Cromford Location

Video Game Cover of Peak Forest Railway

Cromford Railway Station is a Grade II listed station in Derbyshire, United Kingdom, serving the village of Cromford on the Train Sim World featured Peak Forest Railway, and is famously known for appearing on the cover of Oasis’s 1995 single Some Might Say.


Cromford Location

  • Location: Cromford railway station is located in the village of Cromford, Derbyshire, England, in the valley of the River Derwent. 
  • Derwent Valley Line Route: It is a stop on the Derwent Valley Line, which connects Derby with Matlock.
  • Oasis Some Might Say: The station is famous for being featured on the cover of Oasis’s 1995 single Some Might Say.
  • Derelict Station: The station building in Europe, which is now derelict, was used for the Oasis artwork because it looked like a railway station still, unlike other disused stations whose buildings had disappeared.
  • History: The station opened in 1849 and is owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway.
  • Mill history:The village of Cromford is also known for Cromford Mill, the world’s first successful water-powered cotton spinning mill, built in 1771 by Sir Richard Arkwright.

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