MuseumsCromford

Welcome to our award winning farm and the peace and delight of the Upper Dove Valley in the Peak District. If you enjoy spectacular scenery and care about the environment you will love staying here. The tranquility belies the fact that we are only 7 miles south of…
Distance: 12.4 miles away

Middleton Top at Middleton by Wirksworth is well sign posted. From the A6 at Cromford take the B5036 and B5035 for Ashbourne. Opening times 10.30am 5pm.The Middleton Top Countryside Centre is situated on the High Peak Trail, Middleton by Wirksworth. The Top as you might expect, is at…
Distance: 0.8 miles away

The Peak District Mining Museum is situated in The Pavilion at the centre of Matlock Bath alongside the A6, which runs alongside the river Derwent in a picturesque limestone gorge. Visit a museum where you can experience and wonder at the forgotten world of a Derbyshire lead…
Distance: 1.4 miles away

Wall Roman Site Letocetum was an important staging post on Watling Street, the Roman military road to North Wales. It provided overnight accommodation for travelling Roman officials and imperial messengers. The foundations of an inn and bathhouse can be seen, and many of the excavated finds are displayed…
Distance: 14.4 miles away

The Heritage Centre aims to give to the casual visitor or serious researcher alike an understanding of the life of a small town from its inception to the present times. It is strategically placed at the end of the Crown Yard which opens out onto the present market…
Distance: 1.3 miles away

Cromford Mill‐ the worlds first successful water powered cotton spinning mill, restored by the Arkwright Society. Mill and village tours. Cromford Mill was Sir Richard Arkwright's first and most important cotton mill, at which he pioneered the development of his water frame spinning machine and revolutionised the manufacture…
Distance: 0.8 miles away

Derby Industrial Museum is on the site of the world's oldest factories, the Silk Mills built by George Sorocold in 1702 and 1717. Displays tell the story of the industrial heritage and achievement of Derby and its people. There is a special emphasis on the development of…
Distance: 12.8 miles away

Derby Museum and Art Gallery houses a wide range of important and attractive collections, covering porcelain, paintings, archaeology, history, local regiments, geology and wildlife. Paintings by the celebrated 18th Century Derby artist Joseph Wright, A.R.A. 1734‐97 include portraits, landscapes, subjects from literature and scenes of industry and…
Distance: 12.8 miles away

D. H. Lawrence Heritage lets you explore the very heart of working class Victorian life through the home of the Lawrence Family. Discover how the Victorians really lived within this Nottinghamshire mining community. The early home of 'Bert Lawrence' is an astounding re‐creation of…
Distance: 12.1 miles away

Pickford's House, a Grade One listed building, was built in 1770 by the architect Joseph Pickford as his family home and work premises. Other houses in Friar Gate, Derby's finest Georgian Street, were also designed by Pickford, but Number 41 is the only one which the public…
Distance: 12.6 miles away

Royal Crown Derby china is known and collected throughout the world. The fine traditional skills have led to an international reputation for quality and creativity. The Royal Crown Derby Visitor Centre has been created to provide an insight into the traditions, the history and the skills…
Distance: 13.6 miles away