Peak District 360° Chapel-en-le-Frith

Chapel-en-le-Frith, often abbreviated to Chapel, is a small Derbyshire town on the edge of the Peak District, part of the Pennine Range, near the border of Cheshire, in northern England. The controversially named "Capital of the Peak" (according to the town signs) was established by the Normans in the 12th century, originally as a hunting lodge within the Forest of High Peak. This led to the French-derived name of Chapel-en-le-Frith ("Chapel in the forest clearing").

There is a regular market place, cobbled and raised above the High Street, which is still used every Thursday to host the local market. There is also a certain amount of industry — especially behind the church in the lowest part of the town, where the brake-lining manufacturer Ferodo (an anagram of Froode, the 19th-century founder's name) was a family concern for over a hundred years, but is now part of the international conglomerate Federal-Mogul.

Well dressing is a custom practised in rural England in which wells, springs or other water sources are decorated with designs created from flower petals. The custom is most closely associated with the Peak District area. Read more about Well dressing.

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