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SCENES FROM THE CARRIAGE WINDOW • After crossing the River Derwent, see if you can spot, between the tall • Moscow Farm 11 of 1812-15 was built by the Strutts, mill masters, to BELPER – for Strutt’s North Mill, the Derwent Valley Visitor Centre, • Wyver Farm 20 , another Strutt farm which incorporates fire AMBERGATE – for the Cromford Canal and Derwent Valley A guide to what you can see along the scenic towers of the Cathedral Church of All Saints and St Mary’s RC church, supply produce to their workforce at Belper and Milford. the East Mill, River Gardens, De Bradelei Mill and the mill town. proof constructional details and innovative agricultural Heritage Way walk. running through the the pyramidal roof of the tower to The Old Silk Mill. 3 This is a • The bright green copper dome of its clock tower helps pinpoint • Robert and carried out the preliminary surveys processing arrangements. • To the west the little Halfpenny Bridge, beside a concave cricket rebuild of part of ’s first factory, Thomas Lombe’s Silk Mill. World Heritage Site Makeney Hall 12 , which was home to a number of Strutts until 1928. which led to the excavation of a railway cutting 15 right through • Target Wall 21 of 1899 and shooting butts. A training ground for pitch, leads to an area of ancient woodland, Shining Cliff Woods. 23 • Some of the industrial sheds along this stretch almost certainly stand on It is now a hotel. the town centre. Note the size and finish of the stone blocks and the Victorian volunteer force which succeeded the volunteer force • At this point the Cromford Canal 24 joins the Derwent Valley. What is described can best be seen from seats on the left side from the Roman settlement of Little Chester or Derventio. 4 • Chevin Golf course is an indicator that you are approaching the follow the bold bull nosed string course which runs the length of raised by the Strutts under the threat of a Napoleonic invasion. The canal was designed and built 1790-1794 by and Derby and the right side from Matlock. • Just north of them, looking south-west, may be seen the church tower impressive Milford Tunnel portal. Only the eagle eyed will be able to the structure. Eleven bridges span the railway cutting, re-connecting • The Strutts built earthen bunds (embankments) along this stretch of . of the 18th century mill settlement of Darley Abbey. St Matthew’s glimpse the fine stonework of the northern tunnel portal. the town’s roads. To build the northernmost town centre bridge the river as flood defences. DERBY – for the Silk Mill and Derby Art Gallery. six houses were taken out of the centre of ’s 18th • This cross section shows the complicated relationship between the Church 5 was built in 1818 by mill owner Walter Evans. • This cutting was, until the line was widened in 1931, a tunnel. linear engineering structures which interweave along the valley. The • The Midland Trijunct Station of 1839-41 was built to serve three century terrace of 77 three storey mill workers houses on Long Row. • The fine 13th century steeple and tower of All Saints Breadsall. 6 The remaining houses in the terrace are still in use today, on either • Ambergate Junction 22 . Here, the main line turns east here and canal came first, then the road and then the railway, which had to be independent railway companies. They were amalgamated in 1844 to inserted between them. form the great Company and by 1846 the railway • The river washlands are part of the Derwent Valley Mills World side of the cutting. continues along the valley of the , to connect with enterprise occupied 232 acres. There are two notable architects Heritage Site. Fragments of ridge and furrow may be seen in certain • The great red-brick square of the East Mill 16 of 1912 is one of the Chesterfield, Sheffield, Leeds and all stops north. The train has to associated with this line. Most of Francis Thompson’s buildings light conditions. country’s first steel framed structures. slow down as the Derwent Valley Line splits off from the main line, have been • North of the newer housing is Burley Hill 7 where pottery was crossing the confluence of the rivers Derwent and Amber on a lofty • One of Belper’s best kept secrets, its beautiful River Gardens 17 of viaduct. This junction once had a triangular arrangement, when the demolished but the manufactured during the 13th and 14th centuries. 