Rowarth is a hamlet about 2.5 miles (4 km) north of

New Mills New Mills is a town in the Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England, south-east of Stockport and from Manchester at the confluence of the River Goyt and Sett. It is close to the border with Cheshire and above the Torrs, a deep gorge cut thro ...

in the High Peak borough of

Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ...

, England. It is on the edge of the

Peak District The Peak District is an upland area in England at the southern end of the Pennines. Mostly in Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southe ...

, in the hills between New Mills and

Marple Bridge Marple Bridge is a district of Marple, Greater Manchester, Marple in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England; it is sited on the River Goyt, which runs through the centre of the village. Historic counties of England, H ...

. It is within the parish boundary of New Mills. It is locally famous for the Little Mill Inn, a pub and restaurant in a former candlewick mill, with a waterwheel in the adjacent stream. The Little Mill has a retired

Brighton Belle The ''Brighton Belle'' was a named train which was operated by the Southern Railway and subsequently by British Rail from Victoria Station in London to Brighton, on the Sussex coast. Commissioned as the flagship of the Southern Railway's ...

Pullman railway coach which was once used as dining and guest accommodation.

Geography

The hamlet is only accessible by car on one road, and is most commonly used by walkers who are going to nearby

Lantern Pike Lantern Pike is a hill located just outside Hayfield, in Derbyshire, England. The land lies within the Peak District National Park and is owned and maintained by the National Trust. It is permanently open to the public. According to Ordnance Sur ...

and

Kinder Scout Kinder Scout is a moorland plateau and national nature reserve in the Dark Peak of the Derbyshire Peak District in England. Part of the moor, at above sea level, is the highest point in the Peak District, in Derbyshire and the East Midlands; t ...

. The

Peak District Boundary Walk The Peak District Boundary Walk is a circular walking trail, starting and finishing at Buxton and broadly following the boundary of the Peak District, Britain's first national park. The route was developed by the Friends of the Peak District (a ...

runs through the village.

Landmarks

There are several listed buildings in and around Rowarth, all at Grade II, the lowest level of designation, and a couple of scheduled monuments: *the Little Mill Inn, housed in a former mill building dated 1781 *Anderton House, dated 1797, and its adjacent barn *Long Lee Farmhouse, dated 1668, and three associated farm buildings *Thornsett Fields Farm, a 17th-century farmhouse, and adjacent barn *an 18th-century barn at Hollins Farm with an earlier doorway dated 1692 *Robin Hood's Picking Rods, a wayside and a boundary cross on the border with the neighbouring parish of

Chisworth Chisworth is a hamlet near Glossop, Derbyshire, England. It is south-west of Glossop town centre, on the south side of the Etherow valley. The parish of Chisworth was formed in 1896, out of the parish of Chisworth and Ludworth. In 1901, it had a ...

and a nearby cup-and-ring-marked rock

Transport

The Monday to Sunday daytime service 365 runs every hour to the village from Marple, Stockport, and Manchester Airport and an every two hours on a Sunday to Marple, Stockport and Glossop.

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Hamlets in Derbyshire Towns and villages of the Peak District New Mills {{Derbyshire-geo-stub