Pikehall

Pikehall
Long Dale at Pikehall.
Pikehall is located in Derbyshire
Pikehall
Pikehall
Location within Derbyshire
OS grid referenceSK191591
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMATLOCK
Postcode districtSK17
PoliceDerbyshire
FireDerbyshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
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UK
England
Derbyshire
53°07′44″N 1°42′54″W / 53.129°N 1.715°W / 53.129; -1.715

Pikehall is a small village in the Derbyshire Dales consisting of a few dozen households and a handful of farms. The population of the village is included in the civil parish of Hartington Nether Quarter. The A5012 road runs through the middle, dividing the village in half. The village is home to the annual Y Not Festival.

Harness racing

Pikehall is noted for its twice yearly harness racing, a major tourist attraction in the area. Since the first meeting in 1998 the number of spectators has increased. At the meeting on 12 June 2005 there were estimated to be around 2,000 spectators. Pikehall has been named as the British Harness Racing Clubs meeting of the Year for two years.[1]

Stilton cheese production

The former Dairy Crest-owned licensed dairy that produced Stilton cheese at Hartington closed. The business was acquired by the Long Clawson dairy in 2008 and closed in 2009. Two former employees set up the Hartington Creamery at Pikehall to make the cheese; it was licensed in 2014. Three additional partners soon joined them. This business is the smallest of the six companies licensed to make Stilton.[2][3] As of March 2021, Hartington Stilton was exporting to the US and to the EU and had just started exporting to Canada. The company director told the BBC that they had "a surge in interest and consumer sales from the US".[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Derbyshire-Peakdistrict accessed 26 April 2008
  2. ^ "The return of Hartington Stilton". Great British Life. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Say cheese! Derbyshire Stilton on sale for first time in five years". Derby Telegraph. 5 September 2014. Archived from the original on 4 June 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Derbyshire cheese maker upset at £180 post-Brexit Stilton fee". BBC News. Retrieved 17 April 2021.


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