Nether Haddon is a sparsely populated village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

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, England. It is immediately downstream along the

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from the small town of

Bakewell Bakewell is a market town and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England, known for Bakewell pudding. It lies on the River Wye, Derbyshire, River Wye, 15 miles (23 km) south-west of Sheffield. It is the largest se ...

and much of its land is owned by

Haddon Hall Haddon Hall is an English country house on the River Wye, Derbyshire, River Wye near Bakewell, Derbyshire, a former seat of the Duke of Rutland, Dukes of Rutland. It is the home of Lord Edward Manners (brother of David Manners, 11th Duke of Rut ...

, a

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and Tudor building largely rendered in stone. The population of the village is included in the civil parish of

Over Haddon Over Haddon is a small village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish (including Nether Haddon) at the 2011 Census was 255. It is near the small town of Bakewell, south of the B5055 road. Over Haddon overlook ...

Geography

Nether Haddon is centred on the

north-west of the confluence of the tributary the

River Lathkill The River Lathkill is a river in the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire, England. First recorded in 1280, the name "Lathkill" possibly has Scandinavian roots, the old Norse ''hlada-kill'' translating as "narrow valley with a barn". C ...

, which marks part of the southern boundary. While it has no churches,

to the west has two churches, a

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, and a car park. The name "Haddon" means "Heath Hill", the "Nether" referring to being below "Over Haddon".''White Peak Walks, The Northern Dales'', Mark Richards, 1985 Elevations reach 211 m above

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, just above headsprings in the north. In the east, before flowing into

Rowsley Rowsley () is a village on the A6 road in the English county of Derbyshire. The population as at the 2011 census was 507. It is at the point where the River Wye flows into the River Derwent and prospered from mills on both. The border of t ...

, the Wye is at 106 m, which is similar to the Hall at the centre of the civil parish. To the east, the Wye which follows the A6 joins the Derwent, away.

Transport

;Road It is astride the A6, which is not a dual carriageway in most of Derbyshire and is a hilly route across the

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, without major sections of

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or embankment compared to the motorway and train network which provides higher speed. ;Rail, by cycle and on foot The

Monsal Trail The Monsal Trail is a cycling, horse riding and walking trail in the Derbyshire Peak District. It was constructed from a section of the former Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midland Junction Railway, which was built by the Midland Railway in 18 ...

is a track that runs directly along the valley floor to north Derbyshire, past Haddon Hall very closely, passing through its grounds. It is in part the proposal of a reopening of a railway, to Bakewell from the current end of the

Peak Rail Peak Rail is a heritage railway in Derbyshire, England, which operates a steam and heritage diesel service for tourists and visitors to both the Peak District and the Derbyshire Dales. The heritage railway line is over in length and, , operat ...

way at Rowsley. The nearest railway is across the small town of Rowsley on

, a steam and heritage diesel service chiefly for tourists and visitors. This station is its terminus,

Rowsley South railway station Rowsley South railway station lies approximately short of Rowsley village, the location of the settlement's previous stations. Rowsley South was the third station to be built in the area, constructed by Peak Rail volunteers in the late 1990s ...

Landmarks

No more than six farmhouses and the tightly packed cluster of mixed-size buildings at Haddon Hall comprise all of the permanent buildings in the parish.

Demography

It forms less than one hall of 2011 census output area E00099141 in terms of population, which includes most of Over Haddon which is larger in area and population. The proportion of properties rented and mortgaged in 2011 was below the national average, and the proportion owned outright is greater than the national average.

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