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newsIssue 18 - 2019 www.derwentvalleymills.org

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Making a Teachers are difference: learning about The Great the valley - Place Page 7 Scheme - Pages 4 & 5 02 World Heritage News www.derwentvalleymills.org

Museum in the making THE CONSTRUCTION programme for the ‘Museum of Anniversary year Making at Silk Mill’ project began at the end of John Smedley celebrates a special anniversary this 2018. year - 235 years of manufacturing at its factory at Lea Bridge, Matlock. The building has been stripped of asbestos and the sandblasting of the To mark this milestone, the company will be interior brickworks completed. With an organising a number of events and is set to work opening date of late summer 2020, there alongside some of the best of British craftsmen is still much to do in the coming months. and women, who will be ‘ambassadors’ for the 2019 collections. The project team have been processing thousands of objects in the temporary There will also be a year-long celebratory stores, making sure the collections are exhibition in the St James’s Market Pavilion near ready to be displayed in the new the company’s store in Jermyn Street, London. museum. This work has been supported equipment, also carrying museum collections The exhibition will change on a monthly basis, to by a brilliant cohort of volunteers. and interpretation that share stories of reflect the 12 UK craftspeople chosen to work making and the alongside the John Smedley team for the year. Each object needs to be checked and Heritage Site. recorded, with photographs and even 3D A film-maker has been commissioned to make 12 scans also being captured for many of the If you are interested in volunteering for the short films and the collection will reflect the huge artefacts. Museum of Making at and rich history of this -based, family- project, email [email protected]. owned company in its celebratory year. The mobile Museum of Making ‘The Visit www.derbysilkmill.tumblr.com or Makory’ has gone on the road, taking the follow @MuseumofMaking for regular project to schools and communities updates on progress. throughout the county. Part of the Textile tales DVMWHS Great Places programme, The NEW LOOK: An artist’s impression of the Makory is a bus with workshop and activity finished museum. The John Smedley Archive will be participating in an East Midlands-wide project, led by Nottingham Trent University and funded by the National Heritage Lottery Fund, trying to contact people Resilient Heritage funding for Cromford who worked for John Smedley and other textile The Arkwright Society has secured Resilient stage of its masterplan for the site. manufacturers in the 1980s. Heritage funding from the National Lottery The support of the National Lottery The mill will host an event in the World Heritage Heritage Fund, to help them continue the transformation of the site. Heritage Fund and the Architectural Site Discovery Days, to immortalise memories of Heritage Fund will enable the production of people who worked through and experienced a This follows the completion of the Building a project viability report for Building One in period of huge change for the textile industry. The 17 project, which transformed the site’s the mill complex, to ensure another building recordings will form part of the Archive Trust’s largest mill building from an ‘at risk’, derelict, can be brought in to use. collection but also be available through the contaminated shell into a visitor centre for University of Leicester’s East Midlands Oral the World Heritage Site, with space for In addition the funding will create new job History Archive. start-up and high-tec companies above. opportunities and allow for more comprehensive marketing as well as new If you worked for John Smedley or any other The Arkwright Society now wants to push education and community engagement knitwear manufacturer, dyers, spinners or hosiers on with this progress and advance the next projects in the coming years. in the area, the John Smedley team would love to interview you. Look for details in the Discovery Days booklets, out in August. Application for redevelopment of mills After years of inactivity and slow decay, a as a solution to the problem of decaying planning application for the redevelopment heritage assets at the centre of the Derwent Knitted ‘bathers’ of the Mills complex was submitted Valley Mills World Heritage Site has been to Amber Valley Borough Council in widely welcomed. The John Smedley archivist has been researching September by FI Real Estate Management Ltd, for the owners. More detailed comments by Historic the manufacture of knitted bathing costumes in England, the DVMWHS Partnership and the 1930s, working with Bradford College The largest element of the proposed others have drawn attention to the need for lecturer Pam Brook to investigate these amazing redevelopment will see the conversion of a better appreciation of the industrial garments. the 1912 red brick East Mill, an iconic heritage and its interpretation; the omission As part of her