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

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

in the High Peak borough of

Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire to the north, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the south a ...

, England. It is on the edge of the

Peak District The Peak District is an Highland, upland area in central-northern England, at the southern end of the Pennines. Mostly in Derbyshire, it extends into Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire. It is subdivi ...

, in the hills between New Mills and

Marple Bridge Marple Bridge is a district of Marple in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. The River Goyt runs through the centre of the village. Marple Bridge shares borders with Mellor, Marple, Compstall, New Mills, Str ...

, within the parish boundary of New Mills. The Little Mill Inn in Rowarth is a pub and restaurant in a former candlewick mill, with a waterwheel in the adjacent stream. Until 2023, it had a retired

Brighton Belle The ''Brighton Belle'' was a named train which was operated by the Southern Railway (UK), Southern Railway and subsequently by British Railways from London Victoria station, Victoria Station in London to Brighton, on the Sussex coast. Commiss ...

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 and

Kinder Scout Kinder Scout is a moorland plateau and National nature reserve (United Kingdom), 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 Distric ...

. 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 ...

and a nearby cup-and-ring-marked rock

Transport

There is no public transport to Rowarth. The 385 bus goes to Shilhoh Road, around 1 mile from Rowarth.

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