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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
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|static_image_caption     = Rowarth from the north
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|official_name            = Rowarth
|population               = 
|shire_district           = [[Borough of High Peak|High Peak]]
|shire_county            = [[Derbyshire]]
|region                   = East Midlands
|constituency_westminster = [[High Peak (UK Parliament constituency)|High Peak]]
|post_town                = HIGH PEAK
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|dial_code                = 01663
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'''Rowarth''' is a hamlet about 2.5 miles (4&nbsp;km) north of [[New Mills]] in the [[High Peak, Derbyshire|High Peak]] borough of [[Derbyshire]], England. It is on the edge of the [[Peak District]], in the hills between New Mills and [[Marple Bridge]], within the parish boundary of New Mills.<ref>{{cite map |publisher=Ordnance Survey |title=OL1 Dark Peak area |scale=1:25000 |series=Explorer }}</ref>

The Little Mill Inn in Rowarth is a pub and restaurant in a former candlewick mill,<ref name="jobling">{{cite web |url=http://www.countryimagesmagazine.co.uk/walks/walk-rowarth/ |title=A Walk Around Rowarth |newspaper=Country Images |date=30 June 2016 |first=Katie |last=Jobling |access-date=24 June 2017}}</ref> with a waterwheel in the adjacent stream. Until 2023, it had a retired [[Brighton Belle]] [[Pullman (car or coach)|Pullman]] railway coach which was once used as dining and guest accommodation.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/family-kids-news/country-pub-incredible-childrens-play-23795300 |title=The country pub with incredible children's play area and riverside garden near Stockport |first=Dianne |last=Bourne |date=30 April 2022 |newspaper=Manchester Evening News |access-date=2 May 2022}}</ref>

==Geography==
The hamlet is only accessible by car on one road, and is most commonly used by walkers who are going to nearby [[Lantern Pike]] and [[Kinder Scout]].

The [[Peak District Boundary Walk]] runs through the village.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=McCloy|first=Andrew|title=Peak District Boundary Walk: 190 Miles Around the Edge of the National Park|publisher=Friends of the Peak District|year=2017|isbn=978-1909461536}}</ref>

==Landmarks==
There are several listed buildings in and around Rowarth, all at Grade II, the lowest level of designation, and a couple of scheduled monuments:
*the Little Mill Inn, housed in a former mill building dated 1781<ref>{{NHLE |num=1334773 |desc=Little Mill Inn |grade=II |fewer-links= |access-date=2 May 2022}}</ref>
*Anderton House, dated 1797,<ref>{{NHLE |num=1334754 |desc=Anderton House |grade=II |fewer-links=yes |access-date=2 May 2022}}</ref> and its adjacent barn<ref>{{NHLE |num=1039937 |desc=Former barn to Anderton House |grade=II |fewer-links=yes |access-date=2 May 2022}}</ref>
*Long Lee Farmhouse, dated 1668,<ref>{{NHLE |num=1207351 |desc=Long Lee |grade=II |fewer-links=yes |access-date=2 May 2022}}</ref> and three associated farm buildings<ref>{{NHLE |num=1088019 |desc=Small barn to SSE of Long Lee |grade=II |fewer-links=yes |access-date=2 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num=1207352 |desc=Small outbuilding to south of Long Lee |grade=II |fewer-links=yes |access-date=2 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num=1334820 |desc=Barn to east of Long Lee |grade=II |fewer-links=yes |access-date=2 May 2022}}</ref>
*Thornsett Fields Farm, a 17th-century farmhouse,<ref>{{NHLE |num=1088126 |desc=Thornsett Fields Farmhouse |grade=II |fewer-links=yes |access-date=2 May 2022}}</ref> and adjacent barn<ref>{{NHLE |num=1054707 |desc=Barn to Thornsett Fields Farmhouse |grade=II |fewer-links=yes |access-date=2 May 2022}}</ref>
*an 18th-century barn at Hollins Farm with an earlier doorway dated 1692<ref>{{NHLE |num=1249823 |desc=Barn at Hollins Farm |grade=II |fewer-links=yes |access-date=2 May 2022}}</ref>
*Robin Hood's Picking Rods, a wayside and a boundary cross on the border with the neighbouring parish of [[Chisworth]]<ref>{{NHLE |num=1008595 |desc=A wayside and a boundary cross known as Robin Hood's Picking Rods |fewer-links=yes |access-date=2 May 2022}}</ref> and a nearby cup-and-ring-marked rock<ref>{{NHLE |num=1008599 |desc=Cup-marked stone 80m east of Robin Hood's Picking Rods |fewer-links=yes |access-date=2 May 2022}}</ref>

==Transport==
There is no public transport to Rowarth. The 385 bus goes to Shilhoh Road,  around 1 mile from Rowarth.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tfgm.com/travel-updates/live-departures/bus/385-stockport |title=385 Stockport – Offerton – Marple – Marple Bridge – Mellor |publisher=Bee Network |access-date=22 April 2025}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Hamlets in Derbyshire]]
[[Category:Towns and villages of the Peak District]]
[[Category:New Mills]]


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