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The Valley is exceptionally rich in wildlife with ash and oak woodlands, charming villages, flower rich pastures and flowing streams; home to the internationally recognised Derwent Valley Mills, the only World Heritage Site in the East Midlands. Whether your interests are walking, cycling, history or wildlife the Valley is the perfect choice ...
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The Derwent Valley is an area of contrasts, united by the river which flows through
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The Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site is a powerful learning resource,
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About Our World Heritag
The Derwent Valley Mills and the surrounding landscape were inscribed
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Where to Visit in the Derw
Where to Visit in the Derwent Valley. If you’re unsure where to visit in the
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Arkwrights Cromford Mills . Discover the birthplace of the factory system and how
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What’s On
The Lampedusa Cross UK tour. Made from the remnants of a boat carrying refugees
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Access for All
Access for All. Due to the historic nature of the World Heritage Site and the
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Getting There
Throughout the week visitors from other surrounding towns and cities can
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Derwent Valley Mills - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
2018-6-16 · Derwent Valley Mills The Derwent Valley in central England contains a series of 18th- and 19th- century cotton mills and an industrial landscape of high historical and technological interest. The modern factory owes its origins to the mills at Cromford, where Richard Arkwright's inventions were first put into industrial-scale production.
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Derwent Valley Mills - World Heritage Site - Pictures ...
Derwent Valley Mills comprises a well-preserved historic landscape of industrial buildings and worker's houses. The story of the Derwent Valley Mills starts in 1771, when Richard Arkwright began to build a water powered mill for spinning cotton at Cromford.
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Derwent Valley Mills - Maps - UNESCO World Heritage
2022-1-31 · The Derwent Valley in central England contains a series of 18th- and 19th- century cotton mills and an industrial landscape of high historical and technological interest. The modern factory owes its origins to the ...
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Derwent Valley Mills - Videos - UNESCO World Heritage
2022-2-4 · The Derwent Valley in central England contains a series of 18th- and 19th- century cotton mills and an industrial landscape of high historical and technological interest. The modern factory owes its origins to the mills at Cromford, where Richard Arkwright's inventions were first put into industrial ...
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Belper - Derwent Valley Mills
Located in the Derwent Valley countryside, Belper is the world’s first Cotton Mill town. From history and heritage to the town centre of the modern day, the area has something to offer everyone. Walk the streets of the factory community created by the Strutt family for their mill workers from the 1780s.
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Homepage - Derwent Valley Tours
2021-9-16 · Join Derwent Valley Tours on an escorted tour around the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site.. Our Autumn Specials operate on Thursdays and Saturdays in September and October. (See the schedule below). Tours are limited to 10 guests in a 16-seater minibus, and to protect our guests, tour guides and driver we will continue to apply a number of Covid
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Derwent Valley Mills | World Heritage UK
Derwent Valley Mills. The Derwent valley, upstream from Derby on the southern edge of the Pennines, contains a series of 18th and 19th century cotton mills and an industrial landscape of high historical and technological significance. The four principal industrial settlements of Cromford, Belper, Milford, and Darley Abbey are articulated by the ...
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Derwent Valley Mills - World Heritage Site -
Derwent Valley Mills comprises a well-preserved historic landscape of industrial buildings and worker's houses. The story of the Derwent Valley Mills starts in 1771, when Richard Arkwright began to build a water powered mill for
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Derwent Valley Mills | Visitor Information & Tips for ...
The Derwent Valley Mills site also contains the housing for the workers that once worked in the mills and factories, the rural setting made this a necessity. Along with the housing facilities came the creation of the first industrial towns in a modern context. The houses and buildings that were used at the time are still there having survived ...
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Derwent Valley Mills - Maps - UNESCO World Heritage
2022-1-31 · The Derwent Valley in central England contains a series of 18th- and 19th- century cotton mills and an industrial landscape of high historical and technological interest. The modern factory owes its origins to the ...
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Derwent Valley Mills - Milford &
2022-2-6 · Derwent Valley Mills In December 2001, the Derwent Valley Mills in Derbyshire was inscribed on the World Heritage List. This international designation confirms the outstanding importance of this area as the birthplace
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Derwent Valley Mills - Documents - UNESCO World
Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. Decisions. 2010. 34COM 8E - Adoption of retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value. 2001. Report of the 25th Session of the Committee. 2001. 25COM XA - Derwent Valley Mills (United Kingdom) 2001.
