Tutbury Walk

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Join us for a wander round Tutbury, passing Tutbury Castle down to the River Dove and then following the old Mill Fleam back to the village high street.
Tutbury is surrounded by the agricultural countryside of both Staffordshire and Derbyshire. The site has been inhabited for over 3,000 years, with Iron Age defensive ditches encircling the main defensive hill, upon which now stand the ruins of the Norman castle. These ditches can be seen most clearly at the Park Pale and at the top of the steep hills behind Park Lane.
The name Tutbury probably derives from a Scandinavian settler and subsequent chief of the hill-fort, Totta, bury being a corruption of burh the Anglo-Saxon name for 'fortified place'.
There are some fine Georgian and Regency buildings and the half-timbered Dog and Partridge Hotel. There are antique and craft shops in the village, some of which have been run by the same families for many years.
Tutbury Mill once stood close by Tutbury Cricket Club, originally, it was a cotton mill. However in 1888, after being in operation for just over 100 years, the business was transferred to Rocester, near Uttoxeter. The mill was then converted to grind and mill gypsum, mined locally. It is now a recreation and picnic site. This is a good place to start a walk, either along the Mill Fleam, or by the riverbank, using the footpath by the cricket pavilion.
Tutbury and Hatton railway station was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway on 11 September 1848. It then closed during the 1960s but was reopened in 1989. It is on the Crewe to Derby Line.
Until 2006, Tutbury Crystal, a manufacturer of high-quality cut glass products, was based in the village. However, production was transferred to Stoke-on-Trent as the existing factory was very old and was thought to be too small for the modern company's requirements. The old factory was demolished and flats were built on the site, but a factory shop still operates in the village. Despite this, the tourism trade survives thanks to the long history of the church and castle.
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