We spent a couple of mostly wet days in Derby (pronounced more like Dawby) between house sits. Derby is a city of about 230,000 located on the River Derwent. It is home to the world’s second largest aero-engine manufacturer, Rolls Royce, but also for its lovely ceramics.
It also has a great, new mall called Intu Derby which houses one of the best cinemas we have seen. We took in a late matinee, with wine and beer, to catch the (almost) Oscar-winning film, La La Land.
The following is a quick pictorial overview of our stay.
A twilight stroll through town after an awesome tapas mealCool architecture in the central city areaFun public artThe Eagles Market incorporated into the new Intu Derby mallInside Intu DerbyThe bar/lounge inside the Intu Derby cinemaThe old silk mill, opened in 1718 as Britain’s first factory. It is now Derby’s Industry Museum — unfortunately not open on days when we were in townA pedestrian bridge over the River DerwentThe Museum and Rt Gallery which featured many of the works of the local artist, James Wright, as well as natural history. It is housed in the same building as the public library.This was in the natural history exhibit — not a creature we had heard of beforeThe Pickford House — the Georgian home and office of Derby architect Joseph PickfordThe Pickford House gardenDerby is known for the fine porcelain that has been made in this site since 1878 though it was started in 1750. Many of the tea sets used in Downton Abbey were Derby porcelain.The rear of the Derby Cathedral — the scaffolding is there to replace the lead roofThe front of the cathedralA plaque for the founder of the Royal Crown Derby China The copper-coated building is one of the buildings of Derby UniversityA view of Derby from the back of our hotel
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