Peveril Castle, perched high above the pretty village of Castleton, offers breathtaking views of the Peak District. After extensive conservation work on the keep, English Heritage has erected a walkway at first‐floor level, enabling visitors to enter two chambers previously inaccessible: a medieval garderobe and a small…
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11.5 miles
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Venue for the recent 'I'm Famous and Frightened' on Living TV, Bolsover Castle regularly hosts concerts, Shakespearian plays and other living history events. The award winning property has turrets and battlements rising from a beautiful wooded hilltop. The battlements and famous Venus Garden have been completely…
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9.8 miles
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If we were to take ourselves back to 1170, we would see very little of the present‐day Haddon Hall, other than parts of the Eagle Tower and chapel. A building originally stood on the land it now occupies as far back as 1087, but it was not until…
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9.3 miles
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Darwin Forest Country Park ‐ Amusement Park in Matlock, Derbyshire. Contact venue on telephone number 01629732428 for opening times, entrance costs, and attractionsrides available at this park.…
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8.9 miles
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Hardwick Hall seems to be more glass than stone, with massive a hrefhttp:www.double‐glazers.co.ukwindowsa stretching almost from floor to ceiling in every room on every floor. Hardwick Hall is one of Britain's foremost Elizabethan houses and is a magnificant statement and wealth and authority of its builder, Bess…
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12.1 miles
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Based on 18th Century landscaped park currently under restoration for Hardwick Hall now a hotel. Lake, boardwalk nature trail, picnic areas, water birds and bird hide..Restoration works may limit access on occasions during the year.School parties should book in advance.Open: Unknown…
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12.1 miles
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The Revolution House, in the Derbyshire village of Old Whittington, three miles north of Chesterfield, takes its name from the Revolution of 1688.The House is open from Saturday 8th April to Saturday 30th September 2006 from 11am to 4pm every day except Tuesdays.Three hundred years ago, this cottage…
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3.9 miles
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