Rowsley

Rowsley
Rowsley
	The Peacock Hotel
	Rowsley Location within Derbyshire
Population	507 (2011)
OS grid reference	SK258659
District	Derbyshire Dales;
Shire county	Derbyshire;
Region	East Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MATLOCK
Postcode district	DE4
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Derbyshire Dales;
	List of places UK England Derbyshire 53°11′24″N 1°36′50″W / 53.190°N 1.614°W

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Monsal Trail

Legend

Midland Railway

← Buxton│Peak Forest →

Topley Pike junction

Chee Tor No. 1 tunnel

Millers Dale

Millers Dale viaducts

Litton Tunnel

(

516 yd

472 m

)

Cressbrook Tunnel

(

471 yd

431 m

)

Monsal Dale

Headstone Viaduct

Headstone Tunnel

(

533 yd

487 m

)

Great Longstone

Hassop

Bakewell

Coombs Road viaduct

(end of trail)

Haddon Tunnel

(

1058 yd

967 m

)

(closed)

(proposed extension)

Peak Rail line

Sources^[1]^[2]

Rowsley (/ˈroʊzli/) is a village on the A6 road in the English county of Derbyshire. The population as at the 2011 census was 507.^[3]

It is at the point where the River Wye flows into the River Derwent and prospered from mills on both. The border of the Peak District National Park runs through the village west of the River Wye and immediately to the north of Chatsworth Road. The Peak District Boundary Walk goes through the village.^[4]

Overview

Notable features are the bridge over the River Derwent, St Katherine's Church, Rowsley and the Grade-II*-listed^[5] Peacock hotel, originally built in 1652 as a manor house by John Stevenson, agent to Lady Manners, whose family crest bearing a peacock gives it its name. Both Longfellow and Landseer are said to have stayed there. Nearby is Chatsworth House, home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire.

It was the site of an extensive motive power depot and marshalling yard, the first being built by the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway with a railway station designed by Joseph Paxton in 1849. This was replaced by a new station when the line was extended northwards in 1862. It was frequently used by King Edward VII when he visited Chatsworth House. The original station became a goods depot until 1968, when it was used as a contractor's yard. It then became the centrepiece of a shopping development known as Peak Village.

Railway stations

Rowsley South

Rowsley South is the current northern terminus of the preserved heritage railway Peak Rail, and is located about a quarter-mile south of the village itself. Running for a length of four miles between Rowsley and Matlock, it is projected that the heritage railway will run into Rowsley proper in the near future. In the long term, the A6 presents the greatest challenge to the organisation, as a new bridge is required to be built over it in order to reach the viaduct which crosses the River Derwent and thence the trackbed that runs through the Duke of Rutland's estate to Bakewell.