Life in a Lens Museum of Photography & Old Times, Matlock Bath

#6 among attractions in Matlock Bath

Specialty museum, Museum, Science museum, Art museum

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The Life in a Lens Museum of Photography and Old Times was a museum in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, England. Opened in 2001, the museum was dedicated to presenting the history of photography from 1839 to around the beginning of the digital age until its closure between 2017 and 2018. ()

Coordinates: 53°7'16"N, 1°33'46"W

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114-118 North ParadeMatlock Bath DE4 3NS United Kingdom

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+44 1629 583325

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Life in a Lens Museum of Photography & Old Times – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Gulliver's Kingdom, Cromford Mill, Masson Mill, Great Masson Cavern.

~1390 ftS
Amusement park
Gulliver's Kingdom, Matlock Bath
7 min walk • Gulliver's Kingdom is a theme park aimed at children aged 3 to 13 in the Derbyshire town of Matlock Bath, England. The park was founded in 1978 by Ray Phillips as a model village for his children.
0.9 miS
Museum, Historical place, Fashion museum
Cromford Mill, Cromford
23 min walk • Cromford Mill, nestled in the scenic town of Cromford in the United Kingdom, stands as a testament to the country's rich industrial heritage. This historic cotton mill, established by Sir Richard Arkwright in 1771, is recognized as the world's first successful...
0.6 miS
Museum, History museum, Fashion museum
Masson Mill, Cromford
16 min walk • Sir Richard Arkwright's Masson Mill is a water-powered cotton spinning mill situated on the west bank of the River Derwent in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire in England. This mill was built in 1783. It forms part of the Derwent Valley Mills, a World Heritage Site.
~1350 ftNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Great Masson Cavern, Matlock Bath
7 min walk • Great Masson Cavern is one of two caves at the Heights of Abraham, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, England. The other is Great Rutland Cavern. Great Masson Cavern is notable for its lack of stalactites and stalagmites, as the cave is coated in a clay-like substance that inhibits deposition.
0.8 miSE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Derwent Valley Heritage Way, Cromford
22 min walk • The Derwent Valley Heritage Way is a 55 miles waymarked footpath along the Derwent Valley through the Peak District. The walk starts from Ladybower Reservoir in the Peak District National Park via Chatsworth, the scenery around the Derbyshire Dales, and through the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site.
~1140 ftN
Playground, Cable car, Park
Heights of Abraham, Matlock Bath
6 min walk • The Heights of Abraham is a tourist attraction in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, England. It consists of a hilltop park on top of Masson Hill, accessed from the village by either the Heights of Abraham cable car or a steep zig-zag path.
~660 ftS
Cave, Children's museum, History museum
Peak District Lead Mining Museum, Matlock Bath
4 min walk • The Peak District Lead Mining Museum is located at Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, England. The museum has a mockup of a lead mine in which children may safely experience and explore how the miners, and in particular how children, were used in this dangerous aspect of England's industrial past.
0.9 miNE
Forts and castles, Gothic Revival architecture
Riber Castle, Matlock
24 min walk • Riber Castle is a 19th-century Grade II listed country house in the hamlet of Riber on a hill overlooking Matlock, Derbyshire. It is built of gritstone from a local quarry which was pulled up the 200-metre hill by a series of pulleys.
~1420 ftS
Architecture, Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Holy Trinity Church, Matlock Bath
7 min walk • Holy Trinity Church, Matlock Bath is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire.
0.9 miS
Canal
Cromford Wharf, Cromford
23 min walk • Cromford Wharf is at Cromford in Derbyshire, England. It is located at the northern terminus of the Cromford Canal, which opened in 1794 and ran 14.5 miles from here to the Erewash Canal in Derbyshire.
1 miNE
Church
St Giles' Church, Matlock
26 min walk • St Giles' Church, Matlock is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Matlock, Derbyshire.

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Nearby attractions include Peak District Lead Mining Museum, Matlock Bath (4 min walk), Grand Pavilion, Matlock Bath (4 min walk), Matlock Bath Illuminations, Matlock Bath (5 min walk), Heights of Abraham, Matlock Bath (6 min walk).