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Cromford Canal

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Cromford Canal is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Derbyshire, covering 0.1 km². The county has 95 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. Whatstandwell Station is under a kilometre away. For more of the same, Shining Cliff Woods and Masson Hill are close by.

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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.

2 km E

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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.

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Cromford

Village

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

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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.

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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.

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Peak District

National Park near Castleton

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

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