Arkwright Experience
Arkwright Experience, a museum, stands in Cromford. The surrounding 5 km hold 16 more places to visit. Nearby, Chatsworth House (14 km) leads the list.
Museum in Cromford
Inside Cromford
Arkwright Experience is inside Cromford’s built-up area, with 16 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The best months to visit
Warm weather in Cromford runs June to September, with highs of 17–21°C.
Arkwright Experience
Museum.
In Cromford, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Cromford
How to visit
Around Arkwright Experience, mapped
On this map, Arkwright Experience is orange and its neighbours are numbered.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Cromford’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Nearby towns
The biggest base of the 8 is Matlock (11,990 people). Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.
Cromford
Matlock Bath
Bonsall
Matlock
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Arkwright Experience is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cromford | It’s in town | 1,395 | 18 |
| Matlock Bath | 500 m north of it | 671 | 17 |
| Bonsall | 1.2 km northwest of it | 277 | 18 |
| Matlock | 1.3 km north of it | 11,990 | 21 |
| Wirksworth | 1.3 km south of it | 4,904 | 18 |
| Middleton | 1.9 km southwest of it | 893 | 16 |
| Holloway | 2.5 km east of it | 518 | 20 |
| Tansley | 3.2 km northeast of it | 1,176 | 16 |
Also near Arkwright Experience
Among the 42 within 15 km are 3 historic houses, 2 museums and a castle.
Historic houseChatsworth House14 km away2
MuseumNational Tramway Museum4.7 km away3
Historic houseRiber Castle2.3 km away4
Castle · National TrustDuffield Castle14 km away5
Theme parkGulliver's Kingdom1.1 km away6
Heritage railwaySteeple Grange Light Railway1.8 km away7Historic houseHistoric houseHaddon Hall11 km away8
MuseumNational Stone Centre2 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Asked about Arkwright Experience
Where is Arkwright Experience?
Arkwright Experience is in Cromford, Derbyshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Arkwright Experience?
Museum.
When is the best time to visit Arkwright Experience?
June to September are the warmest months in Cromford, with afternoon highs of 17–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Arkwright Experience?
Within 15 km: Chatsworth House (14 km), National Tramway Museum (4.7 km), Riber Castle (2.3 km) and Duffield Castle (14 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (7)
- Chatsworth House: Rprof, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Tramway Museum: Mark Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Riber Castle: AxG at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Duffield Castle: Mike Bardill, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gulliver's Kingdom: PLTRON, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steeple Grange Light Railway: Eamon Curry from Derby, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Stone Centre: Peter Barr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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