Days Out in Derbyshire

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Enjoy great days out in Derbyshire for all the family this summer. Spend the day at Bolsover Castle with it's sumptuous interiors and historic stables, explore the palatial ruins of a medieval manor house or survey the world from a Norman hilltop castle at Peveril.

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Places to visit in Derbyshire

Don't miss great days out that bring history to life in Derbyshire:

Places to visit : Derbyshire

Arbor Low Stone Circle and Gib Hill Barrow
Arbor Low Stone Circle and Gib Hill Barrow

The region's most important prehistoric site, Arbor Low is aNeolithic henge monument atmospherically set amid high moorland.Within an earthen bank and ditch, a circle of some 50white limestone slabs..

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Bolsover Castle
Bolsover Castle

'By an unlikely miracle, the keep at Bolsover has survived into this century as an almost untouched expression in stone of the lost world of Elizabethan chivalry and romance.'

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Hardwick Old Hall
Hardwick Old Hall

The remodelled family home of Bess of Hardwick, one of the richest and most remarkable women of Elizabethan England, stands beside the New Hall she raised later in the 1590s.

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Peveril Castle
Peveril Castle

Founded soon after 1066 by William Peverel, one of William the Conqueror's most trusted knights, Peveril Castle offers breathtaking views of the Peak District from its position high above Castleton.

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Sutton Scarsdale Hall
Sutton Scarsdale Hall

The imposing shell of a grandiose Georgian mansion built in 1724-29, with an immensely columned exterior. Roofless since 1919, when its interiors were dismantled and some exported to America.

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Wingfield Manor
Wingfield Manor

The vast and immensely impressive ruins of a palatial medieval manor house, with a huge undercrofted Great Hall and a defensible High Tower 22 metres (72 feet) tall.

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Events : Derbyshire

A Grand Medieval Joust
A Grand Medieval Joust
Venue: Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire
Date: Sat 26 & Sun 27 May 2012

A magnificent medieval joust where fighting knights do battle in a live action show. Revel in the drama of clashing knights on horseback and cheer on your favourite. Be entertained by the court jester for plenty of laughs too. Let the battle commence!
Time Travellers Go... Knights & Princesses
Time Travellers Go... Knights & Princesses
Venue: Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire
Date: Mon 4 - Fri 8 Jun 2012

Give that toy sword a whirl or put on your prettiest dress and head back in time for activities on a medieval theme. Transform yourself into a noble lord in squire training, and even try on armour in our academy for budding knights and princesses.
Knight School for Dads!
Knight School for Dads!
Venue: Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire
Date: Sun 17 Jun 2012

There's plenty of fun for dads at Bolsover Castle this Father's Day. Dads and kids can battle it out in our hobby horse joust, join in sword training and try on armour in this special knights school for Father's Day!
Time Travellers Go... Cavaliers & Roundheads
Time Travellers Go... Cavaliers & Roundheads
Venue: Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire
Date: Mon 23 - Fri 27 Jul 2012

Pikes at the ready! Join Oliver Cromwell's army and discover what it took to be a soldier of the English Civil War. Then test your agility in the children's battle and learn to use a pike in our soldiers drill.
Time Travellers Go... Heroes & Villains
Time Travellers Go... Heroes & Villains
Venue: Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire
Date: Mon 30 Jul - Fri 3 Aug 2012

Could you be a fearsome highwayman? Your training starts here! Take part in a thrilling musket drill, listen to the myths and legends surrounding our favourite rogues and plan your own ambush.
Time Travellers Go... Medieval
Time Travellers Go... Medieval
Venue: Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire
Date: Mon 6 - Fri 10 Aug 2012

How would you have fared 500 years ago? Take a trip back to medieval times to find out, with plenty of fun hands-on activities and games.

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