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.

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.
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.
- 01Riber 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 - 02Church 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 - 03St 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 - 04Gulliver'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 - 05St 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 - 06Holy 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 - 07Church 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 - 08Winster Hall
Winster Hall is a Grade II* listed building in Winster, Derbyshire.
4 km · house in Winster, Derbyshire Dales, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09St 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 - 10All 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.
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 Dale37 km · quickest by road, 1h 5m · £4–6
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Darley Dale56 km · quickest by road, 1h 55m · £6–8
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Darley Dale71 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · £9–13
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
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.
- 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.
- 01276 km
- 02305 km
- 03353 km
- 04388 km
- 05414 km
If you know how people move in Darley Dale – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
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