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

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Matlock Bath

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Squeezed into the Derwent gorge, Matlock Bath grew up as an inland spa and still trades on day-trippers, with amusement arcades and pleasure boats along the front and illuminations on autumn weekends. A cable car, the first alpine-style one in Britain when it opened in 1984, climbs to the Heights of Abraham woods and show caverns on the cliff above. It sits on the branch railway that runs up the Derwent from Derby.

More places to visit near Matlock Bath

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.

1.2 km SE · 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.

1.2 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.

1.5 km S

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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.

1.8 km SW

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.

2.6 km NE

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.

4 km SW · spans 6 counties