Glossop, Derbyshire, glows below a long moorland escarpment, its tall mill chimney and river bridge giving the town a clear industrial silhouette at evening.

Rows of warm stone buildings step along the valley floor, with slate roofs, chimney pots and a square church tower rising among them. A narrow river catches the late light beneath an arched bridge, while the mill complex occupies the lower foreground in long windowed blocks. Above the town, the dark-topped hill shows horizontal bands of russet and gold.

People who know Glossop may recognise how closely the town's older mills sit against the edge of the Peak District. The view joins the working streets with the upland backdrop that frames daily journeys through the valley, ending at the bridge and water that run between the buildings.