Evidence of human occupation at Dove Holes can be traced back to the Neolithic period (late Stone Age) because of the existence of a henge, known locally as The Bull Ring, and an adjoining tumulus.

In 1650, a General Survey of the Manor of High Peak was made to assess the property of the late King Charles.

This recorded that people were burning limestone around the village and that there were 14 kilns thereabouts, the burnt lime (quicklime) being slaked and used by farmers to condition the soil in their fields.

Northern Trains operates generally hourly services in each direction between Manchester Piccadilly, Stockport and Buxton.

[2] High Peak Buses operates bus route 199, which provides a regular service between Buxton, New Mills, Stockport and Manchester Airport.

[4] However, the railway station was chosen in 2019 to feature in the music video for the chart-topping single "Someone You Loved" by singer Lewis Capaldi.