National Stone Centre
Middleton by Wirksworth
Derbyshire
DE4 4LS
Tel: 01629 824833
Email : nsc@nationalstonecentre.org.uk
Website : www.nationalstonecentre.org.uk
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Opening Times
10am - 5pm April - September
10am - 4pm October - March
Open seven days a week all year (closed Christmas Day)
Telling the Story of Stone - history, science, technology, art, environment - in the heart of the Derbyshire Dales on the edge of the Peak District. A dramatic site steeped in industrial history, ecology, displaying 330 million year old fossil tropical reefs.
ACTIVITIES...
EVERY DAY
• Gem panning
• Story of Stone exhibition
• Fossil rubbing
• General site trails
BY PRE BOOKING
• Fossil casting (for groups of 10-25 only)
• Guided site trails
• Visit to large operational quarry
• Themed guided trails
The National Stone Centre continues to hold the very popular dry stone related structure courses in 2008. Contact the centre
