 Cressbrook Mill went bankrupt in 1965, after which time it changed from being a private mill estate to the public village that it now is.The Monsal Trail passes Cressbrook Mill.This walk and cycleway mostly follows the old trackbed of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway where, from 1866 to 1959, the village of Cressbrook was served by Monsal Dale railway station.