Chunal

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{short description|Hamlet in Derbyshire, England}}

{{Infobox UK place

|country = England

|static_image_name = A624 road, Chunal - 252335.jpg

|static_image_caption=Chunal

|coordinates = {{coord|53.423|-1.950|display=inline,title}}

|map_type = Derbyshire

|official_name = Chunal

|population = 30

|shire_district = High Peak

| shire_county = Derbyshire

|region = East Midlands

|constituency_westminster = High Peak

|post_town = Glossop

|postcode_district = SK13

|postcode_area = SK

|dial_code = 01457

|os_grid_reference = SK034918

}}

Chunal is a hamlet in Derbyshire, England. It is located on the A624 road, 1 mile south of Glossop. The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein conducted aeronautical research at Chunal during his time as an engineering research student at Manchester University (1908–1911). He flew kites into the upper atmosphere.Sterrett, Susan G. (2005). Wittgenstein Flies a Kite: A Story of Models of Wings and Models of the World. Penguin Group {{ISBN|978-0-13-149997-3}}

There are three listed buildings in the locality, all designated at Grade II: White House, a farmhouse dated 1669;{{NHLE |num=1087985 |desc=White House |grade=II |accessdate=12 April 2019}} an 18th-century barn to the south of Shepley Farm;{{NHLE |num=1334805 |desc=Barn to the south of Shepley Farmhouse |grade=II |fewer-links=yes |accessdate=12 April 2019}} and Horseshoe Farmhouse and an adjacent barn.{{NHLE |num=1087984 |desc=Horseshoe Farmhouse and barn |grade=II |fewer-links=yes |accessdate=12 April 2019}} A public house, the Grouse Inn, closed in 2014–2015 and is now a private house.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ssmcamra.co.uk/OTfiles/Archive/371aug15.pdf |date=August 2015 |magazine=Opening Times |title=High Peak Pub News |first=Tom |last=Lord |publisher=Stockport & South Manchester CAMRA |quote=On a sadder note it looks as though the Grouse at Chunal, between Glossop and Hayfield, is closed. The pub signage has been removed or painted over and the car park blocked off. |accessdate=12 April 2019}}