Matlock in the Peak District
Posted in Peak District Places on Jun 17th, 2008
On the edge of the Peak District National Park, you will find the beautiful town of Matlock, approximately 20 miles north of Derby.
It was up until around the 1830’s that Matlock was a hamlet whose prime industry was agricultural with quarrying and lead mining as subsidiary activities.
The building of mills at Cromford in the late [...]
