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Group Accommodation in AmbergateThe small village of Ambergate in Derbyshire is situated six miles south of Matlock and ten miles north of Derby at the junction of the A6 trunk road and the A610 to Ripley, where the River Amber joins the River Derwent. Until the railways arrived in the early nineteenth century Ambergate was known as Toadmoor and consisted of just a few cottages. But in 1840 a railway station was built by the North Midland Railway Company called Amber Gate and the village of Ambergate was established. The railway now serves Matlock and Matlock Bath from Derby. St.Anne’s mission church opposite the railway station was built in 1892 and became the parish church in 1899. The Cromford Canal, running 14.5 miles from Cromford to the Erewash Canal was last used as a working waterway in 1944. The canal can be explored from the towpath between Cromford Wharf and Ambergate, a distance of just over five miles. Because of its wealth of industrial heritage Cromford Canal is part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage site as well as a nature reserve. |
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