historical place museum in New Houghton

Stone tools & animal remains found in the caves tell the fascinating story of life during the last Ice Age between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago.

Sir Richard Arkwright’s Masson Mills are the Gateway to Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site with a museum shopping village and conference centre.

Pleasley Colliery was sunk in the 1870s and produced coal until 1983. It is now a heritage coal mining museum site run by the Trust