Plans for the Belper Mills complex have been approved subject to conditions. The proposals include homes in the East Mill, a visitor centre and offices in the North Mill, and leisure and commercial uses in Strutt House, with sustainable travel and cycle access an important part of the scheme.
The Derwent Valley Trust was the brainchild of Graham Knight (1949 – 2009). Graham worked in local radio in Nottingham and Derby and whilst undertaking an MA in Conservation Management, produced a list of places of historical interest within the wider river corridor. He thought that this valuable heritage should be better known and shared…
The Mills of Britain database provides an interactive resource displaying mill locations compiled from select digitised eighteenth and nineteenth century maps. This was created as part of the “Away from the water” project at Glasgow University. As well as providing background information on the mills within the Derwent Valley (and across the rest of Great…
Derbyshire aims to be the UK’s most connected cycling county but the only UNESCO World Heritage Site in Derbyshire (and in the East Midlands) has totally inadequate cycling provision England has only 18 sites inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites and Derbyshire is honoured to be the location of one of them, the Derwent Valley…
Derby Museums have recently been successful in adding two paintings by Joseph Wright to their collection. These show views of the Derwent Valley (Masson Mill and Willersley Castle) that will be visible from the proposed Derwent Valley Cycleway. The paintings can be viewed at Derby Museum Looking forward to seeing the same views from the…