A walk led by Lynn Willies of the Peak District Mines Historical Society.
The NSC, a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest, has half a dozen small limestone quarries worked for both ornamental and lump stone and for aggregate, with early road and rail links, tramway and ropeway remains, hand and machine drilled faces, remains of buildings and a rock-shelter. There is both an early limekiln and later triple kilns. The route will follow the Cromford and High Peak Railway for a short distance and also see the unused (?) railway incline intended to link the CHPR with the Midland Railway at Wirksworth. Generally easy walking over two miles, but with some short steep slopes on rough surfaces. Good walking shoes or boots please.
Meet at 1.00 pm outside the National Stone Centre café building. The walk will take about 3 hours. Fee-charged car parking available on-site. The NSC is reached via Porter Lane to Middleton and Ashbourne from the top of the hill on the road between Cromford and Wirksworth. Postcode is DE4 4LS but beware some SatNavs may not process this postcode correctly – what3words location is ///advantage.harnessed.doing. There is a café and toilet facilities at the National Stone Centre as well as a shop with some geology books.
20 places available - £5 per person pay on the day exact change in cash but please still book on Eventbrite to reserve a place.
Organised by the Industrial Archaeology Section