National Tramway Museum, Matlock

Name: National Tramway Museum
Address: Cromford Rd, Matlock, DE4 5DP, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1773 854321

#1 among attractions in Matlock

Top attraction, Specialty museum, Museum

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Facts and practical information

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. The museum's collection of trams runs through the village-setting with visitors transported out into the local countryside and back. The museum is operated by the Tramway Museum Society, a registered charity. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 53°5'21"N, 1°29'11"W

Address

Cromford RdMatlock DE4 5DP United Kingdom

Contact

+44 1773 854321

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Day trips

National Tramway Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cromford Mill, Masson Mill, Derwent Valley Heritage Way, Black Rocks.

3.2 miNW
Museum, Historical place, Fashion museum
Cromford Mill, Cromford
81 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...
3.5 miNW
Museum, History museum, Fashion museum
Masson Mill, Cromford
90 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.
3.1 miNW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Derwent Valley Heritage Way, Cromford
80 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.
3.2 miW
Natural attraction, Park, Hiking trail
Black Rocks, Cromford
83 min walk • Black Rocks, is a small outcrop of ashover gritstone, between Cromford and Wirksworth in Derbyshire, the Peak District, England.
1.9 miW
Historical place, Museum, Science museum
Leawood Pump House, Matlock
49 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.
3.2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, View point
Alport Height
81 min walk • 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.
3.6 miW
Church
St Mary's Church, Wirksworth
92 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.
3.6 miNW
Forts and castles, Gothic Revival architecture
Riber Castle, Matlock
91 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.
1.8 miS
Canal
Cromford Canal, Ambergate
46 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.
3.2 miNW
Canal
Cromford Wharf, Cromford
82 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.
1.8 miE
Ruins
Wingfield Manor, Alfreton
47 min walk • Wingfield Manor is a ruined manor house left deserted since the 1770s, near the village of South Wingfield and some four miles west of the town of Alfreton in the English county of Derbyshire. There is a working farm that forms part of the old manor.