The Limestone Way

The Limestone Way passes directly alongside Chestnut Farm Holiday Cottages (as shown as a red line on the map opposite) being part of a 46 mile route across the White Peak landscape of the Peak District National Park 

Arkwright's Mill, Cromford

Cromford Mill was Richard Arkwright's first cotton mill and was one of the industrial revolution's most important symbols. This is where the revolution in the production of cotton began.

Black Rocks Country Park

Black Rocks Country Park, Cromford is an outcrop of sculpted gritstone rock which offers a spectacular situation above the Derwent Valley at Cromford.

Ecclesbourne Valley Railway

Ecclesbourne Valley Railway is a project to reopen the railway between Wirksworth and Duffield. This is staffed and run by volunteers, based at Wirksworth Station.

Gulliver's Kingdom

Gulliver's Kingdom is a theme park for young families, in a situation overlooking Matlock Bath.

Harboro Rocks

Harboro Rocks are an edge of magnesian limestone near Brassington, offering rock climbing and fantastic scenery. Harboro Cave was inhabited from the Ice Age.

Heights of Abraham

Heights of Abraham are a tourist centre with two show caves - Rutland Cavern and Great Masson Mine - plus a cable car and other attractions. It is situated high above Matlock Bath.

High Peak Junction and Cromford Canal

High Peak Junction is the former junction of the High Peak Railway and the Midland Railway, just south of Cromford

High Peak Trail

The High Peak Trail takes the line of the former Cromford and High Peak Railway between Parsley Hey and Cromford within the Peak District.

High Tor, Matlock

High Tor is a lofty limestone crag which towers over Matlock Bath. (Please note: There is a public park on top!)

Lead Mining Museum, Matlock Bath

The Lead Mining Museum at Matlock Bath is owned by the Peak District Mines Historical Society and is in the Pavilion Building alongside the River Derwent. They also run the nearby Temple Mine where you can see what a lead mine was like.

Masson Mills

Masson Mills, Matlock Bath are Sir Richard Arkwright's masterpiece, a magnificent early 19th century mill. The mill has been converted into a shopping village, with exhibition and conference centre, but it also has a working textile museum. There are many shops to visit along with a cafe on the lower floor.

Middleton Top

Middleton Top is the last surviving winding engine from the now defunct Cromford and High Peak Railway. It is located near Middleton by Wirksworth within the Peak District.

National Stone Centre, Middleton by Wirksworth

The National Stone Centre is in Middleton and has geological displays, fossils, stone walling courses, panning for gems and other activities.

Robin Hood's Stride

Robin Hood's Stride is a spectacular tor of gritstone rocks perched on a ridge between Harthill Moor and the Alport-Winster road in the Peak District.

Stanton Moor

Stanton Moor and the Nine Ladies stone circle is a scenic area with many bronze age relics and burial mounds overlooking Stanton in Peak and the Wye and Derwent valleys.

Steeple Grange Light Railway

Steeple Grange Light Railway lies just off the High Peak Trail, just below Middleton. It runs narrow gauge trains on lines used to serve the former quarries.

Wirksworth Church

Wirksworth Church has important and impressive Saxon carvings.