1906, is revealed from the vantage point of the railway carriage, Roundhouse and to Midlands Junction Railway opened, with platforms on • The village is Little Eaton. A branch line from here closed in 1957. It whereas they cannot be seen from the road. each side from 1876. Clocktower 1 of ran up to Denby Pottery. about 1839 are • The photograph shows how the railway line joined up with the • The tall mill chimney locates Peckwash Mill 8 , a paper mill of a rare survival turnpike road of 1816-18. The A6 follows its line. about 1800. from the earliest railway days. • The spire and tower of St Alkmund’s Church 9 , Duffield date from The Roundhouse the 14th century but a church was recorded here in The Domesday could hold 30 Book (1086). locomotives. It was • Duffield Hall 10 has an Elizabethan core but was much extended in at Derby Station 1871. It is now the headquarters of the Building Society. • The new housing occupies the much re-used site of ancient forges, a in 1850 that Sir Joseph Paxton conceived the first conceptual sketch of corn mill, an 18th century iron foundry and an innovative gas works the Crystal Palace. DUFFIELD built by the Strutts in 1810 to serve their mills. • On the other side of the track and across the road a housing estate 2 • The wooded Chevin ridge 13 . ‘Chevin’ derives from a Celtic word built in 1842 for employees of the may be • Here the former branch line of 1868 joins the main line. A volunteer group, Wyvern Rail, is working towards the re-opening of meaning high ridge. An ancient route runs along its crest and can still glimpsed. 55 terraced houses, built to designs by Frances Thompson, • Crich Chase 25 was enclosed in medieval times as a deer park. Its the line as a leisure service. be identified today. were rescued and restored by the Derbyshire Historic Buildings Trust woodland was used for the provision of ‘white coal’ to smelt lead • A modern industrial estate occupies the site of Belper’s first railway between 1979 and 1982. • The decorative little stone building with a pyramidal roof is the former and some of the oldest coppiced oaks and sweet chestnut trees date station, which was relocated to the centre of the town in 1878. Free Methodist chapel of 1843. from the 1600s. • The concrete flyover leads to Pride Park, a business and retail park Fragments of Francis Thompson’s original complex survive. developed on the former Chaddesden Sidings. • The high plateau is Castle Hill (property of the National Trust). The • The spire surmounts Belper’s cemetery chapels 18 of 1859. • Stunning views of the Derwent Valley are to be had along • The chimney of Strutt’s former public baths 14 on Gibfield Lane, which castle keep that formerly stood here was second only in size to the • The river meadows and the Belper Pool (a former outdoors this stretch. 26 were built in 1910. Wherever you see this symbol, the building(s) mentioned form a significant White Tower in and Colchester Castle when it was built in the swimming pool) now form part of the Wyver Lane Nature part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. 12th century. Reserve 19 , a lapwing breeding ground.

Pictured: Derby train shed, 1840. Pictured: The Northern Portal of Milford Tunnel, 1840. Pictured: Belper River Gardens from the train, 1930s. Pictured: Ambergate Toll House, 1880s. Pictured: The river, road, railway and canal – a cross section. ) Not to scale. Diagromatic only. W Dene WILLERSLEY DISUSED The Derwent Valley Line Derwent Valley Line Travel Information Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site, Derbyshire 2008 Quarry CASTLE VICTORIA TOWER QUARRY g Cromford Moor nin th HEIGHTS OF e or op ROCK nt Little e- ksw 32 ABRAHAM e (r ir VALLEY y 30 HOUSE rw Chester W 26 S N MATLOCK e To VIEWS Cable or ailwa t COTTAGE, 37 The Derwent Valley Line Derwent Valley Line Travel Information a guide to what you D R en LEAWOOD BATH y t rw CROMFORD Cars 36 D r e De Derwent ORNE e Derventio ll n er PUMPHOUSE 34 e v a r Amb VILLAGE BOAT HOUSE For Derwent Valley Line train timetable information, pick up a copy (free from local i V e Rive WHARF 33 r The Derwent Valley Line from Derby through the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage e nt w R rn w e Site of 28 35 INN r w Cromford outlets) of the Derwent Valley Line Train Times and Visitor Guide, which includes Railway Chapel ou Der original Cromford Canal Station e Site to Matlock, provides a relaxing and scenic way to travel through an historic and can see along the scenic b e Cricket Pitch STEPHENSON CUTTING Church n es Buildings High Tor Tunnels 38 Buildings CUTTING FORMERLY TUNNEL Station E t Site of the former D Whatstandwell Aquaduct Willersley A6 Holt Lane picturesque landscape. Throughout the seasons the Derwent Valley Line provides discount entry vouchers to local tourist attractions for rail passengers. Railway Houses Ridge and Furrow Eccl Duffield Golf Course Lea Wood Roman Fort Milford Tunnel Tunnel Tunnel Meadows Tunnel Tunnel contrasting views of the valley’s diverse woodland, lush meadows, scenic hillsides, 27 For all train times throughout Derbyshire pick up a free copy of Derbyshire Train Times 1 historic canal and the meandering River Derwent. This leafl et provides a detailed from local outlets. Little Little 855 Yards Ambergate 149 Yards 315 Yards 764 Yards 126 yards panoramic description of your journey along the line. The journey time from Derby to Eaton Eaton ‘Belper Goods’ De Junction 321, 56, 378 Yards Rail Times & Fare Enquiries: www.nationalrail.co.uk Junction rwent Derwent Matlock is 31 minutes. The Derwent Valley Line D Site of original 11 bridges A6 Derwent CABLE DERWENT DERBY DUFFIELD BELPER AMBERGATE CROMFORD MATLOCK BATH MATLOCK

