire
Region	East Midlands
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLOSSOP
Postcode district	SK13.
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
European Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	High Peak
List of places: UK • England • Derbyshire

Coordinates: 53°26′N 1°57′W / 53.44, -1.95

Old Glossop is a Parish village and the original part of the town of Glossop in the High Peak area of Derbyshire, England, about 14 miles east of Manchester. The village is to the west of the Peak District national park, and so falls into Greater Manchester's sphere of economic influence.

Although High Peak Borough Council has now called a large area of Glossop, "Old Glossop" for political ward reasons, the original parish boundaries mean the area has a population of about 1,100.

At the beginning of the 1900's the village had eight pubs, but there are now only two remaining: The Bulls Head and The Queens Hotel.