Grindleford

A three-arched bridge over the Derwent spans a river crossing used since the 1300s, and Gryndelford Bridge appears in the story of a highwayman with a purse, and almost a heart, of gold. The main road through Grindleford later became the Buxton/Sheffield turnpike, with travellers paying their dues at a roadside house still known as Toll Bar Cottage. A short distance from Grindleford railway station is Padley Chapel, site of an annual July Pilgrimage commemorating three Roman Catholic martyred priests, two of whom were caught in hiding at Padley Hall, since fallen into ruin.