Grindon is situated near the southern end of the Peak District National Park.

A comparison of two views north from the village gives some indication of the bleakness of this area in winter.

A little downstream from The Weags is the confluence with the River Hamps, which flows from Waterhouses, and is the main tributary of the Manifold.

The first church in Grindon was built in the 11th century as a chapel of ease for the Parish of St Bartram, Ilam.

While most of these are human heads, there are other animals, such as those climbing down the window frame on the south-west corner of the tower.

The village was a little distance from the station, and the fact that the line followed the valley bottom whereas the settlements served by the railway were mostly on the hill-tops above was a contributory factor in its demise.

The line closed in 1934, but in 1937 the route was reopened as the Manifold Way, a fully tarmacked 8-mile walk- and cycle-path which runs from Hulme End in the north to Waterhouses in the south.

The severe winter of February to April 1947 brought particular hardship for moorlands villages like Grindon.

Relief was brought by air, but one RAF Halifax aircraft crashed into the moors near Grindon during a severe blizzard.