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Wirksworth

Photo of Wirksworth, a village in Derbyshire, central England.

Wirksworth

© JThomas / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© JThomas / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Wirksworth

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George Eliot borrowed Wirksworth for the bleak ‘Snowfield’ of Adam Bede, modelling her preacher heroine on an aunt who lived here. The town grew rich on lead, and its steep alleys and tall stone houses climb the hillside around St Mary’s church. Once faded, it has found new life as an arts town with an open-studios weekend each autumn. Cromford station is about 4km to the north-east.

More places to visit near Wirksworth

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 NW · spans 6 counties

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.

3.2 km N

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.

3.3 km NW

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.

3.5 km N

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.

3.8 km NE · Derbyshire

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.

5.9 km E