Tideswell - a large, well appointed village set in the limestone uplands near Buxton, Tideswell has some fine old buildings (including 3 pubs, 2 chippies, 3 cafes & 1 superb restaurant) and a remarkable church.

There is some debate as to how the village got its name. The English Place Name Society (who knew there was such a thing) accept it as being named after a Saxon chieftain named Tidi, others that the name comes from a "tiding well" situated in the north of the village.

Tideswell is known locally as Tidza or Tidsa. In addition, local residents are known as Sawyeds, owing to a traditional story about a farmer who freed his prize cow from a gate in which it had become entangled, by sawing its head off. Today the story is re-enacted raucously and colourfully every Wakes week by a local mummers group.

And there's a cinema in the local pub!