National Stone Centre
The National Stone Centre is a museum, an industrial heritage discovery centre and a Site of Special Scientific Interest at Wirksworth, in Derbyshire, England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Peter Barr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Steeple Grange Light Railway and Ravenstor railway station.
Steeple Grange Light Railway
Photo: Eamon Curry, CC BY 2.0.
The Steeple Grange Light Railway is a narrow-gauge heritage railway visitor attraction near Wirksworth in Derbyshire, England. Opened in 1985 on the trackbed of a disused branch line, it uses industrial locomotives and rolling stock from disused mines, quarries, and steelworks around the country. Steeple Grange Light Railway is situated 900 feet northeast of National Stone Centre.
Ravenstor railway station
Railway station
Photo: Neil Ferguson-Lee, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ravenstor railway station is the northernmost limit of the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway, a heritage railway branch line, in Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England. Ravenstor railway station is situated 1,200 feet south of National Stone Centre.
Wirksworth Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Paul Buckingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wirksworth Town Hall is a municipal building in Coldwell Street, Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Wirksworth Urban District Council, now accommodates the local public library. Wirksworth Town Hall is situated 4,000 feet south of National Stone Centre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bolehill and Middleton-by-Wirksworth.
Bolehill
Locality
Photo: Alan Heardman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bolehill is an area of Wirksworth, in the Derbyshire Dales district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. It is located in the north of the town and has connections to the lead mining.
Middleton-by-Wirksworth
Village
Photo: Stephen Henley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Middleton or Middleton-by-Wirksworth is an upland village and civil parish lying approximately one mile NNW of Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England. Middleton was, in 1086, a berewick of the town and manor of Wirksworth.
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.
National Stone Centre
- Type: Museum
- Wheelchair access: yes
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Wirksworth, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.09354° or 53° 5′ 37″ northLongitude
-1.57354° or 1° 34′ 25″ westOpen location code
9C5W3CVG+CHOpenStreetMap ID
way 292191855OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q23305123
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In Other Languages
“National Stone Centre” goes by many names.
- Portuguese: “Centro Nacional da Pedra”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “National Stone Centre”. Photo: Peter Barr, CC BY-SA 2.0.