Places to Visit
Tissington Hall, Tissington Nr Ashbourne
Privately owned stately home and garden centre.
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Haddon Hall, Nr Bakewell
Elizabethan stately home
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Wingfield Manor
Dramatic Ruins of Wingfield Manor built around 1439, has been the prison of Mary Queen of Scots.Close to Ripley. | |
Derwent Valley Visitor Centre Belper North Mill
Part of UNESCO World Heritage Site. Visit the important cotton towns along the Derwent Valley. Belper Mill was the most technically advanced building of its era.See early machinery and a collection of cotton and silk embroidery.
Tel. 01773 880474 | |
Midland Railway, Butterley
Steam Railway Museum, also features Midland Diesel collection, Golden Valley Light Railway. Take a 7 mile trip through Amber Valley on a steam train.Special event days.
Tel. 01773 747674
www.midlandrailwaycentre.co.uk | |
Lea Rhododendron Gardens, Lea Nr Matlock
Lea gardens have a unique collection of rhododendrons, azaleas and kalmias from all over the world. Every year from spring until late summer the gardens are ablaze with colour.
Tel. 01629 534380 | |
Denby Pottery Visitor Centre, Denby Nr Ripley
The Denby museum has examples of Denby's rich heritage from the early 1800's to date. Established by the Bourne family in 1809 following the discovery of fine local clay.Museum, childrens play area, Denby Factory shop, Darlington Crystal, artists gallery, garden centre,glass studio, factory tours.
Tel. 01773 740799
www.denbyvisitorcentre.co.uk | |
Royal Crown Derby, Derby
Royal Crown Derby , visit the factory shop and museum, or enjoy an organised factory tour. | |
The Industrial Museum, Derby
Part of the Derwent Valley Mills heritage site. Capturing Derby's association with Rolls Royce and its links with the Industrial Revolution. | |
Pickfords House Derby
Visit a living time capsule with furnishings and architecture of the Georgian era. | |
Derby City Museum and Art Gallery
A cultural combination of fine art and local history with a unique collection of Joseph Wright oil paintings. | |
Crich Tramway Village, Crich
Home of the National Tramway Museum, the village offers a unique family day out. Take a ride on a beautifully restored vintage tram through cobbled streets past the shops, childrens play area etc.
Tel.0870 7587267
www.tramway.co.uk
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Buxton Museum and Art Gallery, Buxton
Wonders on the Peak including a time trail,geology and Roman exhibitions.
Tel. 01298 24658 | |
Eyam Museum
Eyam Museum tells the story of the Plague hitting this small village and how isolation affected the villagers.
Tel. 01433 631371 | |
Peak District MIning Museum and Temple Mine, Matlock Bath
Discover the hard life of a local leadminer. Try out the climbing shaft.
Tel. 01629 583834 | |
Old House Museum, Bakewell
A recreated school and kitchen, old costumes and local tales.
Tel. 01629 813642
www.oldhousemuseum.org.uk | |
Masson Mills Working Textile Museum, Matlock Bath
The best preserved and still working example of one of Sir Richard Arkwrights cotton mills. Gateway to the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site.
Tel. 01629 581001
www.massonmills.co.uk | |
Caudwells Mill, Rowsley
Historic rollor flourmill powered by riverwater, includes craft workshops on site.
Tel. 01629 734374 | |
Cromford Mill, Cromford
The worlds first successful water powered cotton spinning mill, part of the Derwent Valley World Heritage Site.
Tel. 01629 823256
www.arkwrightsociety.co.uk | |
National Stone Centre, Wirksworth
Telling the story of stone,, how the rocks were formed and how they were used. Activities on site.
Tel. 01629 824833
www.nationalstonecentre.org.uk | |
Wirksworth Heritage Centre, Crown Yard, Wirksworth
Exhibition honouring local girl Ellen MacArthur, story of leadmining and 'red tape', also local art.
Tel. 01629 825225
www.gilkin.demon.co.uk | |
New Mills Heritage Centre, New MIlls
The New MIlls story and history. Town, model and coalmine tunnel to crawl through.
Tel. 01663 746904
www.newmillsheritage.com | |
Lyme Hall, Disley
Palladian Mansion set in wonderful grounds and parkland.Scene of BBC's Pride and Prejudice.
Tel. 01663 766492
www.nationaltrust.org | |
Eyam Hall, Eyam
A family manor house in the plague vilage of Eyam, with craft workshops.Limited opening times.
Tel. 01433 631976
www.eyamhall.com | |
Red House Stables and Working Carriage Museum,Darley Dale
Working carriage museum where you can book a carriage ride tour.
Tel. 01629 733583
www.workingcarriages.com | |
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