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Photo of the Peak District, a National Park in England.

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Places to explore near Ambergate StationAmbergate

48 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 2 are national icons.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of Crich Tramway Village, a visitor attraction near Cromford, Derbyshire, central England.Highlight

Crich Tramway Village

Attraction near Cromford

National Tramway Museum near Crich, where vintage trams run through a recreated period street on a hillside above the Derwent.

3.3 km N

Photo of Belper North Mill, a landmark near Wirksworth, Derbyshire, central England.Highlight

Belper North Mill

Landmark near Wirksworth

Strutt's pioneering fireproof mill of 1804, housing the Derwent Valley visitor centre beside a great Georgian horseshoe weir.

3.5 km S

Photo of Cromford Mill, a landmark in Derbyshire, central England.Highlight

Cromford Mill

Landmark near Cromford

Richard Arkwright's 1771 mill, the world's first successful water-powered cotton spinning works and heart of the Derwent Valley WHS.

7.4 km NW

Photo of Cromford, a village in Derbyshire, central England.Iconic

Cromford

Village

The cradle of the factory system, where Richard Arkwright built the world's first water-powered cotton mill in 1771.

7.4 km NW · Derbyshire

Photo of Masson Mills, a landmark near Cromford, Derbyshire, central England.Highlight

Masson Mills

Landmark near Cromford

Arkwright's showpiece red-brick mill of 1783 on the Derwent at Matlock Bath, now a working textile museum.

7.9 km NW

Photo along the Pennine Bridleway, a 205-mile National Trail running from Middleton Top or Hartington to A683 at Cote Moor, England.Highlight

Pennine Bridleway

National Trail

The Pennines for horse and bike — old packhorse trails and drovers' roads.

8.2 km NW · spans 6 counties

Photo of Matlock Bath, a village in Derbyshire, central England.Highlight

Matlock Bath

Village

Inland Victorian spa resort in the Derwent gorge, all amusement arcades, cable cars and autumn illuminations below wooded cliffs.

8.6 km NW · Derbyshire

Photo of the Peak District, a National Park in England.Iconic

Peak District

National Park near Castleton

Britain's first national park: gritstone edges in the Dark Peak, limestone dales in the White.

8.8 km NW

Photo of Lumsdale Falls, a waterfall near Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, central England.Highlight

Lumsdale Falls

Waterfall near Matlock Bath

Bentley Brook stepping down through the ruined water mills of the Lumsdale valley above Matlock — industrial archaeology dissolving into a fern gorge.

9.6 km N

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo along the Derwent Valley Heritage Way, a 55-mile long-distance path running from Ladybower Reservoir to Shardlow, central England.

Derwent Valley Heritage Way

Long-distance path

Ladybower to the Trent down the Derbyshire Derwent, through the mill valley where the factory system began.

0.1 km NW · Derbyshire

White Peak Distillery

Distillery near Ambergate

The Peak District's first full-scale craft distillery, at the Wire Works by the Derwent, home of Wire Works whisky and Shining Cliff gin.

1.2 km NW

Photo of Heage Windmill, a windmill in Derbyshire, central England.

Heage Windmill

Windmill near Heage

The only working six-sailed stone tower windmill in England, restored to grind flour with sweeping views over the Derwent Valley.

2 km SE

Photo of River Gardens, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Wirksworth, Derbyshire, central England.

River Gardens

House & garden near Wirksworth

A small Edwardian riverside park of 1905 with a listed 1906 bandstand.

3.4 km S

Photo of Alport Height, a country estate near Wirksworth, Derbyshire, central England.

Alport Height

Country estate near Wirksworth

A National Trust place in Derbyshire.

4.5 km W

Amber Valley Vineyards

Vineyard near Wessington

A little family vineyard at Wessington overlooking the Amber Valley, with Saturday tours, a cellar-door bar and orchard picnics.

5.2 km NE

Photo of Lea Gardens, a garden in Derbyshire, central England.

Lea Gardens

Garden near Lea

Acclaimed hillside collection of rhododendrons, azaleas and kalmias near Matlock, gathered from the far corners of the world.

5.9 km NW

Photo of St Mary's Church, Wirksworth, a church in Derbyshire, central England.

St Mary's Church, Wirksworth

Church near Wirksworth

Cathedral-like town church holding the carved Anglo-Saxon Wirksworth Stone, one of the finest early Christian sculptures in Britain.

6.6 km W

Photo of Midland Railway Centre Country Park, a country park near Eastwood, Derbyshire, central England.

Midland Railway Centre Country Park

Country park near Eastwood

A country park in Derbyshire.

6.7 km E

Everything else within 10 km (30) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.