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The town has 7,235 residents and lies in Derbyshire, East Midlands. 41% of households own their home outright.
Neither a standout nor a worry on most counts. Its strongest is walkability: on the way to work, 18% walk, cycle or take a bus or train. With a B overall, Chapel-en-le-Frith is better than 57% of UK towns. That places it #24 of 59 in Derbyshire. The median home sold for £260,000, 5.1 times what households in the High Peak council area earn in a year. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for safety, B− for health, C+ for jobs & income and B for hazard risk.
Figures: commuting, Census 2021 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · incomes and life expectancy, ONS · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · claimants, DWP · flood risk, Environment Agency.
The 3 things Chapel-en-le-Frith does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Chapel-en-le-Frith is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 27 buildings inside Chapel-en-le-Frith’s built-up area, 2 of them Grade II*, and 3 scheduled monuments.
20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chapel-en-le-Frith.
People 65 and over make up 23% of the town. Residents of Chapel-en-le-Frith have a median age of 45.4. Among adults, 30% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Chapel-en-le-Frith | Derbyshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 25% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.1% | 6.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 30% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Derbyshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Chapel-en-le-Frith’s one primary and one secondary have 1,436 pupils between them. Both of its schools are shown below. Just over half of pupils at the 4 primary schools within 3 km met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapel-en-le-Frith CofE VC Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 495 | D |
| Chapel-en-le-Frith High SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 941 | B |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 25% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Households take home £49K a year before tax, on average. 80% of commuters drove, about level with Derbyshire’s towns (80%) and above England’s towns (70%). Of the commuters living in Chapel-en-le-Frith, 26% work in the town itself. For every resident in work, Chapel-en-le-Frith has 0.7 jobs.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Grade II* covers 2 of them. Homes from before 1919 make up a fifth of the total, below Derbyshire’s towns (23%) but above England’s towns (16%). 3 scheduled monuments lie in Chapel-en-le-Frith.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
9% live in social housing, lower than both Derbyshire’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (18%). Private renters make up 15% of households. The £260,000 median rests on 304 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £395,000 | 84 |
| Semi-detached | £255,000 | 133 |
| Terraced | £212,000 | 79 |
| Flat or maisonette | £148,500 | 8 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The 12 months to August 2026 brought 359 recorded crimes inside Chapel-en-le-Frith’s built-up area, and 35 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences accounted for 58% of recorded crime. Violent crime ran at 26.6 per 1,000 residents a year, near Derbyshire’s towns (25.6) and higher than England’s towns (22).
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
The nearest A&E to Chapel-en-le-Frith is Stepping Hill Hospital, 9.8 miles away. One GP practice serves the town; 86% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. 18% of residents have a disability, about level with England’s towns (17%) and below Derbyshire’s towns (20%).
| Census 2021 | Chapel-en-le-Frith | Derbyshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 82% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.1% | 6% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 18% | 20% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Because the census answers ignore age, a younger population lifts them; that is why the Health Grade is built on age-adjusted measures like life expectancy and early deaths.
27 listed buildings in Chapel-en-le-Frith.
Church of St Thomas Becket: Photo: David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Market cross: Photo: Mike Peel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Royal Oak Inn: Photo: Dave.Dunford · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Townend Methodist Church: Photo: Dave.Dunford · CC BY-SA 4.0
8 notable people were born in Chapel-en-le-Frith.
John Hartle: Joop van Bilsen / Anefo, CC0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapel-en-le-Frith | 7,235 | — | B | B | B− | B− |
| Chinley | 1,913 | 1.5 | — | C+ | A− | B |
| Dove Holes | 1,156 | 1.9 | — | B | C− | B− |
| Whaley Bridge | 4,618 | 2.9 | A− | C+ | B− | A− |
| Furness Vale | 1,069 | 3.5 | — | B+ | A− | B+ |
| Hayfield | 1,878 | 4.2 | — | B− | B | C |
| Buxton | 20,048 | 4.6 | C | B+ | D | C |
| New Mills | 9,195 | 4.7 | B | B | C+ | C+ |
Chinley, Dove Holes, Furness Vale and Hayfield have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Chapel-en-le-Frith has 2 state schools; places are handled by Derbyshire council.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Town in Derbyshire, England
Chapel-en-le-Frith is a built-up area of 7,235 people, in the High Peak council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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