from High Peak Junction to the Peak Forest Canal at Whaley Bridge. Its trackbed now forms the High Peak Trail, a walk and cycle route which is joined by the Tissington Trail at Parsley Hay. Notable residents Francis Hurt (1803–1861), Tory politician and member of Parliament who represented a constituency in South Derbyshire George Turner (1841–1910), landscape artist, was born here. Alison Uttley, (1884–1976), writer, was born nearby at Castle Top Farm. Gallery See also Listed buildings in Cromford References External links Arkwright Society Cromford home page Cromford Festival Industrial Revolution Villages in Derbyshire Towns and villages of the Peak District History of the textile industry Derbyshire Dales Planned communities