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Darley Dale

Darley Dale, formerly Darley, is a town and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England, with a population of 5,413.

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The place

Darley Dale, formerly Darley, is a town and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England, with a population of 5,413. It lies north of Matlock, on the River Derwent and the A6 road. The town forms part of a built-up area with both Matlock and Rowsley.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Darley Dale

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.

  1. 01
    Riber Castle

    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.

    5.5 km · building in Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Church of St Katherine

    St Katherine's Church, Rowsley is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Rowsley, Derbyshire.

    3.2 km · church building in Rowsley, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St Mary the Virgin's Church

    St Mary the Virgin's Church, South Darley is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in South Darley, Derbyshire. At the entrance to the churchyard is a memorial to the men from the parish who died in the two world wars.

    1.8 km · grade II listed church in South Darley, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Gulliver's Kingdom Resort

    Gulliver's Kingdom is a theme park aimed at children aged 3-13 in the Derbyshire village of Matlock Bath, England. The park was founded in 1978 by Ray and Hilary Phillips as a model village, before later expanding to include a small train and some second hand rides.

    5.7 km · Children's theme park resort in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    St Michael's Church, Birchover

    St Michael's Church, Birchover, also known as Rowtor Chapel, is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Birchover, Derbyshire. Located in the Peak District National Park, St Michael was built as a privately endowed chapel for the nearby Rowtor Hall.

    3.7 km · Grade II listed church in Birchover, Derbyshire Dales, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Holy Trinity Church, Stanton-in-Peak

    Holy Trinity Church, Stanton-in-Peak is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Stanton in Peak, Derbyshire.

    3.1 km · grade II listed building in Stanton, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Church of All Saints

    All Saints’ Church, Matlock Bank is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Matlock, Derbyshire.

    3.7 km · church building in Matlock Town, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Winster Hall

    Winster Hall is a Grade II* listed building in Winster, Derbyshire.

    4 km · house in Winster, Derbyshire Dales, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    St John the Baptist's Church, Winster

    St John the Baptist's Church, Winster is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Winster, Derbyshire.

    4.2 km · grade II listed church in Winster, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    All Saints' Church, Elton

    All Saints’ Church, Elton is a Grade II listed Church of England church in Elton, Derbyshire.

    5.4 km · church building in Elton, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Darley Dale

Airports
East Midlands (EMA), 41 km · Manchester (MAN), 50 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 78 km
Stations
Matlock Bath railway station, 5.5 km · Matlock railway station, 4 km · Darley Dale railway station, 700 m · Matlock Riverside railway station, 3.4 km · Rowsley South railway station, 1.3 km
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Darley Dale
    37 km · quickest by road, 1h 5m · £4–6
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Darley Dale
    56 km · quickest by road, 1h 55m · £6–8
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Darley Dale
    71 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · £9–13
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Darley Dale

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 Darley Dale. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Matlock, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-05.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    276 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    305 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    353 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    388 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    414 km

If you know how people move in Darley Dale – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Darley Dale

Darley Dale is 26 km from Sheffield, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Matlocktown in Derbyshire, England4.2 km
  • Winstervillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England4 km
  • Bonsallvillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England5.1 km
  • Birchovervillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England4 km
  • Beeleyvillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England4.2 km
  • Rowsleyvillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England2.9 km