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 | Alsop-en-le-Dale is a small farming hamlet which nestles in a side valley below the main Ashbourne to Buxton road. The road once passed through Alsop, but was diverted to save coaches the climb down into the valley and then back up again. Alsop is now a complete backwater.
The village is very pretty, with a fine Norman church which was built in the early 12th century and renovated and extended in the 1883. Fortunately the Victorian renovators did a sensitive job and the church is very beautiful, indeed it is hard to see which is their work and which is original and it is a surprise to discover that the tower is actually not original! Opposite the church is a fine old hall, of which parts date from the 17th century.
Above the village, the former railway station has been converted into a car park for the Tissington Trail, which passes through here. It's also a convenient place to start a walk into Wolfscote Dale, which comes close to the trail here.
Alsop-en-le-Dale Photo Gallery - click on the images to enlarge- Click Here for a slide show
0 - Dovedale - Ilam Rock | 
1 - Alsop-en-le-Dale church | 
2 - Alsop-en-le-Dale hall | 
3 - Alstonefield | 
4 - Biggin - Liffs Low from the Tissington Trail | 
5 - Wolfscote Dale - Lode Mill | 
6 - Tissington Trail | |
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