Ashford-in-the-Water
Ashford-in-the-Water is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Peak District, England.
Ashford-in-the-Water is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Peak District, England. The village is on the River Wye, 2 miles (3 km) north-west of Bakewell. It is known for the quarrying of Ashford Black Marble, and for the maidens' garlands made to mark the deaths of virgins in the village until 1801. Some of these are preserved in the parish church. The civil parish population taken at the 2011 Census was 559.
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Worth seeing in and around Ashford-in-the-Water
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Bakewell Castle
Bakewell Castle was in the town of Bakewell, Derbyshire. It was a motte and bailey castle.
2.7 km · motte-and-bailey castle in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Bakewell Bridge
Bakewell Bridge is a Grade I listed stone arch bridge spanning the River Wye in Bakewell, Derbyshire. The bridge is also a scheduled monument.
2.6 km · Grade I listed bridge in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England · Wikipedia - 03Bakewell Old House Museum
The Bakewell Old House Museum in the town of Bakewell in Derbyshire is a typical 16th-century yeoman's house that now houses a museum. It tells the story of the house as well as the lives of people from Bakewell and this part of the Peak District.
2.3 km · Grade II* listed building and museum in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of St Anne
St Anne's Church, Over Haddon is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Over Haddon, Derbyshire.
3.4 km · church building in Over Haddon, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05All Saints Church, Bakewell
All Saints' Church, Bakewell, is the parish church of Bakewell, Derbyshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building.
2.4 km · Grade I listed church in Bakewell, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Fin Cop
Fin Cop is a hill and an associated Iron Age hill fort in Monsal Dale, close to Ashford in the Water in Derbyshire, England. The fort shows evidence of hurried construction, indicating a defensive response to a real threat, rather than the more usual assumption that such forts were a display of status and prestige.
2.3 km · mountain in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07Lumford Mill
Lumford Mill was a historic cotton mill at Bakewell in Derbyshire, England. In 1777, Richard Arkwright leased a stretch of land by the River Wye from Philip Gell of Hopton.
1.4 km · mill building in Hassop, Derbyshire Dales, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08St Giles' Church, Longstone
St Giles’ Church, Longstone is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Great Longstone, Derbyshire.
2.3 km · Grade I listed church in Derbyshire Dales, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09Church of All Saints, Hassop
The Church of All Saints is a Roman Catholic parish church in Hassop, Derbyshire. Built in 1816–17, the architect was Joseph Ireland.
3.8 km · Catholic church in Hassop, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Hassop Hall
Hassop Hall is a 17th-century country house near Bakewell, Derbyshire, which was operated as a hotel until it closed on 29 September 2019. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3.7 km · country house in Hassop, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ashford-in-the-Water
- Airports
- Manchester (MAN), 40 km · East Midlands (EMA), 51 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 71 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Ashford-in-the-Water45 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · £5–7
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Ashford-in-the-Water48 km · quickest by road, 1h 27m · £6–8
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Ashford-in-the-Water64 km · quickest by road, 1h 49m · £8–11
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ashford-in-the-Water. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inRailway stations at for the town or (1.5 miles S) for the scenic Derwent gorge area, the Heights of Abraham attraction, caves and cable car service.
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Next door to Ashford-in-the-Water
Ashford-in-the-Water is 24 km from Sheffield, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Sheldonvillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England2.4 km
- Great Longstonevillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England2.1 km
- Over Haddonvillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England3.3 km
- Little Longstonevillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England2.1 km
- Hassopvillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England3.8 km