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A beautiful semi-natural ancient woodland in the Lower Derwent Valley near Cromford. The woodland has a rich history. The woodland floor is carpeted with bluebells and wild daffodils in spring and home to northern wood ants and 96 species of fungi. Among its varied birds are several that are declining in numbers, including pied flycatcher which regularly breed in the wood, lesser spotted woodpeckers and spotted flycatchers.

Crich Memorial Tower was erected in 1923 to the memory of the 11,409 members of the Sherwood Foresters who gave their lives in the WWI.

The national tramway museum. From outside it looked like a very nice tourist attraction with fully working trams. Dogs are welcome.

Free parking right on the Cromford Canal path

Very pretty little wood, unusual due to the Duke's Quarries rockfaces. Nearby Cliff Quarry is the last one still working today, extracting Sandstone & Gritstone.

The Cromford Canal ran 14.5 miles (23.3 km) from Cromford just south of Matlock to the Erewash Canal. The canal was agreed in 1789 and completed by 1794. The canal mostly carried coal, iron and lead ore from the mines of the High Peak as well as spun cotton from the mills. The canal stopped being used commercially in the mid 1900's when railways took over. Some sections have been restored more recently and it's a very pleasant, flat and well surfaced trail to walk along.

Not a biking highlight as such, but a brilliant starting place near to the canal path and Shining Cliff woods and at the time of posting (May 2023) parking is £1.50 for all day on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank holidays

Claimed to be among the world’s oldest surviving railway workshops, the High Peak Junction Workshops were built around 1830 and are now faithfully restored to how they would have looked in the 1880s.