Rowarth
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
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|static_image_caption = Rowarth from the north
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|map_type = Derbyshire
|official_name = Rowarth
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|shire_district = High Peak
|shire_county = Derbyshire
|region = East Midlands
|constituency_westminster = High Peak
|post_town = HIGH PEAK
|postcode_district = SK22
|postcode_area = SK
|dial_code = 01663
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Rowarth is a hamlet about 2.5 miles (4 km) north of New Mills in the High Peak borough of Derbyshire, England. It is on the edge of the Peak District, in the hills between New Mills and Marple Bridge, within the parish boundary of New Mills.{{cite map |publisher=Ordnance Survey |title=OL1 Dark Peak area |scale=1:25000 |series=Explorer }}
The Little Mill Inn in Rowarth is a pub and restaurant in a former candlewick mill,{{cite web |url=http://www.countryimagesmagazine.co.uk/walks/walk-rowarth/ |title=A Walk Around Rowarth |newspaper=Country Images |date=30 June 2016 |first=Katie |last=Jobling |access-date=24 June 2017}} with a waterwheel in the adjacent stream. Until 2023, it had a retired Brighton Belle Pullman railway coach which was once used as dining and guest accommodation.{{cite news |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/family-kids-news/country-pub-incredible-childrens-play-23795300 |title=The country pub with incredible children's play area and riverside garden near Stockport |first=Dianne |last=Bourne |date=30 April 2022 |newspaper=Manchester Evening News |access-date=2 May 2022}}
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.
The Peak District Boundary Walk runs through the village.{{Cite book|last=McCloy|first=Andrew|title=Peak District Boundary Walk: 190 Miles Around the Edge of the National Park|publisher=Friends of the Peak District|year=2017|isbn=978-1909461536}}
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{{NHLE |num=1334773 |desc=Little Mill Inn |grade=II |fewer-links= |access-date=2 May 2022}}
- Anderton House, dated 1797,{{NHLE |num=1334754 |desc=Anderton House |grade=II |fewer-links=yes |access-date=2 May 2022}} and its adjacent barn{{NHLE |num=1039937 |desc=Former barn to Anderton House |grade=II |fewer-links=yes |access-date=2 May 2022}}
- Long Lee Farmhouse, dated 1668,{{NHLE |num=1207351 |desc=Long Lee |grade=II |fewer-links=yes |access-date=2 May 2022}} and three associated farm buildings{{NHLE |num=1088019 |desc=Small barn to SSE of Long Lee |grade=II |fewer-links=yes |access-date=2 May 2022}}{{NHLE |num=1207352 |desc=Small outbuilding to south of Long Lee |grade=II |fewer-links=yes |access-date=2 May 2022}}{{NHLE |num=1334820 |desc=Barn to east of Long Lee |grade=II |fewer-links=yes |access-date=2 May 2022}}
- Thornsett Fields Farm, a 17th-century farmhouse,{{NHLE |num=1088126 |desc=Thornsett Fields Farmhouse |grade=II |fewer-links=yes |access-date=2 May 2022}} and adjacent barn{{NHLE |num=1054707 |desc=Barn to Thornsett Fields Farmhouse |grade=II |fewer-links=yes |access-date=2 May 2022}}
- an 18th-century barn at Hollins Farm with an earlier doorway dated 1692{{NHLE |num=1249823 |desc=Barn at Hollins Farm |grade=II |fewer-links=yes |access-date=2 May 2022}}
- Robin Hood's Picking Rods, a wayside and a boundary cross on the border with the neighbouring parish of Chisworth{{NHLE |num=1008595 |desc=A wayside and a boundary cross known as Robin Hood's Picking Rods |fewer-links=yes |access-date=2 May 2022}} and a nearby cup-and-ring-marked rock{{NHLE |num=1008599 |desc=Cup-marked stone 80m east of Robin Hood's Picking Rods |fewer-links=yes |access-date=2 May 2022}}
Transport
There is no public transport to Rowarth. The 385 bus goes to Shilhoh Road, around 1 mile from Rowarth.{{cite web |url=https://tfgm.com/travel-updates/live-departures/bus/385-stockport |title=385 Stockport – Offerton – Marple – Marple Bridge – Mellor |publisher=Bee Network |access-date=22 April 2025}}
References
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External links
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Category:Hamlets in Derbyshire
Category:Towns and villages of the Peak District
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