Places to explore near Cromford StationCromford

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

0 km E · Derbyshire

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

0.6 km SW

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

0.8 km W

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

1.2 km NW · Derbyshire

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

2 km W

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

3.3 km N

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

3.5 km SW · spans 6 counties

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

4.9 km SE

A rambling Peak-edge village free house brewing its own Ashover ales, with a big cask and cider range and folk nights.

7.2 km NE

Bronze Age stone circle on Stanton Moor.

8.1 km NW

A tumble of gritstone outcrops behind Birchover, carved in the 18th century with rooms, steps and seats by an eccentric parson.

8.2 km NW

Twin gritstone pinnacles near Birchover, also called Mock Beggar's Hall, ringed by prehistoric stones and old packhorse ways.

9.2 km NW

A small, timeless Peak District village pub, national Unspoilt Pub of the Year 2019.

9.3 km NW

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

0.5 km SW · Derbyshire

A country park in Derbyshire.

0.7 km NW

A country park in Derbyshire.

1.4 km NW

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

2.2 km E

Tranquil four-acre garden in a former quarry and mill site at Bonsall, with pools, cliffs and a Buddhist calm.

2.3 km W

Through the White Peak's dales and plateau pastures from Castleton to Rocester on the Staffordshire border.

2.5 km NW · Derbyshire & Staffordshire

Steep former lead-mining village above the Derwent, its stepped market cross the focus of an eccentric hen-racing tradition.

2.6 km W · Derbyshire