Editing Glossop (section)

==Transport==
[[File:02.06.21_Glossop_323228_(51231903110).jpg|thumb|[[Northern Trains|Northern]] {{brc|323}} at Glossop station]]
[[File:Glossop6188.JPG|right|thumb|Stagecoach bus in High Street East]]
Early private horse-drawn buses were first provided by the Glossop Carriage Company Ltd, and [[Glossop Tramway|an electric tramway]] connected Glossop with Hadfield between 1903 and 1927. Public transport in Glossop is now coordinated by [[Derbyshire County Council]], with the exception of rail travel and some bus services being provided by [[Transport for Greater Manchester]] (TfGM).

===Railway===
[[Glossop railway station]] is on the [[Glossop line]] between [[Manchester Piccadilly]] and [[Hadfield railway station|Hadfield]]. There are generally half-hourly train services, increasing to every 20 minutes during rush hour, along this remaining stub of the former [[Woodhead Line]].

A user group, the ''Friends of Glossop Station'', are working to make the station more attractive and to encourage greater use of public transport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.andrewbingham.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=243:revamped-railway-station-impresses-andrew&catid=3:local-news&Itemid=4 |title=Andrew Bingham MP visits Glossop Station |publisher=Andrewbingham.org.uk |date=18 October 2011 |archive-date=20 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320225934/http://www.andrewbingham.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=243:revamped-railway-station-impresses-andrew&catid=3:local-news&Itemid=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.friends-of-glossop-station.co.uk/news.html |title=Friends of Glossop Station |publisher=Friends of Glossop Station }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://menmedia.co.uk/glossopadvertiser/news/s/1466592_santas-on-track-to-deliver-the-goods |title=Glossop Advertiser |publisher=Menmedia.co.uk |date=1 December 2011 |access-date=1 March 2012 |archive-date=21 April 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421035123/http://menmedia.co.uk/glossopadvertiser/news/s/1466592_santas-on-track-to-deliver-the-goods |url-status=dead }}</ref> The trains operated on the line are three-car [[British Rail Class 323|Class 323]] [[electric multiple unit]]s, built between 1992 and 1996 by [[Hunslet-Barclay|Hunslet Transportation Projects]].

===Buses===
There are regular bus services running to towns in [[Tameside]], [[Buxton]], [[New Mills]], [[Whaley Bridge]], the [[Hope Valley, Derbyshire|Hope Valley]], [[Sheffield]]<ref name="sheffield_bus">{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/transport/new-sheffield-manchester-bus-route-across-peak-district-could-be-countrys-most-picturesque-2973111 |title=New Sheffield-Manchester bus route across Peak District could be country's most picturesque |date=16 September 2020 |newspaper=Sheffield Star |first=Robert |last=Cumber |access-date=17 September 2020}}</ref> and infrequent services to [[Holmfirth]].

Bus services in Glossop are operated predominantly by [[High Peak (bus company)|High Peak]] and  [[Metroline Manchester]] (under the [[Bee Network]]) with the Sheffield service operated by [[Hulleys of Baslow]] and the Hyde service operated by [[Go North West]] ([[Bee Network]]).

===Roads===
The main road through Glossop is the [[A57 road|A57]]. To the west, this road (with the parallel [[M67 motorway]]) leads to [[Manchester]], while [[Sheffield]] and the [[Hope Valley, Derbyshire|Hope Valley]] lie to the east, via the [[Snake Pass]]. The B6105 leads north then east, along the [[Longdendale|Woodhead Pass]] (A628) and eventually to the [[South Yorkshire]] town of [[Barnsley]] and the [[M1 motorway]]. [[Chapel-en-le-Frith]], [[Buxton]] and [[Derby]] lie to the south, along the A624 and A6.

===Leisure===
The [[Peak District Boundary Walk]] runs along the eastern side of town through Charlestown and Old Glossop<ref name="boundary_walk">{{Cite book|last=McCloy|first=Andrew|title=Peak District Boundary Walk: 190 Miles Around the Edge of the National Park|publisher=Friends of the Peak District|year=2017|isbn=978-1909461536}}</ref> and the [[Pennine Bridleway]] passes the western side of town around Gamesley and Hadfield.<ref name="osmap">{{cite map|publisher=Ordnance Survey|title=OL1 The Peak District: Dark Peak area|url=http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=402650&Y=388150&A=Y&Z=115|scale=1:25000|series=Outdoor Leisure|isbn=978-0319240670|access-date=31 July 2012|archive-date=27 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527061320/http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=402650&Y=388150&A=Y&Z=115|url-status=dead}}</ref>