PhD research, Pam met people at building within the World Heritage Site, into of the site’s water power infrastructure Lea Mills with memories of swimming in knitted 117 residential units, with an atrium inserted (weirs, leats, sluices) from the plans; and, costumes and recorded their reminiscences throughout its full height, plus mixed use critically, the need for a fully costed (including saggy and embarrassing moments!) development across the site, including the condition survey, to assess the extent of the museum continuing in part of the North Mill. works needed to restore the site. The Pam will hold another event in early summer – application is available to view on the Amber details will be on the World Heritage Site website. The prospect of sustainable redevelopment Valley Borough Council website. World Heritage News 03

Developing plans for future Volunteers on tour EVERY five years, World Heritage Sites in and identity for the Derwent Valley Mills World In November 45 volunteers from across the the United Kingdom are expected to set Heritage Site as a cohesive and coherent whole, DVMWHS went to Fountains Abbey and out their plans for the future by refreshing based on its global significance for all of Studley Park, a World Heritage Site and a their Management Plan. humankind. National Trust owned property. Work is currently taking place, on behalf of the Particular concerns over the Belper Mills site As well as exploring the site, there were Government, to review the work being carried and the repeated attempts at large-scale presentations from some of the staff at in the Derwent Valley Mills Site, and agree a development in the rural relict landscape setting Fountains about how they recruit and retain way forward for the next five years (up to of the Derwent Valley Mills and their volunteers and how they market their site to 2025). A series of workshops have taken place communities will be addressed in the plan. different audiences, as well as good practice along the valley to establish what concerns and tips in guiding visitors around their site. aspirations people have for the DVMWHS. It is hoped that after further consultation with the key sites along the valley, a document They also covered how they had established A new vision is being proposed for this 2020- should be ready for the end of 2019, after the Fountains Abbey ‘Spirit of Place’, 2025 Management Plan, to: Create and promote which it will be available for people to view on something which will soon be developed for a local, national and international understanding www.derwentvalleymills.org. the Derwent Valley Mills. On the way back, the volunteers visited Skipton to see how heritage, shopping and Dates set for 15th annual festival the canal together create a vibrant visitor THE DERWENT Valley Mills Events in 2019 run from unique events for 2019, experience, and how that could inform work World Heritage Site is again Saturday 26 October to including first-time in the DVMWHS. gearing up for its annual Sunday 3 November, with opportunities to explore and celebration - Discovery Days. the usual mix of exhibitions, engage with aspects of the Funding for the coach was paid for by the walks and talks, ending in World Heritage Site you may Great Place Scheme. This is the 15th year that this two days of activities centred be unfamiliar with. popular festival has been around Cromford and running - Derbyshire’s Holloway. Look out for the festival biggest annual heritage booklet and social media Ramp support celebration. As always, there will be some announcements from July. Accessible Belper has rolled out another successful access scheme in the town. It is now possible to ring your favourite Birdswood birthday shops and restaurants to book accessible ramps if you need them. With a grant from ON 22 November 2018, 80 years to the day the Co-op, these ramps are for sharing after she was launched, historic narrow boat between the shops and are stored in Perfect Birdswood’s 80th birthday was celebrated by Cuppa (Strutt Street); Time and Again (King the Friends of the Cromford Canal. Street) and Cheeky Bambini (Bridge Street). For the fifth year running, the number of Accessible Belper also partnered with Belper passengers carried by Birdswood has increased. School to survey their families over the In 2018 she carried over 9000 passengers Christmas holidays to find out more about between Cromford Wharf and High Peak the barriers to accessibility in the town. With Junction, making a total since operations began over 40 responses, the group is looking at of over 36,000. the results, to inform future improvements operate one weekend per month. Full details at to the town’s services. Regular environmentally friendly electrically www.birdswood.org. powered trips depart from Cromford at 11am and 2pm on Wednesdays, Thursdays and CELEBRATING: Boat Operations Manager Vix weekends, and special horse-drawn trips Wilding cuts Birdswood’s 80th birthday cake. New panels With grant assistance from DerwentWISE, and input from the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, Derbyshire County Council, the World