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Join a tour of the factory factory the of tour a Join house! spinning cotton water-powered , , Mill Silk the to you brings , and take a stroll stroll a take and , Castle Visitors travelling by train train by travelling Visitors making noises in the counting counting the in noises making successful first world’s the – Mill A walk through Darley Park Park Darley through walk A Willersley Willersley of home family outing or a winter break. winter a or outing looking through windows and and windows through looking Cromford Arkwright’s lies Mills sure to call into the Arkwright’s Arkwright’s the into call to sure the perfect choice for a summer summer a for choice perfect the designated a World Heritage Site. Heritage World a designated including the forfeits for idleness, idleness, for forfeits the including Masson of south distance short A factory village. factory Before leaving Cromford, be be Cromford, leaving Before is is Site Heritage World Mills this part of Derbyshire has been been has Derbyshire of part this imposed for misbehaviour – – misbehaviour for imposed cotton mills and later their their later and mills cotton Derwent Valley Valley Derwent the centuries, Come and see for yourself why why yourself for see and Come out about the fines that were were that fines the about out millworkers’ feet. millworkers’ the Evans family added their their added family Evans the factory workers’ lives. workers’ factory during the 18th and 19th 19th and 18th the during as “the best in England”. Find Find England”. in best “the as by generations of local local of generations by and leather mills when, in 1782, 1782, in when, mills leather and that formed the backdrop to to backdrop the formed that into industrial and social life life social and industrial into for everyone! for family mills, once described described once mills, family belts and wooden floors worn worn floors wooden and belts in use driving paper, corn, flint flint corn, paper, driving use in privies, allotments and pigsties pigsties and allotments privies, and offering fascinating insights insights fascinating offering and hospitality. There is something something is There hospitality. those who worked in the Strutt Strutt the in worked who those machinery, the whirr of drive drive of whirr the machinery, Here water power was already already was power water Here those who misbehaved, even the the even misbehaved, who those in the heart of rural Derbyshire, Derbyshire, rural of heart the in and drink, and abundant local local abundant and drink, and Here you will enter the lives of of lives the enter will you Here age: the clatter of well oiled oiled well of clatter the age: Abbey. Darley of community school, the inn, the lock-up for for lock-up the inn, the school, Amid breathtaking countryside countryside breathtaking Amid shopping, wholesome food food wholesome shopping, sounds and smells of a bygone bygone a of smells and sounds you will arrive at the the at arrive will you Milford, of built for workers’ families, the the families, workers’ for built range of country walks, quality quality walks, country of range traditions. sights, the Experience village. through the historic mill village village mill historic the through remains intact. See the cottages cottages the See intact. remains Revolution. Revolution. Here too, you can enjoy a a enjoy can you too, Here the area’s celebrated textile textile celebrated area’s the retail adjoining an and museum Following the river downstream downstream river the Following ownership until the 1920s – – 1920s the until ownership milestone in the Industrial Industrial the in milestone all those wishing to discover discover to wishing those all textile working remarkable which remained in his family’s family’s his in remained which for textile production – a a – production textile for over two centuries. two over – a must for for must a – Centre Visitor a house mills the 1991, until River Gardens. River beautiful – the village he created and and created he village the – first successfully harnessed harnessed successfully first landscape that has changed little little changed has that landscape Derwent Valley Valley Derwent the houses use continuous in and 1783, day – and discover the town’s town’s the discover and – day Cromford Cromford of much Today where water power was was power water where within a stunningly beautiful beautiful stunningly a within ‘fire proof’ technology, the mill mill the technology, proof’ ‘fire in Established Site. Heritage – an engineering wonder of its its of wonder engineering an – the needs of his new workforce. workforce. new his of needs the industrial nation – to a place place a to – nation industrial earliest railways – all nestling nestling all – railways earliest Constructed using pioneering pioneering using Constructed World the to entrance northern that provided power to the mills mills the to power provided that factories, Arkwright provided for for provided Arkwright factories, stage as the world’s first first world’s the as stage remains of one of the world’s world’s the of one of remains of 1804. 1804. of Mill North Strutt’s the at stand Bath Matlock at drama of the horseshoe weir weir horseshoe the of drama of homes and into purpose-built purpose-built into and homes of when Britain held centre- held Britain when for the mill workers, and the the and workers, mill the for entrance to Belper is William William is Belper to entrance Mills Masson magnificent moment to experience the the experience to moment to move the cotton industry out out industry cotton the move to Take a journey back to an age age an to back journey a Take settlements that were built built were that settlements Standing at the northern northern the at Standing Arkwright’s Richard Sir Before leaving Belper, take a a take Belper, leaving Before As he harnessed water power power water harnessed he As discover & enjoy & discover to experience, to Your chance chance Your The Silk Mill gates, Derby gates, Mill Silk The John Smedley John Masson Mills Masson A World Heritage Well Dressing at Cromford at Dressing Well Heritage World A Cromford Street, North Milford at weir and Bridge Other attractions Leeds M62 The There are many other M62 attractions in the Derwent M18 Valley to suit all ages and Manchester M1 Derwent Valley interests - call into a Tourist Liverpool Information Centre to find 01 Bakewell Old Hall Museum Sheffield The Valley that changed the World out more. 02 Buxton Museum 03 Caudwell’s Mill A6 M1 04 Chatsworth House M6 05 Crich Stand 06 Crich Tramway Village 07 Derby Cathedral 08 Eyam Hall & Eyam Museum Nottingham 09 Haddon Hall Derby 10 Heage Windmill VISITOR 11 Heights of Abraham 12 Kedleston Hall Leicester 13 National Stone Centre GUIDE 14 Peak District Mining Museum M6 15 Peak Rail 16 Pickford’s House Museum, Derby M5 Derwent 17 St John’s Chapel, Belper Reservoir 18 Wingfield Manor Birmingham 19 Wirksworth Heritage Centre Peak District Ladybower Reservoir Hope Bamford Manchester HOW TO FIND US Hathersage TOURIST INFORMATION PUBLIC TRANSPORT A6 Grindleford www.visitpeakdistrict.com 8. By Train Derby Derby is well served by the national rail [2] Assembly Rooms network. East Midlands Trains operate Buxton i hourly train services from Nottingham River Derwent Market Place Derby DE1 3AH and Derby along the Derwent Valley Tel: 01332 255802 Line to Matlock, serving all local stations including Belper and Cromford. i Bakewell 4 Fax: 01332 256137 [1] . 9 E-mail: [email protected] www.eastmidlandstrains.