Don't miss the Magpie Mine Heritage Open Day on Sunday 14th September 2025! With free guided tours from 11am-4pm, exhibitions and expert volunteers to chat with you will learn plenty about this important lead mine.
NOTE: Magpie Mine is not at Matlock Bath where our museum and Temple Mine are based! Magpie Mine is in the countryside above Bakewell near the village of Sheldon.
To find Magpie Mine use:
Grin Low Road, DE45 1QU
What3Words: ///stuffy.insert.steam which will get you to the entrance.
Grid Ref SK173682
Look out for a Cornish Engine house & tall chimney in the middle of fields!
There will be a team of volunteers ready to help you park - just don't block the farmer's gates as they are in use!!