Examining our geo-hazards Heritage Site team and Friends of the Cromford Canal, new interpretation panels THREE years’ work by the PROTecting of the European Union’s Joint Programming have been created and erected at several European cultural HEritage from GeOhazards Initiative on Cultural Heritage and Global places on the Cromford Canal within the (PROTHEGO) project team culminated in 2018 Change (JPICH) – Heritage Plus. The World Heritage Site. with a conference at UNESCO’s HQ in Paris. assessment of geological hazard susceptibility in the Derwent Valley was conducted by utilising The new information boards are sited at key The event included presentations on work satellite, geological and geohazard datasets. access points: Cromford Wharf, High Peak conducted at four sites on the European World Junction, Whatstandwell and Ambergate. Heritage List: the Derwent Valley Mills, the Analyses revealed that flooding and landslides Roman Forum, the Alhambra in Spain, and the represent the most significant geohazards for The boards explain the reason for the canal’s Neolithic settlement of Choirokoitia in Cyprus. the historic mills, their associated infrastructure existence, the key features in the vicinity, These were selected to investigate how sites at and the surrounding landscape. In addition, local walking routes, and the direction to risk from geohazards can be investigated by simulations predict increased susceptibilities to other features of interest along the canal. technology based on radar interferometry: geohazards during the coming century. superimposing satellite radar images taken over The signs are already proving popular with time to identify ground movements. Data acquired will contribute to the visitors in widening their knowledge and development of mitigation strategies in the face understanding of the area and helping them The project was funded within the framework of predicted climatic changes. find their way around. 04 World Heritage News www.derwentvalleymills.org

Making the valley a Great Place THE GREAT PLACE projects are preparations for the next five years, activities heritage on local economies and communities helping the DVMWHS Partnership, are examining sustainability, understanding the to have a sense of pride and belonging in living, organisations and people identify with visitors to the DVMWHS and sharing its stories working or visiting the World Heritage Site. of innovation to link to our local communities the DVMWHS and the significance of and economies. Exciting projects have seen the Makory take to the World Heritage inscription. the road and the beginning of new creative The DVMWHS Partnership will use the Great works in 2019 and 2020. Here are a few of the Working alongside the management plan Place Scheme to enhance the impacts of highlights so far and what to look out for. Understanding our visitors WORK is starting to find out more about who signage in Belper, Milford and Darley Abbey to visits the DVMWHS, what interests them and record what visitors and locals see out and how this may change in the future. about in these communities and how to get around. Local groups have been involved to help Local and national surveys will find out what understand the needs of each location and people think of the DVMWHS. Our World destinations. Heritage status is recognised internationally – but may not be known about closer to home. The three places were chosen within the Introducing DVMWHS to boost experiences for people,help Many visitors come to enjoy the beautiful them easily find their way around and countryside and interesting communities in the understand the significance of each area. the Makory DVMWHS. Workshops have been gathering opinions to Linking our stories of the historic impact of The Makory, a re-purposed mobile library, inform the process of making practical industry to places where people can shop, eat recommendations for each area later in the year. is now providing a taste of activities that and stay will make exploring the DVMWHS will flourish in the Museum of Making at more enjoyable. Together the two activities will join up to Derby Silk Mill, when it re-opens in 2020. promote the DVMWHS and help people enjoy Wayfinding research has started, looking at The Derwent Valley’s story of making lies the time they spend here. at the heart of our World Heritage Site’s inscription by UNESCO, and the Makory will enable people to discover the museum collections and understand the story of Course takes inspiration from how making was transformed in the Derwent Valley during the 18th century. The Makory will travel throughout the Derwent Valley landscape Derbyshire, reaching areas of social A new printmaking course disadvantage and geographical isolation. It is celebrating the local is fully accessible, with a wheelchair lift, landscapes and industrial and there will be the team from Derby heritage of the DVMWHS. Museums there to help people participate, collaborate and create. The course, open to all from beginners to experienced printers, has been led by Sarah Allsopp, Creating more and seen participants being introduced to a ambassadors range of printmaking techniques and inspired to The successful Ambassador Scheme which develop their own helped Belper win the government-run individual responses to the Great British High Street Competition in Derwent Valley landscape. 