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Derwent Valley Mills | Ancestors Voices
Cromford Mills Previously the Slave Trade Legacies family worked together to get Derwent Valley Mills Heritage Site (DVMHS) to recognise that the cotton used within their mills was harvested by enslaved African people on cotton plantations in the Caribbean. Through their hard work a mural wall was produced and put up at the DVMHS Visitors
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Homepage - Derwent Valley Tours
2021-9-16 · Join Derwent Valley Tours on an escorted tour around the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site.. Our Autumn Specials operate on Thursdays and Saturdays in September and October. (See the schedule below). Tours are limited to 10 guests in a 16-seater minibus, and to protect our guests, tour guides and driver we will continue to apply a number of Covid
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A Book and Exhibition to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of ...
2022-1-1 · Photographers Ashley Franklin and Ian Daisley - both based in the Derwent Valley - are working with the Arkwright Society to publish the first ever photo book of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site in 2022, as the World Heritage Site celebrates its 20th anniversary.
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Derwent Valley Line Community Rail Partnership
2022-2-4 · The Derwent Valley offers outstanding landscape, history and wildlife, where the lowland meadows and gentle rolling hills of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site meet the more rugged uplands of the Peak District National Park. Alight at any station and explore the numerous walks or visit one of the fabulous tourist attractions.
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Derwent Valley Mills | World Heritage UK
Derwent Valley Mills. The Derwent valley, upstream from Derby on the southern edge of the Pennines, contains a series of 18th and 19th century cotton mills and an industrial landscape of high historical and technological significance. The four principal industrial settlements of Cromford, Belper, Milford, and Darley Abbey are articulated by the ...
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Derwent Valley Mills (Lea) - 2022 All You Need
Lovely old mills the Derwent valley formed a great history for this area of Belper and the mills now sports lovely old antiquities over 4 floors of the old mill adequate free parking, some old machinery still in situ. Read more. Written
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Derwent Valley Mills | Derwent Valley CRP
2022-2-8 · Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site runs over 15 miles between Derby and Matlock Bath. The World Heritage Site contains a fascinating series of historic mill complexes in Derby Belper and Cromford which can be accessed from their local station. These include some of the world’s first ‘modern’ factories, where water power was first ...
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Derwent Valley Mills - Milford &
2022-2-6 · Derwent Valley Mills In December 2001, the Derwent Valley Mills in Derbyshire was inscribed on the World Heritage List. This international designation confirms the outstanding importance of this area as the birthplace
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Derwent Valley Mills | Visitor Information & Tips for ...
The Derwent Valley Mills site also contains the housing for the workers that once worked in the mills and factories, the rural setting made this a necessity. Along with the housing facilities came the creation of the first industrial towns in a modern context. The houses and buildings that were used at the time are still there having survived ...
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The Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site - Visit Peak ...
The Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site The East Midlands only UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is the birthplace of the modern factory. Each mill has its own story to tell; stories of pioneering engineers and entrepreneurs who set off a chain of events that changed how we live and work forever.
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Gateway to Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site ...
The Derwent Valley Mills are the birthplace of the factory system and were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2001.. It was in the Derwent Valley that – thanks to pioneering work by Richard Arkwright, Jedediah Strutt, the Lombe brothers and others – the essential ingredients of factory production were successfully combined. Water Power was applied and successfully
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Derwent Valley Mills Heritage Site Educational Trust ...
The Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site Educational Trust is a registered Charity established in 2003 to provide carefully researched publications about the history of the Derwent Valley. Latest Publication. Matlock Bath - A Perfectly Romantic Place.
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A Book and Exhibition to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of ...
2022-1-1 · Photographers Ashley Franklin and Ian Daisley - both based in the Derwent Valley - are working with the Arkwright Society to publish the first ever photo book of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site in 2022, as the World Heritage Site celebrates its 20th anniversary.
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Derwent Valley Mills - Derbyshire UK
2020-11-10 · Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site The Derwent Valley in Derbyshire contains a series of 18th- and 19th- century cotton mills and an industrial landscape of high historical and technological interest. The mills
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