Geography
The River Derwent, with its sources on Bleaklow in the Dark Peak flows southward to Derby and then to the River Trent. The geology of this section in the Derbyshire Dales is that of limestone, and the river has cut itself a deep valley and is fast flowing. The valley floor hosts the A6 trunk road, which was the main road between London and Manchester in former times, and also the Cromford Canal and the Derwent Valley Line linking Derby and Matlock. The Via Gellia dry valley joins the Derwent at Cromford.
The village of Cromford lies to the south of the A6 and the river on land rising from 80m to 150m above mean sea level. It is 27 km north of Derby, 3 km south of Matlock and 1 km south of Matlock Bath. Trains operate from Cromford Station, on the north bank of the Derwent to Derby and Nottingham.
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