2014 is being extended to other areas of Look out for more the World Heritage Site in 2019 and 2020. courses later this year. Visitor-facing businesses based in Milford and Cromford will be able to take part in this innovative scheme to help them be more informed about the heritage of the A chance to develop good ideas area and the World Heritage Site, in order Do you have a great idea for making new ways apply for grants to assist income generation to better direct visitors and encourage for your group to gain income, but have been ideas. them to stay in the area for longer. This struggling to get it going? follows successful refresher sessions in Visit http://www.derwentvalleymills.org/news_ Belper and Darley Abbey in which a There’s now an opportunity for arts, cultural and type/experiment-fund/ for more information. heritage organisations located within the number of new businesses have joined the Applications are open until 30 September 2019. scheme. Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site to World Heritage News 05

Creative programme takes shape Throughout 2019 and 2020, the Great Place relationships between artists and heritage Scheme will deliver an ambitious creative organisations for the future. programme showcasing the World Heritage Site. Three artists have been selected to create artistic Arts organisation Beam is working with a wide experiences in amongst the Derwent Valley Mills’ range of local and national artists to bring artistic unique heritage settings. This page tells you a little interest to the site, and help to strengthen more about them. Drawing machine Artist Jo Fairfax will be creating a contemporary portrait of Richard Arkwright, referencing his various achievements and characteristics. Inspired by Arkwright’s Water Frame, Jo will install a sculptural drawing machine that Textile installation harnesses the power of people and water. In Autumn 2019 Japanese textile artist This interactive, family friendly artwork will Seiko Kinoshita will create a be installed at Cromford Mill during summer contemporary textile installation in the 2019. basement of Strutt’s North Mill in Belper. Said Jo: “I am so excited about this project The installation will incorporate hundreds because I feel totally inspired by Richard of bobbins and a bespoke soundscape Arkwright and what he achieved. This playing industrial sounds collected from project celebrates Arkwright’s Water Frame, local and international mills. his attitude to welfare, his entrepreneurial Seiko will also explore surrounding attributes and his use of water as an energy historical connections including the source. workers’ housing, local schools and “By celebrating these different qualities of churches through a community lantern Richard Arkwright we are creating a event. contemporary psychological portrait in an EXPLORING CONNECTIONS: Seiko interactive sculptural form. It is a total Kinoshita. Image by Adam Lambert. privilege to celebrate this great man and his revolutionary ideas.” DRAWING ON ARKWRIGHT’S IDEAS: Jo Pop Up Art Fairfax with a prototype of the machine that will be unveiled at Cromford. Beam is also creating a series of events called ‘Pop Up Art In Unusual Spaces’ to shine a light on less well known or Immersive drama, dance and design visited places in the DVMWHS. Constella OperaBallet will fuse drama, music, Performances will take place around Darley In May, Strutt’s North Mill Museum dance and design to tell the story of Darley Abbey Abbey Mills, St. Matthew’s Church and the hosted an event showcasing arts and and the DVMWHS, creating an immersive family terrace area in Darley Park. music inspired by the DVMWHS as part friendly experience in June 2020, which will of the Belper Arts Festival and national feature in the programme of events for Darley Constella OperaBallet will work with local artists, Get Creative Festival. This was a rare Abbey Day. dancers and performers to deliver this unique opportunity to see inside the impressive experience. Grade II* listed Strutt House and enjoy a range of specially crafted pieces of music, poetry and performances Developing Young Entrepreneurs throughout the day. Contributing artists included Umbilica, BY DELVING into the past, students have create and manufacture products. Grawl!x, Sarah Hinds, Seiko Kinoshita, discovered that the Derwent Valley Mills were a Toni Buckby, Spindrift, Dejani Chaterjee hotbed of manufacturing, entrepreneurs and Some students developed digital products, such and Charu Asthana. The Makory also businesses. as apps, web quizzes and 3-D modelling, while others created ceramic products inspired by site appeared, offering free artist-led A ‘Young Entrepreneurs’ project, part of the visits. activities, coordinated by BEAM. Great Place Scheme, has been using this heritage A sound collage will be at High Peak to engage and inspire young people