DERWENT VALLEY
Sir Richard Arkwright brought much prosperity to this area with Masson
Mills and Cromford Mills offering visitors a
working Textile Museum and first successful water powered Cotton Mill
respectively.
The Heights of Abraham offers both a cable car and a deep cave! Tel 01629 582365
Wirksworth is an old mining & quarrying
centre with nearby the National Stone Centre.
T0 THE NORTH
The Plague village of Eyam is often visited with Eyam
Hall an added bonus.
Castleton is dominated by Peveril Castle (EH) and
is famous for its Blue John Stone and Caverns - Blue John,
Speedwell, Peak and Treak
Cliff.
Buxton - Spa, Tuesday Market, Pavilion Gardens and Opera House.
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