Birchover
The Red Lion Inn, Birchover
Birchover Location within Derbyshire
Population	362
District	Derbyshire Dales
Shire county	Derbyshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MATLOCK
Postcode district	DE4
Dialling code	01629
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Derbyshire Dales
List of places UK England Derbyshire 53°09′N 1°39′W / 53.15°N 1.65°W / 53.15; -1.65

Birchover is a village and civil parish in the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire, England, five miles north-west of Matlock. At the 2001 Census, it had a population of 362. Eagle Tor is a small hamlet on the north western edge of the parish.^[1]

History

Birchover is near a number of features of geologic and historic interest: a rock formation called Rowtor Rocks, consisting of numerous tunnels, carvings and caves; several prehistoric monuments, including Doll Tor; and a number of stone circles on Stanton Moor.

Birchover is mentioned in the Domesday book as belonging to Henry de Ferrers,^[2] and being worth eight shillings.^[3]

In popular culture

Bradley Rocks near Birchover features as the location of the farm in the 1987 film The Princess Bride. The horror writer Joseph Freeman based a story here, 'A Room of his Own', in his first book Love Stories of the Undead (later reprinted in 2008's "This Is My Blood"), and has had articles published in Saccade magazine and a charity anthology called Dog Tales based on real-life eerie events in the area.

Notable people

• Eddie Shimwell – former Blackpool football player; first full-back to score at Wembley