Peak Rail
Peak Rail is a heritage railway company. Inside Matlock’s built-up area is where it stands. Look also at Chatsworth House, 11 km away, first of 45 more within 15 km.
Heritage railway in Matlock
Inside Matlock
Peak Rail is inside Matlock’s built-up area, with 14 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.
Month by month
Expect highs of 18–21°C in Matlock from June to September.
Peak Rail
Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 3 languages.
- Type
- Heritage railway
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 3 languages
- Town
- in Matlock
- Official site
- peakrail.co.uk
Locating Peak Rail
Orange marks Peak Rail, and the numbered points match the list of places below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Matlock’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
The nearest towns
In size, Matlock comes first of the 8, with 11,990 people. Each town here links to its own guide.
Matlock
Matlock Bath
Tansley
Darley Dale
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Peak Rail is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matlock | It’s in town | 11,990 | 21 |
| Matlock Bath | 1.1 km south of it | 671 | 17 |
| Tansley | 1.7 km east of it | 1,176 | 16 |
| Darley Dale | 1.9 km northwest of it | 3,985 | 17 |
| Bonsall | 2.4 km southwest of it | 277 | 18 |
| Cromford | 3 km south of it | 1,395 | 18 |
| Middleton | 4.2 km southwest of it | 893 | 16 |
| Holloway | 4.4 km southeast of it | 518 | 20 |
What else is near Peak Rail
Choose from 45 places within 15 km, such as 3 historic houses, 3 museums and a theme park.
Historic houseChatsworth House11 km away2
Historic houseRiber Castle1.5 km away3
MuseumNational Tramway Museum6.7 km away4Historic houseHistoric houseHaddon Hall8.7 km away5
Theme parkGulliver's Kingdom2.3 km away6
MuseumPeak District Mining Museum2.1 km away7
Heritage railwaySteeple Grange Light Railway4.8 km away8
MuseumNational Stone Centre5.1 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions about Peak Rail
Where is Peak Rail?
Peak Rail is in Matlock, Derbyshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Peak Rail?
Heritage railway company.
When is the best time to visit Peak Rail?
June to September are the warmest months in Matlock, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Peak Rail?
Within 15 km: Chatsworth House (11 km), Riber Castle (1.5 km), National Tramway Museum (6.7 km) and Haddon Hall (8.7 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 (8)
- Peak Rail: Beryl Allcoat, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chatsworth House: Rprof, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Riber Castle: AxG at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- National Tramway Museum: Mark Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gulliver's Kingdom: PLTRON, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peak District Mining Museum: Fleur Piercy, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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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