Grindlow is a farming hamletGrindlow, Derbyshire Dales - area information, map, walks and more
Retrieved 2018-03-27. of a dozen or so houses that nestles under Hucklow Edge in the Derbyshire Peak District. Although it is a separate civil parish in the

Derbyshire Dales Derbyshire Dales ( ) is a local government district in Derbyshire, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 71,116. Much of it is in the Peak District, although most of its population lies along the River Derwent. The borough borders ...

District, the Parish Council is joint with

Great Hucklow Great Hucklow ( Old English ''Hucca's burial mound'') is a small village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Peak District which nestles under Hucklow Edge between the villages of Tideswell and Bradwell. It has a population of about 100, includ ...

, its near neighbour, and

Little Hucklow Little Hucklow is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire. Whilst it is a separate civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales District, the Parish Council is joint with Great Hucklow, and Grindlow. The parish consists of the village of Little Hucklow ...

. The village lies north of the

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as it crosses

Wardlow Mires Wardlow may refer to: *Wardlow, Alberta, a hamlet in Canada *Wardlow, Derbyshire, a parish and village in the Derbyshire Dales, England *Wardlow Quarry, a limestone quarry on the Weaver Hills, Staffordshire, England, UK * Wardlow station, a LACMTA t ...

. It is a familiar stop for groups of walkers passing through from

Foolow Foolow (Old English possibly for "bird hill" or "colourful hill") is a village in the Derbyshire Peak District. Village centre The village green contains an ornate Grade II listed medieval cross, similar to the one at Wheston but possibly of lat ...

, Wardlow and Abney. At its centre lies Grind Low, a small

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knoll surmounted by a few trees. There are also two Bronze Age burial mounds near the footpath to Foolow. Grindlow was a mining village for many centuries. After the demise of mining, agriculture remained as the principal form of income.

References

The Grindlow page on the Hucklow web site
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