Ashford-in-the-Water

Places of Interest

Magpie Mine

Photo: Alan Fleming, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Magpie Mine is a well-preserved disused lead mine near the village of Sheldon in Derbyshire, England, in the parish of Ashford in the Water. The walled enclosure of five lead mines is a protected Scheduled Monument.

Old House Museum

Museum

Photo: Elisa.rolle, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Bakewell Old House Museum in the town of Bakewell in Derbyshire is a typical 16th-century yeoman's house that now houses a museum. It tells the story of the house as well as the lives of people from Bakewell and this part of the Peak District.

Thornbridge Hall

Park

Photo: DAVID M GOODWIN, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thornbridge Hall is a large English country house near the village of Great Longstone in the Derbyshire Dales. It is a Grade II listed building.

Places in the Area

Bakewell

Photo: John Walton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bakewell is a historic market town in Derbyshire, with a population of 3,400 in 2024. It's the only sizable town in the Peak District National Park, and the park headquarters are here.

Great Longstone

Village

Photo: Alan Heardman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Great Longstone, with Little Longstone, is one of two villages in the local government district of Derbyshire Dales in Derbyshire, England. The population as taken at the 2011 Census was 843.

Sheldon

Hamlet

Photo: Dave.Dunford, Public domain.

Sheldon is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Peak District, England, near Bakewell. It is best known for being the closest village to Magpie Mine, a lead mine with an engine house built in the Cornish style.

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