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1. The History Formally known as Coalpit Rake (and not to be confused with "Coalpithole Rake" near Castleton), this complex lead mine is located close to the Derbyshire town of Matlock Bath. The mine dates back to the 16th and 17th centuries, and may have been mined as far back as the 14th...

1. The History Located on the valley above Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, Wapping Mine is an old shaft and adit working on the Moletrap Rake. It is a typical rake and pipe-vein working. It is believed that the mine was being worked as early as 1750's, most likely for the extraction of galena. Typical...

RBS Bank, Matlock, Derbyshire - July 2025 Some more Matlock junk from the summer... This classical Georgian building dates back to the late 1700s and was originally known as ‘Riversdale House’ and was first a private dwelling, then a small boarding school before becoming a bank in around 1882...

Chatsworth Hall, Matlock, Derbyshire - July 2025 The history of this site can be traced back to 1857, when it was opened as a ‘hydro’ trading as ‘Poplar Cottage Hydropathic Establishment’ and later as ‘Jeff’s Poplar Hydro’ and then finally as ‘Chatsworth Hydro’. Hydropathic hotels were popular...

Lumsdale Mill aka ‘Farnsworth’s Bleachworks’, Matlock, Derbyshire - Summer 2025 Despite the fact that this site is referred to by the two aforementioned names already, its last use was neither as a bleach works nor as a ‘mill’ as such - it was in fact used as a printing works and occupied by...

Massons Mine Complex, The old mines and caverns under Masson Hill have been worked since 1470, mined for various resources including lead and later Fluorspar, workings at the upper end have been breached by modern mining methods where the ground was quarried this has intercepted several adits...

John Smedley East Mill, Matlock, Derbyshire - July 2024 ‘John Smedley ltd has been producing textiles in a quiet corner of rural Derbyshire for the last 237 years. Originally established as a cotton mill, but a wool spinning mill for most of its history, John Smedley can claim to be the oldest...

1. The History Formally known as Coalpit Rake, this interesting lead mine dates back to the 16th and 17th centuries, and may have been mined as far back as the 14th century. The workings are orientated along a WSW-ENE axis for a distance of approximately half-a-kilometre, it is a complex series...

After a while out of the game for various other commitments, we decided it was time to get back into it and choose Wapping and Cumberland as a good explore to ease back into it. This is a return visit for ourselves and so we knew the route quite well by this point. I'd highly recommend a visit...

1. The History The works are located on the east bank of the River Derwent, immediately to the north of Matlock Bath, and are accessed from a metalled road off the main approach to Matlock Bath Railway Station or via footbridge over the river from Dale Road (A6). The site was originally known...

Hi wapping mine was my first underground experience would like to move to the next adventure what do you suggest ppl? From Alfreton

Some History About The Place Permanite Asphalt was incorporated as Padbow Limited in 1989 and used this site to manufacture asphalt products, mainly flooring blocks that were used as waterproofing. In 2009 the company left the site and dissolved in 2016, leaving the factory behind. The site...

Valley Foundry The company dates back to just after the second world war when the iron founding operation specialised in making cast iron pipes for the water industry. In 1950 the foundry was acquired by new owners with the aim of supply castings to their railway wagon building business. A...

Introduction On a trip to Derbyshire to cover a few locations back in September last year, me and @V50jake visited this old Asphalt Works. History & Information This place has been done to death over the years and I'm pretty late to the party so I won’t go into too much detail. The Permanite...

1. The History Spinney level, also known as Anglo-Saxon Mine and Haslowfield Mine, is an old lead mine just south of Via Gellia, Cromford. Mining activity here dates back to the 18th century. Located in Hopton wood, there is the remains of a ruined coe by the road. The level is an old 'coffin'...