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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 Information Centre to find 01 Old Hall Museum Sheffield The Valley that changed the World out more. 02 Museum 03 Caudwell’s Mill A6 M1 04 M6 05 Crich Stand 06 Crich Tramway Village 07 Derby 08 Hall & Eyam Museum 09 Derby 10 Heage Windmill VISITOR 11 12 Leicester 13 National Stone Centre GUIDE 14 Mining Museum M6 15 16 Pickford’s House Museum, Derby M5 Derwent 17 St John’s Chapel, Belper Reservoir 18 Birmingham 19 Heritage Centre Peak District

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. 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. 3. www.visitderby.co.uk co.uk/derwentvalleyline A6 For train times, call National 15 . Belper Rail Enquiries 08457 48 49 50 Derwent Valley Visitor Centre or visit www.nationalrail.co.uk 11 . Matlock i Strutt’s North Mill . Bridgefoot By Bus Matlock Bath 14 i Belper DE56 1YD National Express operate regular coach Cromford . 6 .5 18 . services to Derby from throughout Middleton Top 13 . Tel/fax: 01773 880474 Wirksworth E-mail: [email protected] the UK. Call 08717 818181 or visit: Carsington [19] www.nationalexpress.com. Regular Water Matlock Bath 10 bus services to destinations within the Belper i . Ripley The Peak District Mining Museum World Heritage Site include: TransPeak [17] Matlock Bath DE4 3NR Ashbourne i (TP), an hourly, daily, limited stop service Tel: 01629 583834 between Nottingham, Derby, Belper, Milford E-mail: [email protected] Cromford and Buxton with some services Duffield www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk to/from Manchester and the 6.1 between Derby, Belper, Cromford and Matlock via Wirksworth. More frequent services River Derwent operate between Derby and Belper. For .12 bus times, call: 0871 200 22 33 or visit i Derby www.derbyshire.gov.uk/buses. [16][7] A6 You can use the East Midlands Journey Planner to help plan your journey - visit M1 Junc. 24 www.travelineeastmidlands.co.uk NIO M O UN M D RI T IA

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Whatstandwell KEY: 9 JOHN SMEDLEY (MILL AND FACTORY SHOP) A6 Lea Bridge, Near Matlock, Derbyshire DE4 5AG. Telephone: 01629 534571 Railway line E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.johnsmedley.com This site has been owned by the Smedley family for over 225 years Train station and has been operational throughout that time. It is the head office, River Derwent manufacturing and distribution base for the luxury knitwear brand Strutt’s North Mill, Belper Cromford Canal that is John Smedley. Visit the factory shop for a wide range of products including John Smedley’s exclusive Sea Island cotton and Audio guide Merino wool ranges. OOpeningpening TTimes:imes: The factory shop is open daily throughout the year 10am-4pm. Refreshments AAdmission:dmission: FREE TTrainrain Station:Station: Cromford: 30-minute walk (or catch a bus outside Cromford Mill). Gift shop Ambergate Public toilets 10 BELPER RIVER GARDENS Wheelchair access Enjoy stunning views of the river Derwent and, throughout the Belper River Gardens summer, try the band concerts, outdoor theatre performances and Disabled toilets A6 rowing boats for hire. Guide dogs welcome 11

