Shining Cliff
Shining Cliff is a forest in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire Dales District, England. Shining Cliff is situated nearby to the hamlet Starkholmes, as well as near the village Matlock Bath.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cromford Mill and Riber Castle.
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.
Cromford railway station
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.
Shining Cliff
Latitude
53.1304° or 53° 7′ 50″ northLongitude
-1.5624° or 1° 33′ 45″ westOpen location code
9C5W4CJQ+52OpenStreetMap ID
way 304155444OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Localities in the Area
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