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Chatsworth is one of Britain's best loved historic houses and estates, offering something for everyone to enjoy, from famous works of art and the spectacular fountains in the garden to the finest shopping, food and drink and many miles of free walks. In the house, you can…

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…

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…

Poole's Cavern is a natural limestone cave situated in the beautiful woodland of Buxton Country Park, Derbyshire and has been visited for 5,000 years since Neolithic tribes sheltered here. The gravelled area at the cave mouth was levelled by Poole's Cavern's first custodian, Mr Frank Redfern. Formerly,…

Eyam Hall has been the home of the Wright family for over 300 years. We opened it to the public in 1992, but it retains the intimate atmosphere of a much loved private home. Few houses offer such character and charm as Eyam Hall. Under…

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…

Kedleston was built between 1759 and 1765 for the Curzon family, who have lived in the area since the 12th century. The house boasts the most complete and least‐altered sequence of Robert Adam interiors in England, with the magnificent state rooms retaining their great collections of paintings…

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.…

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…

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…

Melbourne Hall is a delightful house full of history. Originally a rectory for the Norman Parish Church, it became the home of Sir John Coke in 1628 and has been inherited by subsequent members of the family to the present day and is now home to Lord…

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…

The decoration includes woodcarving by Grinling Gibbons, superb plasterwork and painted murals and ceilings by Louis Laguerre, and there is a fine collection of portraits. The Great Staircase is one of the most elaborate of its kind in an English house. Several rooms featured in the BBC's Pride…

Blue-John is a unique and beautiful fluor-spar found only in Castleton. The mineral is found in veins in the limestone deep within the Blue John Cavern where it has been mined for centuries. Thought to have been named Blue John by John Kirk and Joseph…

Chatsworth is one of Britain's best loved historic houses and estates, offering something for everyone to enjoy, from famous works of art and the spectacular fountains in the garden to the finest shopping, food and drink and many miles of free walks. In the house, you can…

Enter the inner world of the underground cave system in the heart of the Peak District National Park and absorb the atmosphere as a watery silence echoes all around you./pp/ppPeak Cavern is in the centre of the village, right underneath Peveril Castle, and has largest natural cave entrance…