{{Short description|Village in Derbyshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place |country = England |static_image = Little Hucklow - geograph.org.uk - 6782972.jpg |static_image_width = 240px |static_image_caption = Houses in Little Hucklow |coordinates = {{coord|53.304|-1.756|display=inline,title}} |official_name = Little Hucklow |population = |shire_district = Derbyshire Dales |shire_county = Derbyshire |region = East Midlands |constituency_westminster = Derbyshire Dales |post_town = BUXTON |postcode_district = SK17 |postcode_area = SK |dial_code = 01298 |os_grid_reference = SK163785 }} '''Little Hucklow''' is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire. Whilst it is a separate civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales District, the Parish Council is joint with Great Hucklow, and Grindlow. The parish consists of the village of Little Hucklow and the hamlets of Coplow Dale and Windmill.
The population of the parish is about 120 reducing to less than 100 at the 2011 Census. The population is now included in the civil parish of Great Hucklow. It lies within the Peak District National Park, under Hucklow Edge. The neighbouring villages are Bradwell, Derbyshire to the north, Great Hucklow to the east and Tideswell to the south. The village lies just west of the B6049 about a mile and a half north of where it crosses the A623 at the Anchor Inn. The village is linear and is aligned east–west.
The sole public house in Little Hucklow village, the Old Bulls Head, closed in the 2000s but reopened as the Blind Bull in 2020.<ref name="bull">{{cite web |url=https://theblindbull.co.uk/ |title=Home Page |date=2020 |publisher=The Blind Bull, Little Hucklow |accessdate=2 August 2020}}</ref> Adjoining the pub is the Manor House, a Grade II* listed building dating from 1661.<ref name="NHLE">{{NHLE |num=1334904 |desc=The Manor House |grade=II* |fewer-links=yes |accessdate=2 August 2020}}</ref>
The parish is highly rural with current farming activity being mainly livestock rearing. There was formerly considerable lead mining activity in the parish, including a {{convert|600|ft|m|adj=mid|-deep}} shaft at High Rake mine. The mine is situated on a large vein about a quarter of a mile west of the hamlet of Windmill in the Liberty of Little Hucklow. This vein is known under different titles as it ranges from the Sir William Hill to the east to beyond Tideslow Top to the west. At High Rake shaft it is called the High Rake, but immediately west of the old Tideswell to Castleton road it is known as Tideslow Rake and beyond Tideslow Top as White Rake. Eastward beyond Windmill it is known as the Hucklow Edge Vein. The foundations of the mine buildings at High Rake have been excavated by the Peak District Historical Mines Society.<ref name="PDHMS">{{cite web |url=https://pdmhs.co.uk/high-rake-mine-windmill/ |title=High Rake Mine, Windmill |date=n.d. |publisher=Peak District Historical Mines Society |accessdate=2 August 2020}}</ref> High Rake Mine is a Scheduled Monument<ref name="NHLE1412940">{{NHLE |num=1412940 |desc=High Rake Mine |grade= |fewer-links= |accessdate=2 August 2020}}</ref> as is Tideslow Rake to the west;<ref name="NHLE1014591">{{NHLE |num=1014591 |desc=Tideslow Rake lead rake and lime kiln |grade= |fewer-links=yes |accessdate=2 August 2020}}</ref> the latter is also a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest.<ref name="SSSI">{{cite web |url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1005757&SiteName=Rake&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Tideslow Rake SSSI |date= |publisher=Natural England |accessdate=2 August 2020}}</ref>
'''Windmill''' is a small hamlet in the parish of Little Hucklow, consisting of fifteen houses, and several farms. It is on the lane that runs west from Windmill Triangle to the Old Castleton Road. There are a number of old houses, one a former public house and the other the village shop and café.
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==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Little Hucklow}} *[http://www.derbyshireuk.net/hucklow.html Derbyshire UK - Hucklow website] *[http://www.pdmhs.com/HighRake-JimRieuwerts.asp Historical Account of High Rake] *[http://www.pdmhs.com/HighRake.asp The excavations at High Rake] *[http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Derbyshire/Little%20Hucklow Derivation of the village name] *[https://books.google.com/books?lr=&as_brr=1&q=hucklow&btnG=Search+Books Link to Google Books that mention the Hucklows. ]
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Category:Villages in Derbyshire Category:Towns and villages of the Peak District Category:Civil parishes in Derbyshire Category:Derbyshire Dales