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Via Gellia Woodlands

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Via Gellia Woodlands is one of 95 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Derbyshire. It is among the largest in the county. The surrounding countryside is part of the Peak District National Park.

For arrivals by rail, Cromford Station is about 1.4 km to the east. For more of the same, Masson Hill and Wyns Tor are close by.

More places to visit near Via Gellia Woodlands

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

Peak District

You’re inside itNational Park near Castleton

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

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.

1.6 km SE · spans 6 counties

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.

2.7 km E

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.

3 km E

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.

3.4 km NE · Derbyshire

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.

3.5 km E · Derbyshire