Is Lumsdale Falls Open?
The Lumsdale Valley Waterfalls Are Now Completely Closed to the General Public. There Is No Access to the Waterfalls or Mill Ruins. This Is Private Land and...
The Lumsdale Valley Waterfalls are now COMPLETELY CLOSED to the general public. There is no access to the waterfalls or mill ruins. This is private land and the owners (the charity the Arkwright Society) have had to take this regretful step because of public safety during the Covid pandemnic.
Why is Lumsdale Valley closed?
LUMSDALE VALLEY AND WATERFALLS CLOSED – NEW UPDATE 19TH MAY 2020. ... Due to its natural limitations, social distancing is impossible to maintain for visitors and local residents and therefore in the best interests of all, public access to the waterfalls will not be possible until safe to do so.
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How do you get to Lumsdale Falls?
Park on the roadside opposite Highfields School on the outskirts of Matlock (DE4 5NA). With the school on your right, continue walking along the road in a roughly southerly direction between cottages. The road eventually becomes a paved lane signposted Public Footpath to Lumsdale Valley.
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