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| Biggin is a farming community spread out along a straight road between Hartington and the A515 road. It's well situated for walking around Wolfscote Dale, Beresford Dale and the Tissington Trail, so it becomes surprisingly busy at summer weekends. Biggin Dale, which leads down to Wolfscote Dale and the River Dove, is a National Nature Reserve and contains a fine range of flowers in spring.
Although the village was founded in the 13th century there is nothing visible from anything remotely close to this period - even the church dates from the reign of Victoria. Biggin's only visible historical link is at nearby Liffs Low where there is a Stone Age barrow just off the side of the road. On excavation a burial cist was found with a range of flint implements, which are now in Buxton Museum.
The village has a pub, The Greyhound, with its own caravan park behind. Nearby lies the Biggin Hall Country House Hotel.
Two other farming hamlets lie nearby - Heathcote, just north of Biggin, and Newhaven a couple of kilometres to the east, around the junction of the A515 and A5012 roads. |
