Each night in December a different window in the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site will be decorated and lit.

The maps below show where these windows are, click the star to find out what date they are lighting up so you can visit yourself in person. There’s also a list at the bottom of this page. If you can’t get out into the community you can follow along as the windows are revealed online on our main page here.  Every few days we’ll update the maps with pictures too. They’ll also be shared on our social media Facebook page. The first set of windows from the 1st to 10th December are around Cromford. From the 6th December onwards there are windows lighting up in Belper.

On the 13th December there will be two special windows as this marks 25 years of the Derwent Valley Mills becoming a World Heritage Site. In 2001, in Helsinki, UNESCO made the Derwent Valley Mills, Saltaire and New Lanark World Heritage Sites and we’re sharing a celebration together.

Windows will remain lit from their light up date up to and including the 1st January. So from the 24th December to 1st January you will be able to explore the communities with everything lit from 4pm to 10.30pm. Take a hot cuppa and explore our wonderful communities!

• 1st December – CROMFORD – The Boat Inn, Scarthin, Cromford
• 2nd December – CROMFORD – Oakhill, Intake Lane, Cromford, Derbyshire, DE4 3RH
• 3rd December – CROMFORD – weaveKNITit, Cromford Mills, Building 16, Mill Road, Cromford, DE4 3RQ
• 4th December – CROMFORD – Serendipity Coffee Shop, 36 Market Place, Cromford, DE4 3QE
• 5th December – CROMFORD – Greyhound Pub, Market Place, Cromford, DE4 3QE
• 6th December – CROMFORD, Cromford Mills, Mill Lane, Cromford DE4 3RQ
• 6th December – BELPER – 35 Wheeldon Avenue, Belper, DE56 1GX
• 7th December a – CROMFORD – Masson Mills, 41 Derby Road, Matlock Bath, DE4 3PY
• 7th December b – BELPER – Belper School and Sixth Form Centre, Kilbourne Road, John O’Gaunt’s Way, Belper
• 8th December a – CROMFORD – Q-Eye, 17 Market Place, Cromford
• 8th December b – BELPER – Unit 2E, North Mill, Bridgefoot, Belper, DE56 1YD
• 9th December a – CROMFORD – 80 The Hill, Cromford, DE4 3QU
• 9th December b – BELPER – Josi Micro Cafe, 18 Market Place, Belper, DE56 1FZ
• 10th December a – BELPER – 9 Beechwood Close, Belper, DE56 2TU
• 10th December b – CROMFORD – Scarthin Books, The Promenade, Scarthin, Cromford, DE4 3QF
• 11th December – BELPER – 12 Matlock Road, Belper, DE56 1BE
• 12th December – BELPER – Chevin Academy, 1a Strutts North Mill, Belper, DE56 1YD
• 13th December a – CROMFORD – Cromford Mills, Mill Lane, Cromford, DE4 3RQ
• 13th December b – BELPER – Unit 2E Belper North Mill, Bridgefoot, Belper
• 14th December – BELPER – 40 Long Row, Belper
• 15th December – BELPER – Nordicana, 13 Bridge Street, DE56 1AY
• 16th December – BELPER – Belper Lodge, 3 Brookside, DE56 1UR
• 17th December – BELPER – DKMY Architects, Fountain Studio, The Triangle, DE56 1BE
• 18th December – BELPER – Red Planet Creations, 2B King Street, Belper, DE56 1PS
• 19th December – BELPER – The Old School House, Chapel Street, Belper
• 20th December – BELPER – Belper Unitarian Chapel, Field Row, Belper, DE56 1DH
• 21st December – BELPER – 36A Long Row, Belper
• 22nd December – BELPER – 27 Short Row, Belper, DE56 1DJ
• 23rd December – BELPER – 9 Long Row Belper DE56 1DR
• 24th December – BELPER – 61 Bridge St, Belper