to be The project provided young people with a chance Junction on Sunday 4 August, when creative, enterprising and business minded for the to be creative and develop artistic skills and their Derby based recording artist and lead future. employability, team work, advertising and sales. singer of Goddesses Jay will Working in small ‘companies’ the first two groups Each group finished their project with a sales produce a new sound installation from Chesterfield College and Alfreton Study event – pitching their products ‘dragons den’ style inspired by the railway workshops for Programme have been working with Derbyshire or selling their wares on stalls and in shops. members of the public to experience. Environmental Studies Service, creative artists Another four groups start in the Autumn – some Find out more by visiting the website: and sites along the World Heritage Site to design, of them may become the next Arkwright or Strutt! www.derwentvalleymills.org 06 World Heritage News www.derwentvalleymills.org

Work with artists Village in the spotlight CROMFORD Mill and village enjoyed For the past three years, John Smedley Ltd has been the limelight on national television over working with contemporary artists, to create works the winter, being chosen for one of of art that have featured in its fashion campaigns. eight programmes in a BBC series. Artworks and sculptures by Doris A Day, Robert In ‘Pubs, Ponds and Power – the Story of Montgomery and Guy Haddon-Grant were exhibited the Village’, presenter and archaeologist in the London stores, but are now at Lea Bridge, the Ben Robinson turned a spotlight on home of John Smedley. From the summer, pieces will Cromford, where Sir Richard Arkwright be on display in the mill for business visitors and pre- developed one of the first industrial booked tour groups. communities. Animator Bexie Bush, who has a studio in the factory The story of Arkwright’s sometimes complex, is completing sets for her energy-themed turbulent involvement with the Cromford animated short film ‘The Rumour Mill’ and is plannng Screenings took place on BBC1, BBC4 and Canal Company was explored in the to start shooting towards the end of the year. This BBC2. If you missed the programme it is programme, which included wonderful project has seen Bexie working in the mill for two still available on the BBC website and well images of the village, mill and wider World years, making it a unique Arts Project, completely worth seeking out. Heritage Site and gave an excellent insight integrated into the working lives of the factory. in to the history and its unique contribution IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Filming on Cromford’s North Street. Next Clusters bid in changing the world we know today. Following the end of a successful Heritage Lottery New lease hopes for initiative Fund start up grant, Belper Clusters Heritage Group THE TOURISM and educational initiative at • Enable public access to a globally are now preparing a bid for a larger grant. Strutt’s North Mill, begun by Amber Valley important historic industrial building; Borough Council in 1995 when it opened a The group was set up to sympathetically repair the • Promote Belper and its industrial heritage roads in the Clusters area of Belper, particularly visitor centre in Belper’s North Mill, is about to come to an end as the 25-year and develop a visitor attraction worthy of Cluster Road, William Street, George Street and its place within the DVMWHS; and Joseph Street, which have 19th century surfaces, lease expires in April 2020. now in a poor state. Funding is also expected to end for the • Ensure the buildings on the site are appropriately cared for, to reverse the This new bid will require 50% match-funding and Belper North Mill Trust, whose volunteers have supported the visitor centre and neglect that has led to their inclusion on deliver an inclusive activity programme if the funding Historic England’s At Risk Register. is to be secured. Low-carbon and environmentally museum for the past 20 years, sharing the friendly elements will add strength to the bid. story of the mills and the surrounding Strutt The Trust aims to enter into a new short community, the world’s first ‘cotton town’. term lease later this year, and is working to In essence the project will feature: While the end of local government support find new sources of income. With Great • Restoration of a historic road surface to adoptable leaves a substantial funding gap for the Place Scheme funding, a feasibility study will standard, incorporating innovative, low-carbon Belper North Mill Trust (the cost of the shortly be undertaken for an enhanced and environmentally friendly technologies. rent, service charges and building insurance visitor attraction that is sustainable and viable, and matches the Trust’s aspirations • An education and outreach programme. for the museum and visitor centre), the current proposals for the redevelopment of for the future of the North Mill. • Community led activities. the Belper Mills complex do include the Information about the feasibility study and • Art projects (photography, oral