Furness Vale is a village in the High Peak district of Derbyshire

Derbyshire

Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 situated between New Mills

New Mills

New Mills is a town in Derbyshire, England approximately south-east of Stockport and from Manchester. It is sited at the confluence of the rivers Goyt and Sett, on the border of Cheshire. The town stands above the Torrs, a deep gorge, cut through Woodhead Hill Sandstone of the Carboniferous period...

 and Whaley Bridge

Whaley Bridge

Whaley Bridge is a small town and civil parish in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, England, situated on the River Goyt. Whaley Bridge is approximately south of Manchester, north of Buxton , east of Macclesfield and west of Sheffield, and had a population of 6,226 at the 2001 census. This...

. It is bisected by the A6 road and the Peak Forest Canal

Peak Forest Canal

The Peak Forest Canal, is a narrow locked artificial waterway in northern England. It is long and forms part of the connected English/Welsh inland waterway network.-General description:...

. Locally known as Furness, it comes under the administration of Whaley Bridge town council.
It has a population of approximately 1500.

The village has a small community primary school, Furness Vale Primary School for boys and girls aged 4–11. For secondary education, children travel further afield—typically to Chapel-en-le-Frith

Chapel-en-le-Frith High School

Chapel-en-le-Frith High School is a mixed gender comprehensive school in Chapel-en-le-Frith in the county of Derbyshire, England. It serves pupils aged 11 to 16 from the town, from nearby Whaley Bridge, and the surrounding villages.-History:...

, New Mills

New Mills School Business & Enterprise College

New Mills School Business & Enterprise College is an average sized comprehensive school, situated in the northwest of Derbyshire within in the Peak District.-Admissions:...

, Hope Valley

Hope Valley College

Hope Valley College, Castleton Road , Hope, Hope Valley, Derbyshire is a comprehensive school, adjacent to the Peakshole Water, in the High Peak district for students in years 7 to 11.-History:...

 or Buxton

Buxton Community School

Buxton Community School is a comprehensive school in Buxton, Derbyshire, England. Deb Hill is the headteacher, and the school is a specialist sports college....

. Other local services include a post office

Post office

A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...

, village store/off licence, two pubs (The Soldier Dick and The Crossings), a social club, a Cantonese

Cantonese cuisine

Cantonese cuisine comes from Guangdong Province in southern China and is one of 8 superdivisions of Chinese cuisine. Its prominence outside China is due to the great numbers of early emigrants from Guangdong. Cantonese chefs are highly sought after throughout the country...

 restaurant (the Imperial Palace), a railway station

Furness Vale railway station

Furness Vale railway station is 24 km south east of Manchester Piccadilly on the Manchester to Buxton line. This station has a level crossing at the end of the platform controlled by Furness Vale Signal Box which is situated just next to the crossing.The station is on the Stockport, Disley...

 and a fish and chip shop.

Field Day

Since 2008, the village has hosted a free music event on its football field in order to raise funds for the development of the field itself. It is held on a Saturday during the summer months and is organised by a committee of local residents.