Riber Castle is a mid- 19th Century Grade II listed edifice overlooking Matlock. It was built by John Smedley, a local textile manufacturer and founder of the Smedley's Hydro in Matlock itself. Once owned by a group of Zoologists, who set up a wild animal park there in the 1960s. It is built of gritstone from a local quarry which was pulled up the 200-metre hill by a series of pulleys.
In 2016, planning permission was granted to turn it into apartments. However, the work was not completed and the complex is up for sale again.
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