histories, working continuation of a heritage attraction on site. the Trust’s other plans, with details of how in schools and with regional artists). The Trust is working with FI Real Estate to assist the Trust are on the Strutt’s North Management to ensure that it can: Mill website, www.belpernorthmill.org. New walks leaflet Florence Nightingale comes home STRUTT’S North Mill at Belper has another packed calendar of guided walks planned in the Derwent A NEW project, ‘Florence Nightingale Comes Home for 2020’, has Valley Mills World Heritage Site, taking place every been launched to coincide with national celebrations for Florence Sunday at 2pm until the end of October. Nightingale’s bicentenary in 2020. New walks include a look at Belper through old Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, it aims to maps, a train journey to Ambergate, returning along enhance understanding of this health reform pioneer, exploring her the Derwent Valley Heritage Way, and a look at the family connections and the impacts of her experiences in the old alleys of neighbouring Wirksworth. Derwent Valley on her career, philosophy and writings. After the seven-month walks season, Strutt’s North Full details can be obtained at www.florencenightingale.org, where Mill is running a series of winter talks, on the second visitors can follow a panoramic tour of Lea Hurst, Florence Sunday of the month, in November and from January Nightingale’s home, download walking and driving tours of the area to March. Bookings will open in September for these around her house and learn about publications and planned events. talks with details available on the Strutt’s North Mill The project team is keen to develop links with researchers and website www.belpernorthmill.org. anyone who is interested can contact the team via the website. Look out for the leaflet at libraries and information PORTRAIT: Sketch of Florence Nightingale by Hilary Bonham- centres across the valley. Carter, 1845 (Wellcome Collection). World Heritage News 07

Discovering what’s on offer Educational visits TEACHERS have been TWO new exciting educational visits are discovering the wealth of available for Key Stage 1 and 2 pupils in learning opportunities along Belper. the World Heritage Site. Designed and led by Derbyshire As part of the Great Place Scheme, Environmental Studies Service, the ‘World learning tours for primary teachers Heritage Engineers’ day visit explores the have taken place, exploring the inventions in the Derwent Valley Mills World range of sites across the valley. Heritage Site that changed the world. From becoming engineers in From water wheels to skyscrapers pupils Belper, getting hands on heritage can discover how the amazing buildings at Derbyshire Record Office, were engineered and get chance to design discovering history and habitats at and make their own waterwheel model, , exploring the exploring how energy is transferred to working machinery at Masson Mills, costumed power the mass production of cotton. role-play at Cromford Mills and trips back in Chance for researchers ‘The Strutts – a significant family in Belper’ time on the Birdswood canal boat there’s a day visit focuses on three members of the wealth of opportunities whatever age, ability For adults interested in researching into the Strutt family, with visits to different and curriculum area, to discover beyond the World Heritage Site there’s another tour on locations, looking at artefacts and old classroom. More information is available at Saturday 21 September with lots of guidance, photographs, so children can discover how www.derwentvalleymills.org/learn. information and chance to explore sites and ask the Belper we see today has been built questions. Teachers of Key Stage 2, 3 and Post 16 students around the textile industry and the Strutt will receive a tour this summer. University researchers and professors will have family legacy. chance to tour the site on 16 October. If you’re To find out more or book, contact ON TOUR: Teachers discovering what to see interested in coming along contact and do at High Peak Junction. [email protected] [email protected] . or visit www.services.derbyshire.gov.uk/ EnvStudies Cottage comeback

AFTER 50 years of decline, the much-loved ruin of Aqueduct Cottage on the Cromford Canal is poised to make an exciting comeback. In 2017, under the DerwentWISE scheme, encroaching vegetation was cleared, stonework stabilised, and boarded openings brightened up with paintings. Last summer, Derbyshire Wildlife Trust teamed up with the Derbyshire Historic Buildings Trust to create a Restoration Project Team. Plans for early Spring ahead of a Buy a Brick crowd- restoration and a visitor information/activity funding scheme to raise money for restoration. Introducing Kat centre were revealed at a Discovery Days talk at the end of October and in February a The aim is to complete restoration, along with Strutt’s North Mill has just appointed a new planning application was submitted. improvements to Lea Wood Nature Reserve, by manager, Katherine (Kat) Tonks. Spring/Summer 2020. To celebrate this milestone, an