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From the Jubilee bridge looking
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River Derwent |
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River Derwent, Derwent
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Top left corner of the picture, the cable cars are
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Jubilee bridge at the bottom of the picture, looking
towards North parade |
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One of many narrow roads in
Matlock Bath,
Gulliver's Kingdom can be seen between the trees at the top of the
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Cable car station |
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The cable cars are brand new, half way up they stop
so people can take photos and take in the views |
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Arriving at the top of
Heights of Abraham,
the Treetops centre has a cafe, bar and gift shop |
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Victoria Prospect Tower |
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From the top of the tower there
are excellent views of the Derwent valley,
High Tor cliff is in the foreground, on the left are Matlock Town houses
and on the hill on the right is Riber castle. |
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Derwent valley |
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Matlock Bath |
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A closer look at Riber castle |
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View over Matlock Bath from
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Time to see the illuminations |
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Hundreds of people make their way
to Derwent gardens to see the illuminated boats |
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The illuminated boats make an appearance around 8pm
and parade up and down the river |
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The evening ends with the cliff top firework display,
usually around 9pm. |
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The day out ends
with this picture of Matlock Bath |
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© Copyright John Beres 2003-2008 |
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