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7 unusual facts about Hope Valley


Chariho Regional School District

The district operates four elementary schools, two of which are located in Hopkinton, in the villages of Ashaway and Hope Valley, one in Charlestown, and one in Richmond.

Grindleford

Grindleford is popular with walkers and climbers due to its proximity to a variety of landscapes, including open moorland, wooded river valleys (including Padley Gorge), several gritstone escarpments, and the broad Hope Valley.

Hope Valley Line

The terrain through Hope Valley and Edale was easy enough by Midland standards, but at each end there were formidable obstacles, negotiated by means of the Totley and Cowburn Tunnels.

Hope Valley, South Australia

This has since been recovered, and the original stonework arches have been exposed and re-pointed in 2010.

Just up the road from The Bremen hotel, on the northern side of Grand Junction Road is Torrens Valley Christian School, a local private non-denominational Christian school.

Ladybower Reservoir

Materials were brought to the site on the Derwent Valley Water Board's own branch line and their sidings off the main line in the Hope Valley.

Peak Rail

The third signal box is currently out of use, and came from Bamford in the Hope Valley.


1888 North Canterbury earthquake

In the North Canterbury region many buildings were severely damaged, particularly in the Hope Valley and Hanmer areas.


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Hope Valley Line

From Sheffield, trains head down the Midland Main Line to Dore and Totley, where the Hope Valley Line branches off to run through the Totley Tunnel (the second longest in England).