Imagine Relaxing in 4 Star Luxury and the chance to unwind with adventure on your doorstep. Here we provide directions from one of the many fascinating places of interest in the peak district area Clay Cross. Full description continued below.

Getting to Darwin Lake Cottages from Clay Cross

About Clay Cross

At the beginning of the nineteenth century Clay Cross was mainly a rural area, but George Stephenson the railway pioneer changed that.

Whilst driving a tunnel under Clay Cross hill for his main line from Derby to Leeds, he dicovered a rich seam of coal and iron deposits and exploited these finds, forming the Clay Cross Company in 1837. George Stephenson and Company built houses for the tunnel navvies and later, as they sank colliery workings, for the miners and their families. Some 400 houses were built, and by 1846 the population of the area had reached 1,478; an ironworks with steam engines for blowing, pumping and hauling kept some 600 men employed.

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Linen and towels are included in the prices. As well as all heating and power.

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