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Ashford-in-the-Water
Village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England

Ashford-in-the-Water

Ashford-in-the-Water is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Peak District, England.

Plan a trip to Ashford-in-the-Water→From Manchester, Greater Manchester

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.

How locals move

Getting around Ashford-in-the-Water the local way

  • 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. Last edited 2026-05.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Cmao20 (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.