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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Derwent Valley Mills' has mentioned 'World Heritage' in the following places:
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World Heritage Site, where water-powered cotton-spinning mills were first built in the UK
Derwent Valley MillsUNESCO World Heritage SiteMasson Mills, Derwent ValleyLocationDerbyshire, EnglandCriteriaCultural: ii, ivReference1030Inscription2001 (25th session)Area1,228.7 haBufferxc2xa0zone4,362.7002 haWebsitewww.derwentvalleymills.orgCoordinates53xc2xb01xe2x80xb244xe2x80xb3N 1xc2xb029xe2x80xb217xe2x80xb3Wxefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf53.02889xc2xb0N 1.48806xc2xb0Wxefxbbxbf / 53.02889; -1.48806Location of the millsShow map of DerbyshireDerwent Valley Mills (the United Kingdom)Show map of the United Kingdom
Derwent Valley Mills is a World Heritage Site along the River Derwent in Derbyshire, England, designated in December 2001.
Many of the buildings within the World Heritage Site are also listed buildings and Scheduled Monuments.
The Derwent Valley Trust is now involved in the creation of a cycle-way running the entire length of the World Heritage site to promote sustainable tourism and travel.
The Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site covers an area of 12.3xc2xa0km2 (4.7xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi)[2] and spans a 24xc2xa0km (15xc2xa0mi) stretch of the Derwent Valley, in Derbyshire, from Matlock Bath in the north to Derby city centre in the south.
The Cromford Canal and Cromford and High Peak Railway, which aided the industrialisation of the area, are also part of the World Heritage Site.
[20] Although the cotton industry in the Derwent Valley declined, many of the structures associated with the industrial processes associated with producing cotton and workers' housing has survived and there are 848 listed buildings in the World Heritage Site.
[34] New Lanark in Scotlandxc2xa0xe2x80x93 also a World Heritage Site[35]xc2xa0xe2x80x93 was directly influenced by Richard Arkwright and the developments in the Derwent Valley; Lanark was identified as a potential site for a mill on a visit by David Dale and Arkwright in 1784.
[36] Saltairexc2xa0xe2x80x93 another World Heritage Site[37]xc2xa0xe2x80x93 was founded in 1853 and featured worker's housing and facilities, as well as other elements of the factory system developed by Arkwright.
When the application for World Heritage Site status was made in 2000, 26 of the 838xc2xa0listed buildings in the area were on English Heritage's At Risk Register and were in a state of disrepair.
In 2000, the Derwent Valley Mills were nominated to become a World Heritage Site.
[45] The proposal was successful and in 2001 the Derwent Valley Mills were designated a World Heritage Site.
[46] Its status as a World Heritage Site is intended to ensure its protection; all such sites are considered to be of "outstanding value to humanity".
The building was part of the World Heritage Site and dated from the 18th century.
In 2018, the "Cromford Mills Creative Cluster and World Heritage Site Gateway Project" was listed as a finalist for the "Best Major Regeneration of a Historic Building or Place" in the Historic England Angel Awards.