Flash is a village in the Staffordshire Moorlands, England, and Peak District National Park. At above sea level, it is the highest village in the United Kingdom and was an early centre for Wesleyanism. Location and geography Flash is the main village in Quarnford parish. It lies just off the A53 main road about southwest of Buxton. It is on the southern slope of the highest ground on Axe Edge Moor, which rises to a peak of . The parish forms the Staffordshire corner of Three Shire Heads, a tripoint marked by a packhorse bridge on the River Dane, where Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Cheshire meet. To the south is Morridge, with a trig point at at Merryton Low which provides views across the Cheshire plain and The Roaches. Also in this area is Ramshaw Rocks, a part of the range which includes Hen Cloud and The Roaches. The Winking Man is a rock outcrop on Ramshaw Rocks that resembles a human face in profile; its eyehole appears to 'wink' to passing travellers on the A53. East of Flash, and just over the A53, are the heads of the River Dove and River Manifold. Further south is the head of the River Churnet and to the north is the head of the River Goyt. The River Dane also rises within the parish. Highest village in Britain At above sea level, Flash claims to be the highest village in the United Kingdom. In 2007 the claim was upheld by the BBC, which settled a dispute with its rival claimant, Wanlockhead in Dumfries and Galloway. The Ordnance Survey measured the highest house in each village and the one in Flash was higher, although the results were disputed by residents of the Scottish village. There is, however, no doubt that the former Methodist Chapel is the highest in Britain; the certainty is helped by the scarcity of Methodist chapels in the Southern Uplands. The village During the first half of the 19th century, the population of the parish was around 700; it had reduced to half that by the end of the 1800s. In 1851 there were 40 agricultural labourers, about the same number of silk workers, and almost as many colliers. There were also stonemasons, dressmakers, blacksmiths and cordwainers, and a shoemaker, errand boy, wheelwright, game-keeper, grocer, peddler and tailor, as well as a number of house servants, 275 young people and 50