page_title: Thornsett
section_title: Geography and transport
hierarchical_section_title: Thornsett / Geography and transport
caption_attribution_description: English: High Hill Road, Thornsett This is where the road is crossed by the Sett Valley Trail on the outskirts of Thornsett. The section of the trail through the gates leads to Birch Vale.
context_page_description: Thornsett is a hamlet within the civil parish of New Mills. It is between New Mills and Hayfield, and features a primary school, a nursery, two pubs, a bandroom and a cemetery. It is roughly 13 miles southest of central Manchester and 22 miles west of Sheffield. The hamlet is governed by High Peak Borough Council and, as it lies within New Mills' parish boundaries, New Mills Town Council.
context_section_description: The hamlet is accessed only by local roads and has links to nearby New Mills, Rowarth, Mellor, Marple and Hayfield.
  The only bus route that runs through Thornsett is the High Peak 60, which runs to Hayfield and New Mills.
  The nearest stations are New Mills Central and New Mills Newtown, with both having services to Manchester and Stockport, but also separately running to Buxton, Chesterfield and Sheffield.
  The River Sett runs along the bottom of the hill, flowing from Kinder Scout to The Torrs in New Mills, where the river joins the River Goyt.
  There were two chapels in the hamlet.
caption: Where the railway line used to run, now the Sett Valley Trail
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