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Matlock. and Bath Matlock Whatstandwell, Cromford, Whatstandwell, Duffield, Belper, Ambergate, Belper, Duffield, Birmingham local stations including stations local M5 Walks can be enjoyed between enjoyed be can Walks M6 Station to Station Walks Station to Station Leicester Derby More details at www.derwentvalleymills.org at details More Nottingham Guide Guide September in leaflet the for out Look days. nine over activities . talks, open houses, art workshops, performances and family and performances workshops, art houses, open talks, M6 A6 Over 100 events across the World Heritage Site, including walks, including Site, Heritage World the across events 100 Over M1 Sheffield Last week in October in week Last Liverpool Visitor Visitor Discovery Days Discovery M1 Manchester M18 M62 Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site Heritage World Mills Valley Derwent M62 Ideas for helping you enjoy your stay in the in stay your enjoy you helping for Ideas Leeds Long Row, Belper Belper River Gardens Tantivy during Discovery Days Darley Abbey Mills High Peak Junction interior Horse-drawn canal trips In Cromford’s Visitor Centre Derby Silk Mill Experience, enjoy Cromford Canal and discover the Derwent Valley horseshoe weir and discover the Take a journey back to an age settlements that were built Sir Richard Arkwright’s As he harnessed water power Standing at the northern when Britain held centre - for the mill workers, and the magnificent Masson Mills to move the cotton industry out entrance to Belper is the beautiful River Gardens. stage as the world’s first at Matlock Bath stand at the of homes and into purpose-built Strutt’s North Mill (1804). remains of one of the world’s factories, Arkwright provided for industrial nation – to a place earliest railways – all nestling northern entrance to the World Visitors to its museum can Following the river downstream where water power was Heritage Site. Established in the needs of his new workforce. explore the story of how through the historic mill village within a stunningly beautiful 1783, and in continuous use Today much of Cromford first successfully harnessed landscape that has changed little Jedediah Strutt helped introduce of Milford, you will arrive at the until 1991, the mills house a – the village he created and mechanised cotton spinning to community of Darley Abbey. for textile production – a over two centuries. remarkable working textile which remained in his family’s milestone in the Industrial the Derwent Valley and Here water power was already museum and an adjoining retail ownership until the 1920s – transformed Belper into the in use driving paper, corn, flint Revolution. Here too, you can enjoy a village. Experience the sights, remains intact. See the cottages range of country walks, quality world's first cotton mill town. and leather mills when, in 1782, sounds and smells of a bygone built for workers’ families, the the Evans family added their Amid breathtaking countryside shopping, wholesome food age: the clatter of well-oiled school, the inn, the lock-up for in the heart of rural Derbyshire, and drink, and abundant local Once inside, see how the North cotton mills and later their machinery, the whirr of drive those who misbehaved, even the Mill's pioneering fire-proof factory village. and offering fascinating insights hospitality. There is something belts and wooden floors worn privies, allotments and pigsties into industrial and social life for everyone! technology inspired the by generations of local that formed the backdrop to construction of skyscrapers, and A walk through Darley Park during the 18th and 19th millworkers’ feet. factory workers’ lives. centuries, the Derwent Valley Come and see for yourself why discover the impact of the brings you to Derby Silk Mill, Mills World Heritage Site is this part of Derbyshire has been factory system on ordinary the southern entrance to the the perfect choice for a summer designated a World Heritage Site. A short distance south lies Before leaving Cromford, be people's lives. The museum also World Heritage Site. It is outing or a winter break. Arkwright's Cromford Mill of sure to call into the magnificent tells the story of how Belper's currently closed for Visitors travelling by train can 1771, the world's first successful St Mary's Church and the Samuel Slater became 'Father of redevelopment and will open Snaking 15 miles down the river benefit from discounts on mill water-powered cotton spinning Arkwright's family home of the American Industrial again in 2020. Derby Museum valley from Matlock Bath to tours at Sir Richard Arkwright’s mill. The complex was saved Willersley Castle, and take a Revolution'. Strutt's North Mill and Art Gallery boasts the Derby, the World Heritage Site Masson Mills and on Cromford from dereliction in the 1970s and stroll along the Cromford Canal also houses the Derwent Valley largest collection of Joseph contains a fascinating series Canal narrow boat cruises, on now houses a new visitor centre, to the High Peak Junction Visitor Centre, where you can Wright paintings and drawings Workshops. From Cromford, of historic mill complexes, production of their train ticket. exhibitions, cafes, specialist find tourist information, gift shop plus temporary exhibitions and including some of the world’s Download the discount vouchers make a brief diversion to the and light refreshments. Before displays celebrating natural shops, business spaces and the factory shop at John Smedley's history, archaeology, military first ‘modern’ factories. No less from www.eastmidlandstrains. Arkwright Experience. leaving Belper, take a moment to important are the watercourses co.uk/derwentvalleyline Mill before travelling southwards admire the remarkable history, ceramics and more. that powered them, the to Belper.