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Annual Newsletter for the Derwent Valley Mills
It’s been another very busy year across the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. Our annual newsletter summarises some of the hard work that has been happening across the site with sites, partners, volunteers and even a famous face! We hope you’ll enjoy finding out what’s happened this year. We’re also looking ahead to an […]
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Changes to the Derwent Valley Line Train Timetable from the 14th December
EMR Timetable Changes are happening from Sunday 14th December. Full details are available from your usual ticket app of on EMR’s website for more details of service. https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/timetables
Investing in Peace and the Future: The National Lottery Heritage Fund marks £1 billion of support for UNESCO Sites and Programmes
As UNESCO marks its 80th anniversary, new analysis reveals that since 1994, The National Lottery Heritage Fund has invested over £1 billion in cultural and natural heritage projects within UNESCO sites across the United Kingdom, strengthening communities, protecting landscapes, and helping to build the conditions for long-term peace. Heritage, Culture, and Peacebuilding When UNESCO was […]
Job opportunity, Engagement Officer at Cromford Mills
There is an exciting opportunity at Cromford Mills, part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site in Derbyshire. Join the Arkwright Society as their Engagement Officer and be part of a once-in-a-generation project to transform historic mill buildings into a commercial and community uses for this heritage visitor attraction. The project aims to broaden […]
Belper 250 – Public Meeting, 7pm on the 15th September
A date for your diary! The next Belper 250 public meeting is on the 15th September at 7pm in the Strutts Centre, Belper. 2026 sees 250 years since the Strutts began building mills in Belper – a step towards becoming the World’s First Cotton Mill Town. Work has been progressing through 2025 on […]
New All Party Parliamentary Group for World Heritage
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for UNESCO World Heritage Sites was formed in June, prompted by concerns designated sites in the UK could be dropped by the international body. UNESCO – the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation – stripped Liverpool of its World Heritage Status in 2021 following the loss of some of its […]
2026 is Belper 250, a year of Celebration. Join in and help us to plan
2026 is a BIG year for Belper and the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. It is the 250th anniversary of the first cotton mill opening in Belper. It will be 300 years since the birth of Jedidiah Strutt, the man who transformed Belper into the world’s first cotton mill town. It is also 25 years […]
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