DESTINATION DERBYSHIRE

Derbyshire is a mixture of a rural economy in the west, with a former coal mining economy in the east. Derbyshire is the location of Fitzwilliam Darcy's mansion in the Jane Austen novel Pride and Prejudice. Some scenes were filmed there for the 2005 film adaptation of the novel, starring Keira Knightley.

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DISCOVER DERBYSHIRE: Arbor Low, Bakewell, Buxton, Castleton, Chatsworth House, Chesterfield, Derby, Haddon Hall, Hardwick Hall, Matlock Bath, Peak District, Sheldon,

ARBOR LOW HENGE Arbor Low is a Neolithic henge monument in the Peak District of Derbyshire. Arbor Low is located in the White Peak zone of the Peak District in Derbyshire. The White Peak is is a Carboniferous Limestone plateau lying between approximately 200-400m OD. The site is private property, accessible through the courtesy of the owner ...

DISCOVER BAKEWELL Bakewell attracts many domestic and international tourists. Monday is a particularly popular day for visitors as this is the day that the traditional market is held in the town. The cattle market is housed in a new purpose built agricultural centre, across the river from the main part of the town. A medium sized stall market is held in the town centre ...

DISCOVER BUXTON Buxton is home to Poole's Cavern, an extensive limestone cavern open to the public, and St Ann's Well, fed by the geothermal spring bottled and sold internationally by Buxton Mineral Water Company. Also in the town is the Buxton Opera House, which hosts several music and theatre festivals each year ...

CASTLETON Castleton attracts large numbers of tourists, and there are many pubs (some with accommodation), tea shops and guest houses to supply their needs. There is also a large car park, an information centre, several outdoor shops and a youth hostel. It is also a major walking centre, where routes up Cave Dale, The Winnats, Mam Tor and Hollins Cross meet...

CHATSWORTH HOUSE Standing on the east bank of the River Derwent, Chatsworth looks across to the low hills that divide the Derwent and Wye valleys. The house is set in expansive parkland, and backed by wooded, rocky hills rising to heather moorland and contains a unique collection of priceless paintings, furniture, Old Master drawings, neoclassical sculptures ...

DISCOVER CHESTERFIELD Chesterfield is home to one of the largest open air markets in Britain, the stalls sitting either side of the historic Market Hall. In the middle of town, a collection of narrow and old streets make up The Shambles, which houses one of Britain's oldest pubs. As well as railways, Chesterfield had a tramway system, built in 1882 ...

DISCOVER DERBY Derby and Derbyshire were centres of Britain's Industrial Revolution. In 1717, Derby was the site of the first water powered silk mill in Britain, built by John Lombe and George Sorocold, after Lombe had reputedly stolen the secrets of silk-throwing from Piedmont in what is now Italy (he is alleged to have been poisoned by Piedmontese as revenge in 1722) ...

HADDON HALL Haddon Hall is an English country house on the River Wye at Bakewell, Derbyshire, one of the seats of the Duke of Rutland, occupied by Lord Edward Manners and his family. In form a medieval manor house, it has been described as 'the most complete and most interesting house of [its] period' ...

HARDWICK HALL Hardwick Hall, in Derbyshire, is one of the most significant Elizabethan country houses in England. In common with its architect Robert Smythson's other works at both Longleat House and Wollaton Hall, Hardwick Hall is one of the earliest examples of the English interpretation of the Renaissance style of architecture ...

MATLOCK BATH In 1698 warm springs were discovered and a Bath House was built. Princess Victoria's royal visit in 1831 confirmed Matlock as a society venue of the time. Ruskin loved it, and Lord Byron confirmed its romantic character, comparing it with alpine Switzerland, hence its nickname Little Switzerland ...

THE PEAK DISTRICT The Peak District is an upland area in central and northern England, lying mainly in northern Derbyshire, but also covering parts of Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, and South and West Yorkshire. Most of the area falls within the Peak District National Park, whose designation in 1951 made it the first national park in the British Isles ...

DISCOVER SHELDON Sheldon is a village in the Derbyshire Peak District, England near Bakewell. It is best known for being the closest village to Magpie Mine, a lead mine with an engine house built in the Cornish style. It is home of the Church of St Michael and All Angels which was erected in the 19th century with material derived from dismantling the former Chapel of Ease ...

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