White Tor Wood

White Tor Wood is a forest in Matlock Town, Derbyshire Dales District, England. White Tor Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Hearthstone, as well as near the locality Scarthin Rock.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cromford Mill and Riber Castle.

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.

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.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Matlock and Cromford.

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

Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

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.

White Tor Wood

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

53.115° or 53° 6′ 54″ north

Longitude

-1.5411° or 1° 32′ 28″ west

Open location code

9C5W4F85+2H

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Hearthstone and Scarthin Rock.

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