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d bridges, cuttings and tunnels remain. At Matlock, the former railway line to Rowsley is Li WHATSTANDWELL n e t R monitoring purposes) o Ambergate Village a Allison Utley’s still used by Steam Trains operated by from Matlock Riverside Station. Matlock D i STATION e l nb w y a Castle Top Farmhouse 2 mins y Crich Chase The train service is currently operated by . A superb range of tourist attractions and miles of great walking routes are situated VALLEY LINE M Woodlands Central Trains Customer Relations 0121 634 2040 Matlock Bath ai 31 nline just a short distance from the stations on the Derwent Valley Line. Places to visit are 3 mins

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heffiel 25 CRICH d and 29 listed for each station and when you arrive at your Derwent Valley Line station look out Cromford Leeds STAND for the local map showing local tourist attractions, bus information and local walking Ticket Information 5 mins routes to help you fi nd your way to your destination. For local journeys, tickets include a range of great value Whatstandwell 4 mins tickets including Standard Day Single and Return or Ambergate Great Walks by Train Cheap Day Return. (Cheap Day Return valid after 0845 6 mins WHATSTANDWELL – for the Cromford Canal and CROMFORD – for Cromford Mills, , Cromford MATLOCK BATH 34 – for , Gulliver’s Kingdom, The Derwent Valley offers numerous walks for you to enjoy. Travelling by train allows Monday to Friday and any time at weekends and Bank Belper . Canal, High Peak Junction, Cromford Village and Masson Mills. Bus link Mining Museum, Masson Mills, bus links to Crich and 4 mins you to do a linear walk by taking the train and then walking back. The following linear Holidays. Standard Day Singles and Returns available at to Wirksworth. Wirksworth. other times). Duffi eld • To build the railway two sections of the canal were cut through walks can be accessed from stations on the Derwent Valley Line. Walks leafl ets are 7 mins and then reinstated. A part of the original Whatstandwell Station • The French chateau style adopted for Cromford’s station buildings 33 • The Swiss chalet style railway buildings of 1849 now house the available from Tourist Information Centres. Standard Group Tickets Derby platform 27 can be seen to the north of the tunnel. gives it a rather bizarre character, which is presumably why a Derbyshire Wildlife Trust’s visitor centre. The Derwent Valley Heritage Way is a fi fty fi ve mile walking route from the Big discounts are available for 3 or 4 people traveling photograph of it was chosen for the cover of the Oasis single ‘Some Derwent Reservoir south to the . The section from Derby to Matlock can be together. Groupsave allows 3-4 adults to travel together • The Lea Wood Tunnel (315 yards). • In 1984, the cable car 35 was installed to provide a thrilling ride up for the price of 2, with up to 4 accompanying children travelling for just £1 each. Might Say’. The architect was Paxton’s son-in-law G H Stokes, who accessed using the Derwent Valley Line. www.nationalheritagecorridor.org.uk • Here the historic engineering gets very complicated and only the to the Heights of Abraham, which are topped by the Victoria Tower. Ask at Derby station for details. did work for Lord Rothschild in France. Derwent Valley Station to Station Walks – twelve linear links which provide eagle eyed will spot where the railway line ducks underneath the The cable car station is just beyond the northern end of the Derbyshire Wayfarer • Willersley Tunnel (764 yards) was constructed in the 1840s. station platform. attractive hill-side, riverside and woodland walks between stations on the Derwent Valley canal, which is carried across the line on an iron aquaduct. 