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Hilltop park
Heights of Abraham
Hilltop park on Masson Hill reached by cable car, with cavern and mine tours; open since Victorian times.
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Matlock Bath, Matlock & the Derwent Valley: things to do
Places worth your time in Matlock Bath, Matlock & the Derwent Valley
Top places
Things to do in Matlock Bath, Matlock & the Derwent Valley
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Museum
Peak District Mining Museum
Charity museum in Matlock Bath's Grand Pavilion with lead-mine mock-ups where children can explore.
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Heritage site
Cromford Mills
Richard Arkwright's 1771 water-powered cotton mill, the first of its kind, at the heart of the World Heritage Site.
Textile mill
Masson Mills
Water-powered cotton mill built in 1783 on the River Derwent, part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site.
Pump house
Leawood Pump House
Beam-engine house built in 1849 to supply water to the Cromford Canal, beside the towpath near High Peak Junction.
Historic house
Riber Castle
Grade II listed 19th-century country house on a hill above Matlock, built of local gritstone.
Park
Derwent Gardens
Public park in Matlock Bath, listed Grade II in Historic England's Register of Parks and Gardens.
Theme park
Gulliver's Kingdom
Theme park aimed at children aged 3 to 13, beside the Heights of Abraham in Matlock Bath.
Heritage railway
Peak Rail
Steam and heritage diesel line running from Matlock via Darley Dale to Rowsley South.
Cave
Great Masson Cavern
Cave at the Heights of Abraham with rock formations nicknamed the Owl and the Rabbit.
Spa village
Matlock Bath
Village in the Derbyshire Dales on the A6, south of Matlock.
County town
Matlock
County town of Derbyshire on the south-eastern edge of the Peak District, with the National Park directly to the west.
Mill village
Cromford
Village in the Derwent valley between Wirksworth and Matlock, where Arkwright built his first mill.
The Peak District
More areas to explore
13 sights · 5 places to eat
Dovedale, Ashbourne & the White Peak South
The River Dove's stepping stones, rail trails and the market town of Ashbourne
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13 sights · 9 places to eat
Hathersage, Longshaw & Eyam
Gritstone edges, Padley Gorge and the Eyam plague village on the eastern side of the Peak
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14 sights · 19 places to eat
Buxton & the Northern Peak
A Georgian spa town with an opera house, a show cave and the Goyt Valley on its doorstep
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- Matlock Bath, Matlock & the Derwent Valley (area photo): Janine Forbes., CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Heights of Abraham: Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Peak District Mining Museum: Andy Stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Cromford Mills: chevin, Public domain, source
- Masson Mills: Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Leawood Pump House: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Riber Castle: Beep boop beep, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Derwent Gardens: Gerald England, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Gulliver's Kingdom: PLTRON, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Peak Rail: mattbuck (category), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Great Masson Cavern: TheHeightsofAbraham, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Matlock Bath: Donnylad, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Matlock: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Cromford: Jonathan Thacker, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Dovedale, Ashbourne & the White Peak South: Paul Albertella from Manchester, UK, CC BY 2.0, source
- Hathersage, Longshaw & Eyam: Neil Theasby, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Buxton & the Northern Peak: Eugene Birchall, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Castleton, Hope Valley & Edale: Peter Barr, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Bakewell, Haddon & Monsal: Kmtextor, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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