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| Youlgrave (or Youlgreave as the Ordnance Survey persist in calling it) is a sleepy village. Now mainly devoted to farming it was once one of the centres of the Derbyshire lead-mining industry. Though lead is no longer mined some of the old mines are still used for the extraction of fluorspar and calcite but this is low-level and unobtrusive.
 Youlgrave Church
At the crossroads at the eastern end of the village lie the George Hotel and the church and from here the main road goes westwards past rows of old cottages.  Conduit Head
The church is one of the most interesting in the Peak, and the village contains many rows of lovely old cottages. Behind the Market Place is the original Hall, now Old Hall Farm, a grand building dated 1630, and there are some fine buildings along the main street.
Downstream of Youlgreave the hamlet of Alport lies at the junction of the Lathkill and Bradford rivers. It is a pretty spot and a good place to start a circular walk of the two valleys.
Youlgrave Photo Gallery - click on the images to enlarge- Click Here for a slide show
0 - Fluorspar workings on Long Rake | 
1 - Youlgrave YHA | 
2 - Youlgrave water cistern | 
3 - Youlgrave church - exterior view | 
4 - Youlgrave public house | 
5 - Youlgrave Church - memorial to Robert Gilbert | 
6 - Youlgrave Church - Roger Rooe tomb | 
7 - Youlgrave Church - medieval pilgrim figure | 
8 - Youlgrave Church - tomb of Thomas Cokayne | 
9 - Conksbury Bridge | 
10 - Bradford Dale | 
11 - Over Haddon stile | 
12 - Harthill Moor - The Nine Stones | 
13 - Middleton by Youlgrave - Thomas Bateman\'s tomb | 
14 - Middleton by Youlgrave | 
15 - Over Haddon village | 
16 - Cratcliffe Tor | 
17 - Lathkill Dale - the remains of the aqueduct from Mandale Mine | 
18 - Mandale Mine buildings | 
19 - Mandale Mine engine house |
Local places of interest | Arbor Low | Arbor Low is a Stone Age Henge (stone circle) monument in Derbyshire, situated close to Hartington and Youlgrave. It is the finest Stone Age henge monument in Northern England. | Ashbourne Church | St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne, is one of the grandest churches in Derbyshire with a fine array of alabaster tombs. | Bakewell Church | Bakewell parish church, Bakewell, Derbyshire, is built on the foundations of a Saxon church and includes some Norman sections. | Caudwell's Mill, Rowsley | Caudwell's Mill, Rowsley, Derbyshire, is a working 19th century flour mill which still mills and sells flour. It is open for guided tours and there is also a mill shop and tea room. | Haddon Hall | Haddon Hall, a medieval manor house and home of the Dukes of Rutland, the Manners family, formerly home of the Vernons, in the Peak District by the River Wye near Bakewell, Derbyshire. | Magpie Mine | The Magpie Mine, just South of Sheldon, was one of the most famous lead mines in the Derbyshire Peak District and was worked until the 1950s. Many of the buildings still stand. | Old House Museum, Bakewell | The Old House Museum, Bakewell, Derbyshire, has a small exhibition of local life and artefacts, housed in a typical yeoman's house of the 16th century. | Peak Rail | Peak Rail have re-opened a section of the former Midland railway which ran between Matlock and Buxton. They are based at Rowsley South station and run services from there to Matlock. | Robin Hood's Stride | Robin Hood's Stride is a spectacular tor of gritstone rocks perched on a ridge between Harthill Moor and the Alport-Winster road in the Derbyshire Peak District. | Stanton Moor | Stanton Moor, and the Nine Ladies stone circle, Derbyshire - a scenic area with many bronze age relics and burial mounds overlooking Stanton in Peak and the Wye and Derwent valleys. | Youlgrave Church | Youlgrave or Youlgreave Church, Derbyshire, is one of the finest churches in the Peak District. The tombs of Thomas Cockayne, Sir John Rossington and Roger Rooe are especially fine. |
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