Waterhouses lies 6.5 miles north west of Ashbourne off the A523 in the Derbyshire Peak District. Between here and Hulme End, the Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway, a picturesque narrow-guage line, used to follow the valleys of the Manifold and the Hamps, crisscrossing the latter on little bridges.
Sadly trains no longer run but its track bed has been made into the Hamps-Manifold Track, a marvellous walk for small children and people in wheel chairs, since its surface is level and tarred throughout its eight miles.
