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Our Partners
Links to our Partners are provided here. They include: Heritage Lottery Fund, Derbyshire County Council, East Midlands Development Agency, Derbyshire Dales District Council, English Heritage, Derbyshire Economic Partnership, and Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site.
Heritage and Tourism
The following websites provide a variety of useful information on heritage and tourism in the Cromford and Matlock area.
Sir Richard Arkwright’s 1783 showpiece, Masson Mills are the finest surviving and best preserved example of an Arkwright cotton spinning mill. A fascinating working textile museum incorporates authentic historic working textile machinery. Located on the site of John Lombe’s Silk Mill of the early 1720s – England’s first ‘modern’ factory – the Silk Mill Museum illustrates the full extent of Derbyshire’s industrial achievement. Exhibits include George Fletcher’s ‘Grasshopper’ and a major collection of Rolls-Royce aero engines. (Note: Museum is closed at present)
At William Strutt’s pioneering ‘fire proof’ cotton mill of 1804, Strutt's North Mill, you can follow cotton from plant to thread. See one of the finest collections of hosiery and join a tour of the remarkable mill settlement of Belper.
Derbyshire UK contains useful local information, including an outline of the industrial history in the Cromford area
Friends of the Cromford Canal is a charitable organisation whose aim is to see the restauration of the historic Cromford Canal for the benefit of the general public.
Friends of the Derwent Valley Line is a voluntary group representing passengers and local communities along the Derby to Matlock Railway Line
The European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH) is a useful website. ERIH provides the tourism information network of industrial heritage in Europe. If you have a Facebook account then you can join their group on (ERIH Facebook Group).
The UK Association of Preservation Trusts (APT) assists Building Preservation Trusts to save historic buildings for future generations. As a Building Preservation Trust, the Arkwright Society is driven by the local community and workd for that community to breathe new life into old buildings, act as a catlyst to social and economic regeneration and demonstartes best practice in design and conservation work,
Peakland Heritage is provided by Derbyshire County Council's Libraries & Heritage Department, the British Library and the Peak District National Park Authority. It focuses on living and working in the Peak, the major part that the area has played in history and the way that the lanscape has changed over the years.
Discover Derbyshire and the Peak District contains a lot of interesting and useful local information.
North East Derbyshire Industrial Archaeology Society NEDIAS brings together like-minded individuals who have an interest in the subject at whatever level, from the curious, to those who already have extensive knowledge.
Discover East Midlands provides comprehensive tourist information.
Peak District View is a comprehensive guide to the Peak District National Park, Derbyshire and the surrounding countryside.
The iknow-peakdistrict website contains a wide range of information on tourist facilities in the area.
Mike Higginbottom Interesting Times offers a range of architectural and social history themed tours for individuals and couples who wish to visit places of interest in congenial company, using comfortable hotels or adult college-accommodation with car-parking and practical access by public transport.
Mike's tours give the opportunity to see more in a short time than guests could plan individually, and wherever possible to share historical touring experiences not accessible to individual members of the public.
Other Sites of Local Interest
The writer Alison Uttley (1884 - 1976) was born and educated locally. She wrote a series of tales about animals for children, including Little Grey Rabbit. You can find out more about her here and here.
