Beech Wood
Beech Wood is a forest in Amber Valley District, Derbyshire, England. Beech Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Lea, as well as near the village Dethick.Places of Interest
Highlights include National Tramway Museum and Cromford Mill.
National Tramway Museum
Museum
Photo: Mark Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The National Tramway Museum is a transport museum located at Crich, in the Peak District of the English county of Derbyshire. The museum's collection of trams is officially designated as being of national importance and encompasses the 1860s to the present day.
Cromford Mill
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cromford and Matlock.
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.
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.
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.
Beech Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Amber Valley District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.1128° or 53° 6′ 46″ northLongitude
-1.5185° or 1° 31′ 7″ westOpen location code
9C5W4F7J+4HOpenStreetMap ID
way 107255361OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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