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A Matlock Gallery (click here to send in your photos)
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Cuckoostone Valley
Cuckoostone Valley
Bentley Brook; Cuckoostone Valley
Cuckoostone Valley in winter
Ruin of barn; Cuckoostone
Collapsed dam; Lumsdale
Lower Falls; Lumsdale
Lower Falls; Lumsdale
Artists' Corner
Artists' Corner
Bandstand; Hall Leys Park
Gardens; Hall Leys Park
Former Bank Road Tram Shelter
Bandstand; Hall Leys Park
Boating Lake; Hall Leys Park
Riber Castle from Boating Lake; Hall Leys Park
Giddy Edge; High tor
Derwent Valley from Giddy Edge
High Tor
Matlock Bank from Pic Tor War Memorial
Roman Cave, High Tor
Roman Cave, former lead mine
Peak District Lead Mining Museum
Former miner's coe; to keep animals below and store tools above
Riber Castle from Starkholmes
Riber Castle
Willersley Castle from River Derwent
Willersley Castle
St Giles' Churchyard; Old Matlock
Lychgate; St Giles' Church
Wheatsheaf House (1681)
Duke William, Old Matlock
Tufa mound; Fishpond
Tufa Grotto; Derwent Gardens
Porous tufa rock; Derwent Gardens
Petrifying Well & Thermal Baths
Smedley's Hydro, with Rockside behind
Smedley's Hydro, with Rockside behind
Smedley's Hydro
Smedley's Hydro
Smedley's Winter Garden
Rockside Hydro
The former Lilybank Hydro
The former Jackson House Hydro
The former Oldham House Hydro
Chatsworth Hall (front)
Rutland Court; formerly Matlock House Hydro, etc.
Heights of Abraham Visitor Attraction
Cable cars
Heights of Abraham
Victoria Tower; Heights of Abraham
River Derwent & Heights of Abraham
Heights of Abraham from South Parade (ca.1895)(US Library of Congress)
Derwent Valley from High Tor
Cable cars over Derwent Valley
Starkholmes from Heights of Abraham
Cable Car Base Station
Petrifying Well & Thermal Baths
Matlock Bath Aquarium
Heights of Abraham Theme Park
Peak District Lead Mining Museum
Peak District Lead Mining Museum
Gulliver's Kingdom Family Theme Park
Map of Matlock Bath Attractions
Original start point of Limestone Way
Limestone Way
High Tor & Lovers' Walk
Engine Shed; High Peak Trail
Just one of several trails booklets from MCA
Arkwright's Mill; Cromford
Masson Mill
Masson Mill
Arkwright's Mill
Smedley's Mill (Lea Bridge)
Former Tram Shelter
Former Tram Shelter (now in Hall Leys Park)
Top of the Tramway(now Matlock Green Garage)
Bale out time....
Sitting, standing, paddling
Santas' late delivery round
The Norse invaders are back
