Although most of the area is outside the National Park boundary, the town is in the western part of the Peak District. To the north and south lie the Dark Peak highlands, which are made up of millstone grit and are heather-covered moorlands, rugged and bleak. These include Chinley Churn and South Head with, a little further off, Kinder Scout, which looms above the whole area. To the east is the gentler and more pastoral White Peak, consisting largely of limestone grasslands, nevertheless with spectacular bluffs and the occasional gorge. Combs Moss, a gritstone 'edge', dominates the valley in which Chapel lies from the south and Eccles Pike rises sharply above the town to its west and provides a commanding 360° viewpoint. Historic England. "Rushup Hall(Grade II) (1088026)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 18 March 2013. Bebbington, Gina (18 November 2014). "Schoolboy stars in Halfords TV advert". Northwich Guardian . Retrieved 8 September 2017. There is also a leisure centre, with tennis courts co-located with High School which provides a range of fitness classes and sports facilities. The town's local radio stations are BBC Radio Manchester on 95.1 FM and Greatest Hits Radio Derbyshire (previously Imagine FM and High Peak Radio) on 106.6 FM.

New BBC TV drama The Village set in Derbyshire's Peak District". Derby Telegraph. 31 March 2013 . Retrieved 4 November 2016.

A Brief History of the Parish". Chapel-en-le-Frith Parish Council. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012 . Retrieved 18 March 2013. Historic England. "Bank Hall(Grade II) (1263667)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 18 March 2013.

Major Richard John Wrottesley, 5th Baron Wrottesley MC (1918 in Chapel-en-le-Frith – 1977), British peer and army officer

Greatest Hits Radio Derbyshire (High Peak), an independent local radio station for High Peak and the Hope Valley, previously broadcast as High Peak Radio from studios just off the High Street. Peter Kirk (1840 in Townend, Chapel-en-le-Frith – 1916), British-born American businessman, founded the US city of Kirkland, Washington a b Sharpe, Neville T. (2002). Crosses of the Peak District. Landmark Collectors Library. ISBN 9781843060192. Historic England. "Marsh Hall and Barn(Grade II) (1088025)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 18 March 2013.

Historic England. "Bull Ring henge, oval barrow and bowl barrow (1011204)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 18 March 2013. John Hartle (1933 in Chapel-en-le-Frith – 1968), English professional road racer who competed in national, international and Grand Prix motorcycle racing events

Neighbourhood Statistics". Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014 . Retrieved 18 October 2014. The brake-lining manufacturer Ferodo was a family concern for over a hundred years and was first established in the town; it is now part of the international conglomerate Federal-Mogul. The town was established by the Normans in the 12th century, originally as a hunting lodge within the Forest of High Peak. This led to the Anglo-Norman-derived name Chapel-en-le-Frith ("chapel in the forest"). [2] (It appears in a Middle English form in a Latin record as Chapell in the ffryth, in 1401. [3]) The population at the 2011 census was 8,635. The village of Combs, west of the town, gives its name to the adjacent Combs Reservoir. The Old Brook House (and its barn), close to the Beehive Inn in the centre of Combs, are listed buildings; [19] [20] parts of the house's grand layout clearly date from the 17th and 18th centuries and, as such, it is similar to Marsh Hall closer to Chapel. [21]

Historic England. "Ollerenshaw Hall(Grade II) (1088052)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 18 March 2013. The town's football team is Chapel Town F.C., playing in Division One of the Manchester Football League. [8] There is a golf course on the western edge of the town. [9] Historic England. "Bank Hall Lodge(Grade II) (1088046)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 18 March 2013. Chapel-en-le-Frith ( / ˌ tʃ æ p əl ˌ ɒ n l ə ˈ f r ɪ θ/) is a town and civil parish in the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England.

Neville Buswell (1943 in Chapel-en-le-Frith – 2019), British actor known for his role as Ray Langton in Coronation Street Freeview Light on the Ladder Hill (Derbyshire, England) transmitter". UK Free TV . Retrieved 4 September 2023. Following an illness in 1748, Wesley was nursed by Grace Murray, a class leader and housekeeper at an orphan house in Newcastle. Taken with Grace, he invited her to travel with him to Ireland in 1749, where he believed them to be betrothed though they were never married. It has been suggested that his brother Charles Wesley objected to the engagement [6] though this is disputed. Subsequently, Grace married John Bennett, preacher and resident of Chapel-en-le-frith, and John's last visit to Chapel-en-le-frith on 3 April 1786 at age 86 was at Grace's request. Grace and John Bennett are buried in Chinley Independent Chapel in Chapel Milton. [5] Industry [ edit ] Chapel-en-le-Frith station is located one mile (1.5km) from the town centre, on the Buxton line between Buxton and Manchester Piccadilly. The journey to Manchester takes 40–50 minutes; it is well-used as a commuter line for work and access to post-16 education. Historic England. "Chapel-en-le-Frith Station(Grade II) (1334789)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 18 March 2013.