Fox House is a 17th-century Grade-II listed Inn, located near the

Longshaw Estate Longshaw Estate is an area of moorland, woodland and farmland within the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire, England. The name of Longshaw is thought to have derived from the long wood in Padley Gorge. There are remains from Bronze Age ...

in the

Peak District The Peak District is an Highland, upland area in central-northern England, at the southern end of the Pennines. Mostly in Derbyshire, it extends into Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire. It is subdivi ...

, near the border between

South Yorkshire South Yorkshire is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the north, the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north-east, Lincolnshire ...

and

Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire to the north, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the south a ...

in northern England. The building is situated on the

A6187 road The A6187 is a secondary route in the Peak District, Derbyshire and South Yorkshire, England. It starts in Castleton,_Derbyshire, Castleton, runs in an easterly direction past Fox House, South Yorkshire, Fox House Inn where it joins the A625 ...

. The inn was named for Mr Fox of Callow Farm in Highlow. Nearby on Houndkirk Moor, a

starfish site Starfish sites were large-scale night-time decoys created during the Blitz to simulate burning British cities. The aim was to divert German night bombers from their intended targets so they would drop their Aircraft ordnance, ordnance over the co ...

, an illuminated night-time decoy, was created during the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

to simulate

Sheffield Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, situated south of Leeds and east of Manchester. The city is the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and some of its so ...

and divert German bomber attacks.

References

Geography of Sheffield Grade II listed buildings in South Yorkshire {{SouthYorkshire-geo-stub