28 Line and are designed so that you can catch the train in one direction and walk back. One day travel pass valid on all bus and rail services within Derbyshire and the Peak • The coming of the railway changed Matlock Bath from a place sought • Clinging onto the steep hillside of Matlock Dale are some good District. Not valid for rail travel before 0900 Monday to Friday. Tickets can be purchased • Crich Stand 29 can be glimpsed on the hillside. Built in 1923 and Cromford Canal offers fi ve miles of gentle walking, diverse wildlife and much out by the genteel traveller seeking the Picturesque to an excursion Regency and early Victorian white ‘cottage orné’ (small villas set in at Derby and other staffed stations, from Tourist Information Centres and on most local dedicated to the men of the Sherwood Forester Regiments who 36 historical interest. The canal can be joined at Cromford, Whatstandwell or Ambergate bus services (Wayfarer cannot be purchased on the train). fell in 1914-18, it replaced earlier beacons on the site and provides hot spot, rebranded “Switzerland in Miniature”. The demure picturesque settings). and links to the at High Peak Junction. pleasures of Georgian hillside walks gave way to Victorian fairground Prices: Adult plus one child £7.90; Concessionary £3.95; Group £12.50 (up to 2 adults superb views across the neighbouring counties. • The series of tunnels which take the traveller through the rock and 3 children). waltzers and it has never looked back since. of High Tor is punctuated by a series of short openings allowing • The tall chimney belongs to Leawood Pumphouse 30 which was built By Train or Bus in 1849 to raise water from the river to top up the canal. It helps glimpses of the river below. You may use your return train ticket to travel back by bus or your return bus ticket pinpoint William Jessop’s magnifi cent stone canal aquaduct of 1794 • In the early 19th century visitors could hire a rowing boat from the to travel back by train at no extra charge. This is valid on buses 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, beside which it was built, but you will have to keep your eyes peeled Boathouse Inn. 37 140, 141, 142, 143, 144 and TransPeak between Derby, Duffi eld, Belper, Ambergate, to spot it through the trees. Whatstandwell, Cromford, Matlock Bath and Matlock. See separate leafl et for full terms • The line crosses the River Derwent at the southern limit of the and conditions. TransPeak operates a daily hourly service between , • Allison Uttley, the author of the Little Grey Rabbit books, lived at town centre. Derby city centre and the Derwent Valley. For local bus times call Traveline 0870 608 2 Castle Top Farmhouse 31 , which lies just below the brow of the hill. 608 (daily 07:00-21:00) or visit www.derbyshire.gov.uk/buses • A great Arkwright panorama may be seen across the river meadow MATLOCK – bus link to , Chatsworth, and . Peak Rail, Derwent Valley Rural Transport Partnership just outside Cromford station. From left to right is Rock House 32 Hall Leys Park. This leafl et has been funded by the Derwent – where Sir lived for 21 years, Cromford Canal DerwDerwententVValleyalley Wharf – the construction of which took up part of his garden, St • This has been the end of the line since 1967, when the connection Tourist Information Centres Valley Rural Transport Partnership. The Mary’s Church – which he had built and Willersley Castle – the to Buxton and Manchester was severed. Since 1991 the railway society Partnership aims to improve public transport and Peak Rail has operated a steam service from Matlock to , Derby Tourist Information Centre, Assembly Rooms encourage more people to use local train and RTRTPP mansion house which he also had built and which became the ‘seat’ bus services in the Derwent Valley. To contact of successive Arkwrights until the 1920s; Sir Richard died before it two miles further north. Peak Rail also operates the bookshop in one (10-15 minutes walk from station) of the platform buildings. t. 01332 255802 www.visitderby.com the Partnership write to: Derwent Valley Rural ����� ��������� ����������� was completed. Transport Partnership c/o Borough • The station master’s house 38 and platform buildings date Ripley Tourist Information Centre Council, Town Hall, Ripley DE5 3BT. Tel: 01773 570222 ext 2484 from the establishment of the line in 1849, albeit with (for Duffi eld, Belper, Ambergate and Whatstandwell information) For further information about the work of the Derwent Valley Rural Transport some modifi cation. t. 01773 841488 www.visitambervalley.com Partnership see www.derbyshire.gov.uk/transport/public_transport/rural_areas/ Matlock Bath Tourist Information Centre, The Pavilion derwent_valley/ (10 minute walk from station) t. 01629 55082 www.visitderbyshiredales.com Friends of the Derwent Valley Line (FDVL) FDVL is a voluntary group representing passengers along the Derby-Matlock railway Matlock Tourist Information Centre, Crown Square line. For more information about FDVL or to become a member, email [email protected], (2 minute walk from station) contact the Transport Partnership, see the Transport Partnership’s station noticeboards t. 01629 583388 www.visitderbyshiredales.com or visit www.fdvl.org.uk

Pictured: Willersley Castle. Travel and ticket information correct at 1 April 2006.