Grangemill

The crossroads

Grangemill is on a busy crossroads village in the English county of Derbyshire. The hamlet[1] is made up of a cluster of houses, a farm and a pub called the Hollybush. There is a former cheese factory in the village, and the workings of this are still on display. The population as taken at the 2011 Census is included in the civil parish of Aldwark, Derbyshire

Grangemill lies at the crossroads of the A5012 and B5056 roads and is on the south-eastern boundary of the Peak District National Park. The Limestone Way long-distance bridleway passes through Grangemill.

There are several quarries that surround Grange Mill, in which all extract limestone from the area. The most noticeable being the Brassington Moor Quarry.

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Coordinates: 53°06′54″N 1°38′18″W / 53.11503°N 1.63841°W / 53.11503; -1.63841

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