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For other Darleys, see Darley (disambiguation) . Darley Dale, also known simply as '''Darley''', is a Town in Derbyshire , England , with a population of around 6,000 people. It lies north of Matlock , on the River Derwent and the A6 Road . HISTORY The town grew in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries around the Lead Mining and Smelting industries Derbyshire Lead Mining History , and is also a Commuter Town for workers in Matlock. Between Darley Dale and Matlock is the Cawdor Quarry which supplied stone for Hyde Park Corner and the Thames Embankment in London . FAMOUS PEOPLE Famous people associated with Darley Dale include Joseph Whitworth , Crighton Porteous and Joseph Paxton , while the Snooker player Nigel Bond was also born there. Whitworth bought Stancliffe Hall and supplied four six- Ton blocks of stone from its quarry, for the lions of St. George's Hall in Liverpool . He endowed the Whitworth Institute, where the hospital was later founded in memory of his wife. NOTABLE BUILDINGS AND ATTRACTIONS Notable buildings in the town include its Fourteenth Century Parish Church , with a yew tree which is thought to be nine hundred years old. The south transept has a stained glass window by Burne-Jones and William Morris . Other attractions include the Peak Rail railway which runs from Rowsley South to Matlock via a station at Darley Dale. It was the winner of the 2003 Britain In Bloom , in the category of 'Large Village'. There is a bi-annual arts festival, the Darley Dale Arts Festival, held in July in odd-numbered years. EXTERNAL LINKS
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