Nether Haddon
| Nether Haddon | |
| Derbyshire | |
|---|---|
 Haddon Hall, Nether Haddon | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SK233661 |
| Location: | 53°11’31"N, 1°39’7"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 255 (2011) |
| Post town: | Bakewell |
| Postcode: | DE45 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Derbyshire Dales |
Nether Haddon is a sparsely populated hamlet in Derbyshire, along the River Wye immediately downstream of the small town of Bakewell. Much of the land of the parish is owned by the Haddon Hall estate. The one prominent building here is Haddon Hall, a mediæval and Tudor building largely rendered in stone.
The village stands beside the River Wye north-west of where the River Lathkill joins the Wye. It has no churches, but Over Haddon to the west has two churches, a public house, and a car park. The route from one to the other is only on footpaths or a roundabout journey by way of Bakewell town centre or Youlgreave.
The name "Haddon" means "Heath Hill", the "Nether" referring to being below "Over Haddon".[1] The River Wye joins the Derwent a mile away.
About the village
A grand house stands here: Haddon Hall. Othrwise 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.
The houses of Nether Haddon stand astride the A6, the hilly route across the Pennines, while Haddon Hall looks out at them from across the river, linked by an estate bridge.
The Monsal Trail is a track which 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 Railway at Rowsley.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Nether Haddon) |
- Over Haddon: Peak District On-line
- Information on Over and Nether Haddon from GENUKI
References
- ↑ White Peak Walks, The Northern Dales, Mark Richards, 1985 ISBN 0-902363-53-0