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[title] => Along the Canal to Cromford
[content] => Distance: 3.5 miles (5.5km)
Ascent & Descent: Minimal
In Summary: This walk starts by the village of Whatstandwell, where the charming towpath of the Cromford canal follows the river Derwent. Built in the late 18th Century to link with the Erewash canal and then the River Trent, a tunnel collapse in the early twentieth century has left our section as a 5 mile long haven for nature. This is home to a wide range of wildflowers, insects, birds and even rare water voles. At High Peak Junction we pass a small workshop claimed to be the oldest railway workshop in the world. As the walk ends at Cromford wharf we can enjoy a cuppa and visit the world’s first water powered cotton mill.
Highlight: The Derwent Valley was one of birthplaces of the Industrial Revolution, for it was here that Richard Arkwright set up his pioneering cotton mill. Its importance is now recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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[title] => Middleton Top to Cromford
[content] => Distance: 4.5 miles (7km)
Ascent: 300 feet (80m)
Descent: 100 feet (300m)
In Summary: Middleton Top lies at the top of an incline, where once trains were hauled from below by a steaming winding engine of the former Cromford and High Peak railway. This walk descends the incline, with time to call in to the National Stone Centre. Spot the Millennium wall, many varieties of dry stone wall. The walk continues along the High Peak Trail and descends another incline to arrive at Cromford Canal, built in late 18th century. See Aqueduct cottage, former lock keeper’s dwelling, now restored by Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, before the walk takes the beautiful canal towpath and arrives at Cromford and Arkwright’s Mill.
Highlight: The Derwent Valley was one of birthplaces of the Industrial Revolution, for it was here that Richard Arkwright set up his pioneering cotton mill. Its importance is now recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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[title] => Crich Village, Cromford Canal and Cromford
[content] => Distance: 5.5 miles (9km)
Ascent: 350 feet (100m)
Descent: 800 feet (240m)
In Summary: This walk starts in the pretty village of Crich, with a history of lead mining and quarrying, and famous for it’s National Tramway Museum and a prominent memorial tower of the Sherwood Foresters Regiment. Admire the wide views here before descending, and passing through the atmospheric woodland around Duke’s Quarry, . The walk then joins the Cromford Canal and proceeds to Cromford and Arkwright’s Mill, as in Options 1 & 2.
Highlight: The Derwent Valley was one of birthplaces of the Industrial Revolution, for it was here that Richard Arkwright set up his pioneering cotton mill. Its importance is now recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Option 1 - Along the Canal to Cromford
Distance: 3.5 miles (5.5km)
Ascent & Descent: Minimal
In Summary: This walk starts by the village of Whatstandwell, where the charming towpath of the Cromford canal follows the river Derwent. Built in the late 18th Century to link with the Erewash canal and then the River Trent, a tunnel collapse in the early twentieth century has left our section as a 5 mile long haven for nature. This is home to a wide range of wildflowers, insects, birds and even rare water voles. At High Peak Junction we pass a small workshop claimed to be the oldest railway workshop in the world. As the walk ends at Cromford wharf we can enjoy a cuppa and visit the world’s first water powered cotton mill.
Highlight: The Derwent Valley was one of birthplaces of the Industrial Revolution, for it was here that Richard Arkwright set up his pioneering cotton mill. Its importance is now recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Option 2 - Middleton Top to Cromford
Distance: 4.5 miles (7km)
Ascent: 300 feet (80m)
Descent: 100 feet (300m)
In Summary: Middleton Top lies at the top of an incline, where once trains were hauled from below by a steaming winding engine of the former Cromford and High Peak railway. This walk descends the incline, with time to call in to the National Stone Centre. Spot the Millennium wall, many varieties of dry stone wall. The walk continues along the High Peak Trail and descends another incline to arrive at Cromford Canal, built in late 18th century. See Aqueduct cottage, former lock keeper’s dwelling, now restored by Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, before the walk takes the beautiful canal towpath and arrives at Cromford and Arkwright’s Mill.
Highlight: The Derwent Valley was one of birthplaces of the Industrial Revolution, for it was here that Richard Arkwright set up his pioneering cotton mill. Its importance is now recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Option 3 - Crich Village, Cromford Canal and Cromford
Distance: 5.5 miles (9km)
Ascent: 350 feet (100m)
Descent: 800 feet (240m)
In Summary: This walk starts in the pretty village of Crich, with a history of lead mining and quarrying, and famous for it’s National Tramway Museum and a prominent memorial tower of the Sherwood Foresters Regiment. Admire the wide views here before descending, and passing through the atmospheric woodland around Duke’s Quarry, . The walk then joins the Cromford Canal and proceeds to Cromford and Arkwright’s Mill, as in Options 1 & 2.
Highlight: The Derwent Valley was one of birthplaces of the Industrial Revolution, for it was here that Richard Arkwright set up his pioneering cotton mill. Its importance is now recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Lee Wood Hotel 
