Parish & Nearby Peak District Villages

Villages of Tideswell Parish & Benefice

St John the Baptist, Tideswell, serves alongside three sister churches in Tideswell Parish and forms part of the wider Benefice of Tideswell:

• Litton (Christ Church)

  1 mile east of Tideswell

  A picturesque limestone village with a traditional village green, historic stocks, community shop and post office, country pub, and Christ Church, Litton (services on the 1st and 3rd Sundays at 11:15am).

• Cressbrook (St John the Evangelist)

  2.5 miles south-east of Tideswell

  Set high above the River Wye and Water-cum-Jolly Dale, famous for its historic 19th-century cotton mill, nature reserve in Cressbrook Dale, and St John the Evangelist Church (Café Church on the 2nd Sunday at 3:00pm).

• Wormhill (St Margaret of Antioch)

  3 miles west of Tideswell

  A peaceful upland village near the head of Chee Dale and the River Wye, home to St Margaret of Antioch Church (services on the 2nd and 4th Sundays at 6:00pm) with links to the medieval Foljambe family.

• Miller's Dale

  2 miles south-west of Tideswell

  Part of the wider Benefice of Tideswell in the dramatic limestone gorge of the River Wye, featuring the restored Miller's Dale railway station on the Monsal Trail and historic lime kilns.

• Eyam

  5 miles east of Tideswell

  World-famous as the "Plague Village" of 1665–1666, home to Eyam Parish Church (with its Saxon cross), Eyam Museum and Eyam Hall.

• Bradwell & the Hope Valley

  4 miles north of Tideswell

  Gateway from the White Peak limestone plateau into the Hope Valley, famous for Bradwell Edge, gliding, and traditional Bradwell ice cream.