Darley Dale

Home to a working carriage museum with vehicles used in period films from Jane Eyre to Pride and Prejudice and by passengers from Santa Claus to the Tweenies, Darley Dale is almost a town in its own right. It has any number of shops, garden centres, several pubs and eateries, handsome Victorian properties such as a hotel and a landmark former hydro, and the extensive Whitworth Park - one of its connections with the great engineer Sir Joseph Whitworth (see Churchtown). Peak Rail has a station at Darley Dale and another further along the line at Northwood, with steam trains operating throughout the year.