Cromford

Cromford is a village of approximately 1400 inhabitants in Derbyshire, in the wooded valley of the river Derwent, 17 miles north of Derby.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cromford Mill and Cromford railway station.

Cromford Mill

Museum

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Cromford Mill is the world's first water-powered cotton spinning mill, developed by Richard Arkwright in 1771 in Cromford, Derbyshire, England. The mill structure is classified as a Grade I listed building.

Cromford railway station

Railway station

Cromford railway station

Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cromford railway station serves the village of Cromford in Derbyshire, England. It is on the Derwent Valley Line, which connects Derby with Matlock; it is located 15+1⁄2 miles north of Derby.

Riber Castle

Castle

Photo: AxG, Public domain.

Riber Castle is a 19th-century Grade II listed country house in the hamlet of Riber on a hill overlooking Matlock, Derbyshire. It is built of gritstone from a local quarry which was pulled up the 200-metre hill by a series of pulleys.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wirksworth and Matlock.

Wirksworth

Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wirksworth is a historical market town 4 miles south of Matlock with a population of around 5,200 in Derbyshire, England.

Matlock

Photo: David Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Matlock is a town in Derbyshire, on the edge of the Peak District National Park, about 20 miles north of Derby.

Cromford

Type: Locality
Location: Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.1057° or 53° 6′ 21″ north

Longitude

-1.5497° or 1° 32′ 59″ west

Elevation

381 feet (116 metres)

Open location code

9C5W4F42+74

GeoNames ID

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