Thornsett

It lies between New Mills and Hayfield,[1] and features a primary school,[2] a nursery, two pubs, a band room and a cemetery (created in 1993).

It was originally grouped, along with Beard, Ollersett and Whitle, as one of the ten hamlets that formed the area of Bowden Middlecale.

[3] Bowden Middlecale has since been split up, with only these four hamlets forming part of the new township of New Mills.

By 1975, the land occupied by the railway had been sold to Derbyshire County Council.

The hamlet is accessed only by local roads and has links to nearby New Mills, Rowarth, Mellor, Marple and Hayfield.

The Printer's Arms
The old Birch Vale Station, on the New Mills–Hayfield line
Where the railway line used to run, now the Sett Valley Trail