Alport Height

#691 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, View point, Mountain

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Alport Height is a hill near Wirksworth in Derbyshire. It is a popular picnic site, since it has extensive views to the South, and is the first hill over 1,000 ft within easy reach of the Derby area. Like Shining Cliff Woods, 2 km to the east, it is in the care of the National Trust. It was one of their first acquisitions in Derbyshire, acquired in 1930. ()

Elevation: 1030 ftCoordinates: 53°3'40"N, 1°32'46"W

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Alport Height – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: National Tramway Museum, Derwent Valley Mills, Derwent Valley Heritage Way, Belper North Mill.

3.2 miNE
Specialty museum, Museum
National Tramway Museum, Matlock
81 min walk • The National Tramway Museum is a tram museum located at Crich, Derbyshire, England. The museum contains over 60 trams built between 1873 and 1982 and is set within a recreated period village containing a working pub, cafe, old-style sweetshop and tram depots.
3.3 miSE
, Museum, Fashion museum
Derwent Valley Mills, Belper
84 min walk • Derwent Valley Mills is a World Heritage Site along the River Derwent in Derbyshire, England, designated in December 2001. It is administered by the Derwent Valley Mills Partnership.
3.4 miN
Hiking, Hiking trail
Derwent Valley Heritage Way, Cromford
88 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.
3.3 miSE
Museum, Fashion museum
Belper North Mill, Belper
85 min walk • Belper North Mill, also known as Strutt's North Mill in Belper, is one of the Derwent Valley Mills, given UNESCO World Heritage Status in 2001. The mill is sited in Belper, a town in Derbyshire, England, roughly halfway between Derby and Matlock.
2.7 miN
Natural attraction, Park, Hiking trail
Black Rocks, Cromford
68 min walk • Black Rocks, is a small outcrop of ashover gritstone, between Cromford and Wirksworth in Derbyshire, the Peak District, England.
2.6 miN
Historical place, Museum, Science museum
Leawood Pump House, Matlock
66 min walk • The Leawood Pump House was built near Cromford, Derbyshire, England in 1849 to supply water to the Cromford Canal, built some 50 years previously. It is a Grade II* listed building.
1.8 miNW
Church
St Mary's Church, Wirksworth
46 min walk • St Mary the Virgin is a parish church in the Church of England in Wirksworth, Derbyshire. It is a Grade I listed building. The existing building dates mostly from the 13th–15th centuries, but notable survivals from the Anglo-Saxon period indicate a church has stood on this site since at least the 8th century AD.
2.7 miE
Canal
Cromford Canal, Ambergate
68 min walk • The Cromford Canal ran 14.5 miles from Cromford to the Erewash Canal in Derbyshire, England with a branch to Pinxton. Built by William Jessop with the assistance of Benjamin Outram, its alignment included four tunnels and 14 locks.
2.5 miNW
Specialty museum, Science museum, Museum
National Stone Centre, Wirksworth
64 min walk • The National Stone Centre is a museum, an industrial heritage discovery centre and a Site of Special Scientific Interest at Wirksworth, near Matlock Bath in Derbyshire.
3.3 miN
Canal
Cromford Wharf, Cromford
85 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.
2.4 miW
Church
Holy Trinity Church
62 min walk • Holy Trinity Church, Kirk Ireton, is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Kirk Ireton, Derbyshire.