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Derby Silk Mill

Derby Silk Mill, formerly known as Derby Industrial Museum, is a museum of industry and history in , England. The museum is located on the former site of Lombe's Mill, a historic silk mill which marks the southern end of the World Heritage Site.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Derby, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Derby Industrial Museum”, “Lombe’s Mill”, and “Museum of Making”
  • Address: Full Street, Derby, DE1 3AF
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Derby Museum and Art Gallery and Derby Cathedral.

Museum
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is a and art gallery in , England. It was established in 1879, along with Derby Central Library, in a new building designed by Richard Knill Freeman and given to Derby by Michael Thomas Bass. is situated 1,400 feet southwest of Derby Silk Mill.

Church
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The Cathedral Church of All Saints, Derby, better known as , is a cathedral church in the city of , England. In 1927, it was promoted from parish church status to that of a cathedral, creating a seat for the Bishop of Derby, which new Episcopal see was created in that year. is situated 500 feet southwest of Derby Silk Mill.

Museum
Photo: sps1955, CC BY 2.0.
Pickford's House Museum of Georgian Life and Costume is in , England. It is named after architect Joseph Pickford, who built it as his family home in 1770. It was opened as a museum in 1988. The building is Grade I listed. is situated 2,300 feet west of Derby Silk Mill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cathedral Quarter and Little Chester.

Neighborhood
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The is one of five areas within city centre, based around the name of the . It is bound by St Alkmund's Way and Ford Street to the north and west, the River Derwent to the east, and Albert Street, Victoria Street, Wardwick and Friargate to the south.

Suburb
, also known as Chester Green after the area of open parkland at its centre, is a suburb of the city of , in , England. It is located approximately 0.6 miles north of the city centre, on the east bank of the River Derwent.

Neighborhood
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is an inner-city suburb of in , England. It is surrounded by the Mackworth Estate, Rowditch and The West End suburbs. also incorporates an area called the Morley Estate.

Derby Silk Mill

Latitude
52.92593° or 52° 55′ 33″ north
Longitude
-1.47599° or 1° 28′ 34″ west
Operator
Derby City Council
Open location code
9C4WWGGF+9J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 30247044
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­public
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q839047
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Derby Silk Mill” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Derby Industrial Museum”
  • Armenian: “Դերբիի արդյունաբերական թանգարան”
  • Bashkir: “Дерби индустрия музейы”
  • Belarusian: “Музей індустрыі Дэрбі”
  • Belarusian: “Музэй індустрыі Дэрбі”
  • Catalan: “Derby Industrial Museum”
  • Catalan: “Museu industrial de Derby”
  • Catalan: “Museu Industrial de Derby”
  • Czech: “Derby Industrial Museum”
  • Czech: “The Silk Mill”
  • Danish: “Derby Industrial Museum”
  • Danish: “Derby Silk Mill”
  • Dutch: “Derby Industrial Museum”
  • Esperanto: “Industria muzeo de Derby”
  • Finnish: “Derbyn silkkikehräämö”
  • Finnish: “Derbyn teollisuusmuseo”
  • French: “Derby Industrial Museum”
  • French: “Derby Silk Mill”
  • French: “Derby’s Museum of Industry and History”
  • French: “Derby’s Silk Mill”
  • French: “Moulin à soie de Derby”
  • French: “Musée de l’industrie de Derby”
  • French: “musée des industries de Derby”
  • French: “Musée des industries de Derby”
  • German: “Derby Industrial Museum”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Industri Derby”
  • Italian: “Derby Industrial Museum”
  • Italian: “Derby Silk Mill”
  • Japanese: “ダービー産業博物館”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Derbys industrielle museum”
  • Norwegian: “Derbys industrielle museum”
  • Russian: “Музей индустрии Дерби”
  • Russian: “Промышленный музей Дерби”
  • Slovak: “Derby Silk Mill”
  • Spanish: “Derby Industrial Museum”
  • Swedish: “Derby Silk Mill”
  • Ukrainian: “Промисловий музей Дербі”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cathedral Green and Cathedral Green Footbridge.

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Explore places such as The River Kitchen and John Lombe; George Sorocold.

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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 “Derby Silk Mill”. Photo: Chris Harris, CC BY-SA 3.0.