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1 MASSON MILLS (WORKING TEXTILE MUSEUM) 12 11 Boar’s Head Mills, Darley Abbey 1 12 STRUTT’S NORTH MILL (DERWENT VALLEY VISITOR CENTRE) Derby Road, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire DE4 3PY Telephone: 01629 581001 Website: www.massonmills.co.uk Bridgefoot, Belper, Derbyshire DE56 1YD Telephone: 01773 880474 Sir Richard Arkwright’s 1783 Masson Mills, at the northern gateway Belper E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.belpernorthmill.org.uk to the World Heritage Site, are the finest surviving and best At William Strutt’s pioneering ‘fire proof’ of 1804 you preserved example of an Arkwright cotton spinning mill. Working can follow cotton manufacture from plant to thread. See one of the textile museum illustrating Arkwright’s legacy. finest collections of hosiery and join a tour of the remarkable mill OOpeningpening TTimes:imes: Mon-Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 11am-4pm. Closed Easter Sunday and throughout settlement of Belper. Ideally located next to the River Gardens. Light December (January times vary, please enquire before visiting). Machinery refreshments and gift shop on site. demonstrations at 11am and 2pm (Sun 12 noon and 2pm). Times vary subject to availability. OOpeningpening TTimes:imes: March to October: Wed to Sun and Bank Holidays 1 to 5pm; November to February: Sat and Sun, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day 1 to 5pm. AAdmission:dmission: Adults £3.00, Child (5-16) £2.00, Family £6.50, Concessions £2.50, Adult Pre-booked Groups and Schools (30+) £2.50 per person. Guide fee of £10 AAdmission:dmission: Adults £3.50, Concessions £3, Children (7-16) £2, Family £8.50. applicable for groups only. Accompanying teachers and group leaders free. Milford TTrainrain Station:Station: Belper: 10-minute walk. TTrainrain Station:Station: Cromford or Matlock bath: 15-minute walk. MMoreore Information:Information: Group bookings any time by arrangement. MMoreore Information:Information: Educational tours available – see website: www.massonmills.co.uk 13 LIMITED 13 MILFORD 2 CROMFORD Discover the cottages, churches, pubs, school and the remains of the Take a tour of the village Sir Richard Arkwright built for his mill cotton and bleach works that were built to serve the Strutt industrial workers from 1776. Highlights include the Greyhound Hotel and community from 1781. Pond, the village lock-up, pigsties and the ingenious ‘Bear Pit’. 14 TTrainrain Station:Station: Cromford: 10-minute walk. DARLEY ABBEY MMoreore Information:Information: Tours can be booked at Cromford Mill. Within walking distance of Derby City centre is the remarkable factory Duffield 3 WILLERSLEY CASTLE village of Darley Abbey, created by the Evans family from the 1780s onwards and including St Matthew’s Church. Pause beside the river Derwent, within Cromford, Derbyshire DE4 5JH Telephone: 01629 582270 A6 River E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.christianguild.co.uk Derwent sight of one of the most complete early textile mill complexes. Built for Sir Richard Arkwright, Willersley Castle provides unparalleled views along the Derwent Valley. Set in extensive 15 DARLEY PARK parkland, the house retains many original features, including the Enjoy the open space of unspoilt parkland, once part of the Evans striking ‘Well Gallery’ with its glass dome. Little family estate, with fine views of Derby. OOpeningpening TTimes:imes: Open daily throughout the year (except Day) 9.30am-6pm. Eaton AAdmission:dmission: FREE 16 THE DERBY SILK MILL TTrainrain Station:Station: Cromford: 5-minute walk. MMoreore Information:Information: Willersley Castle is owned and operated as an hotel by Christian Guild Silk Mill Lane, off Full Street, Derby DE1 3AF Telephone: 01332 641901 Holidays, providing holiday and conference facilities throughout the year. Email: [email protected] Website: www.derbymuseums.org.uk Located on the site of ’s Silk Mill of the early 1720s – the World’s first ‘modern’ factory. 4 CROMFORD MILL OOpeningpening TTimes:imes: Open 7 days a week (closed Christmas and New Year period – see website for details), Monday 11am-5pm, Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday and Mill Lane, Cromford, Derbyshire DE4 3RQ Telephone: 01629 823256 A6 Bank Holidays 1pm-4pm. E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.arkwrightsociety.org.uk TTrainrain Station:Station: Derby: 15-minute walk. The world’s first successful water-powered cotton spinning mills, built by Sir Richard Arkwright between 1771 and 1791. Discover the Allestress birthplace of the – where innovation and enterprise 17 DERBY MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY changed the world. Enjoy guided tours, an exhibition, refreshments Darley The Strand, Derby DE1 1BS Telephone: 01332 641901 and gift shops. Abbey 14 Email: [email protected] Website: www.derbymuseums.org.uk OOpeningpening TTimes:imes: Open daily throughout the year (except Christmas Day) 9am-5pm. The impressive Joseph Wright Gallery includes portraits, landscapes and AAdmission:dmission: Entrance FREE Guided Tours: Adult £3.50, Child (under 16) £2.50, scenes of industry directly relevant to the story of the Derwent Valley Concessions £2.50 per person. Mills. The Museum and Art Gallery has exciting displays about fine art, TTrainrain Station:Station: Cromford: 5-minute walk. 15 natural history, archaeology, military history, ceramics and more. MMoreore Information:Information: Evening talks and group tours by arrangement. OOpeningpening TTimes:imes: Open 6 days a week (closed Christmas and New Year period – see website Little for details), Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday 1pm-4pm. Chester AAdmission:dmission: FREE 5 TTrainrain Station:Station: Derby: 15-minute walk. ST MARY’S CHURCH (CROMFORD) 16 Mill Lane, Cromford, Derbyshire DE4 3RQ Telephone: 01629 822710/583924 DERWENT VALLEY HERITAGE WAY Opened in 1797, Cromford’s parish church was built by Sir Richard 17 Derby Arkwright and contains the family vaults. The interior is decorated Discover the delights of the Derwent Valley on foot. The Derwent with extensive, striking wall paintings and stained glass by the Valley Heritage Way is a 55 mile long walking route offering spectacular Victorian artist, A. O. Hemming. scenery and stunning views. Why not wander through the full length of OOpeningpening TTimes:imes: Sunday service: 9.30am-10.30am. Second Sunday of month 10.30am start. the World Heritage Site and the Derwent Valley beyond? Summer: (May-September) Saturday open to visitors: 11am-1pm. Access by A book entitled ‘The Derwent Valley Heritage Way’ (ISBN: 0711729581) priced £11.99 is available from major stockists. prior arrangement telephone: 01629 822710/583924. AAdmission:dmission: FREE TTrainrain Station:Station: Cromford: 5-minute walk.

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