exhibition Kat is hoping to make the mill a more showcasing the plans was held at Wirksworth in MAKING A COMEBACK: Aqueduct Cottage. prominent destination for visitors to Belper and the World Heritage Site. John Layton, Chair of Trustees of Belper Landscape scheme wraps up North Mill Trust, the charity which runs Strutt’s North Mill museum and visitor THE NATIONAL Lottery Heritage Fund’s These are accompanied by historical centre, said: “The Trust welcomes Kat to DerwentWISE landscape partnership scheme assessments put together by Trent and Peak our team and expects great things including has now ended. Archaeology. making significant strides in improving the The last of the projects were finished over the They provide important information for the visitor experience and progressing inspiring winter. The Landscape Conservation Volunteers DVMWHS to refer to when protecting these transformations.” planted 1120m of hedgerow. Those 5,600 critical assets of the World Heritage Site. With a skillset including primary teaching, plants included a mix of species, including plenty Some projects have set the foundations for her own business and marketing at Creswell of hawthorn to make them stock-proof, holly, Crags Museum (where she coordinated the hazel, guelder rose and honeysuckle. future work, notably at Aqueduct Cottage on the Cromford Canal, for which the Derbyshire marketing and media strategy that sent the Following the condition reports for the Rock Wildlife Trust are taking forward the proposals discovery of Witches’ Marks worldwide), Weir in Belper and Foundry Weir in Milford, for the restoration of the building. The Kat has a toolkit for enabling success across consultants JBA have carried out surveys on the will take on custodianship every department, from operations to other historic river structures in the DVMWHS. of the partnership into the next phase. education and everything in between. Don’t miss out! We hope you have enjoyed this edition of World Heritage News and found the contents interesting and helpful. From this year, with reducing resources, it has not been possible to deliver the newsletter to homes in the DVMWHS, as has been done in the past. To ensure you receive future World Heritage News copies, email the WHS team at gwen.wilson@ Issue 18 - 2019 www.derwentvalleymills.org derbyshire.gov.uk or ring Gwen on 01629 536831. £1m for Explore the Derwent Valley cycleway The Derwent Valley Trust is Line with Perri the Peregrine pleased to report on a successful application to A NEW activity book has been Highways England for funds produced to inspire families to take a over £1 million to design ride on the Derwent Valley Line and build a cycleway from between Nottingham, Derby and Darley Abbey to north of Matlock and explore the wonderful the A38, with a link to Little history, wildlife and landscape of the Eaton. Derwent Valley. The design work starts The new Activity Book includes a fun family immediately with final walking trail from each station on the Derwent completion of this portion Valley Line between Duffield and Matlock. of the cycleway expected in early 2021. Throughout the book, Perri the Peregrine invites children to ‘Spot things and do stuff’ Work continues with with numerous family orientated quizzes and Derbyshire and Derby activities to take part in. Councils and Highways England, together with their Whether it be the Trail in Matlock contractors, in obtaining the Bath, learning about the Heroines of necessary landowner and Whatstandwell, Tunnel Talk or being a legal agreements as well as Gongoozler, the Derwent Valley Line Activity the detailed design. Book is a great way to discover the Derwent Valley Line. More information at derwentvalleycycleway. The character of Perri the Peregrine has been org.uk. based upon the Peregrine Falcons that nest in the Derwent Valley at Derby and on Belper’s East Mill. Awards The Activity Book has been produced and funded by the Derwent Valley Line Community The following volunteers Rail Partnership, DerwentWISE, Derbyshire have been presented with Wildlife Trust, East Midlands Trains and ACoRP. bobbin awards and certificates to thank them PERRI DISTINCTIVE: The cover of the new for all their support for the activity book (left) and some of the artwork DVMWHS and Discovery inside (below) by Philip Rutt. Days: Chris and Mike Wild (Holloway), Pippa Mansell and George Jones (Number 28), Rosemary Annable (Strutt’s North Mill), Stephen Hill (Cromford Mills) and Victoria Wilding (Birdswood). The awards are presented each year to thank long- standing and active volunteers for all they do to support the World Heritage Site.

Distributed throughout the Derwent For editorial and sponsorship Contributing to this issue were: Valley Mills World Heritage Site. enquiries e-mail: Adrian Farmer BEM, Sukie Khaira, Beki [email protected] Howey, Alison Vasey, Georgina Greaves, Published by: Tania Pells, Alastair Morley, Hugh Potter, the Derwent Valley Mills Partnership, Belper Clusters Heritage Group, Ian Dent, Simon Wallwork, Ron Common, Derby c/o Derbyshire County Council, Museums. Matlock, Derbyshire. Tel 01629 536831