About Hope and Aston

The villages of Hope and Aston are located in the heart of the Hope Valley, one of the great scenic landscapes of the Peak District. Both villages are historic, having been listed in the Domesday Book, and with evidence of earlier settlements in the area including bronze age and Roman remains. Hope is located around the fourteenth century church of St Peter’s, while Aston is centred around Aston Hall, built by the Balguys family in 1578. The villages have a thriving community based on a mix of traditional local industries including hill farming and quarrying, combined with tourism and exercise in the UK’s first national park. Served by a railway station on the Hope Valley line running between Manchester and Sheffield, Hope and Aston are much appreciated by walkers, cyclists, climbers and other visitors to the Peak District, providing a base from which to explore the Dark Peak area with Edale and Kinder Scout to the north, and the White Peak area of farming villages and limestone valleys to the south.

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Meet the Peak District CEO
05/02/2025
The Peak District National Park have announced that their CEO Phil Mulligan will be doing a number of informal roadshows in 2025.  The first one scheduled will be at Bamford Village Institut...
Registration for recycling centres
15/01/2025
Derbyshire County Council have introduced a registration scheme for users of any DCC recycling centre.  The rationale for registration and guidelines on how it will apply are given at the DC...
New Parish Clerk
14/01/2025
Hope with Aston Parish Council has a new Clerk. Alison Wheeler took over from Sheree Smallwood in January 2025. She also works as Assistant Clerk for Hathersage Parish, and has long exper...

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