Days Out in Derbyshire

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Enjoy great days out in Derbyshire for all the family this season. Spend the day at Bolsover Castle with its sumptuous interiors, take a stroll through the palatial ruins of a medieval manor house or survey the world from a Norman hilltop castle at Peveril.

We have now switched to our summer opening hours, meaning that there is even more time for you to enjoy our properties and events on your visit. Please check opening times before you travel.

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Places to visit in Derbyshire

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

  • Bolsover Castle: Offering panoramic views over the Vale of Scarsdale.
  • Hardwick Old Hall: The family home of Bess of Hardwick, one of the richest women in Elizabethan England.
  • Peveril Castle: One of England’s earliest Norman fortresses.

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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

Cavendish's Horses Return!
Cavendish's Horses Return!
Venue: Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire
Date: Sat 22 & Sun 23 Jun 2013

For the first time in over three centuries visitors will witness breathtaking displays of the advanced dressage techniques championed by William Cavendish. Every weekend from Easter until September unique performances will take place twice daily.
Cavendish's Horses Return!
Cavendish's Horses Return!
Venue: Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire
Date: Sat 29 & Sun 30 Jun 2013

For the first time in over three centuries visitors will witness breathtaking displays of the advanced dressage techniques championed by William Cavendish. Every weekend from Easter until September unique performances will take place twice daily.
Cavendish's Horses Return!
Cavendish's Horses Return!
Venue: Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire
Date: Sat 6 & Sun 7 Jul 2013

For the first time in over three centuries visitors will witness breathtaking displays of the advanced dressage techniques championed by William Cavendish. Every weekend from Easter until September unique performances will take place twice daily.
Midsummer Nights Dream
Midsummer Nights Dream
Venue: Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire
Date: Fri 12 Jul 2013

Chapterhouse Theatre Company present Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Nights Dream, be whisked away to magical forests, meet star-crossed lovers, playful fairies, raucous travelling players and picnic with family and friends in the grounds of Bolsover Castle.

Cavendish's Horses Return!
Cavendish's Horses Return!
Venue: Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire
Date: Sat 13 & Sun 14 Jul 2013

For the first time in over three centuries visitors will witness breathtaking displays of the advanced dressage techniques championed by William Cavendish. Every weekend from Easter until September unique performances will take place twice daily.
Cavendish's Horses Return!
Cavendish's Horses Return!
Venue: Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire
Date: Sat 20 & Sun 21 Jul 2013

For the first time in over three centuries visitors will witness breathtaking displays of the advanced dressage techniques championed by William Cavendish. Every weekend from Easter until September unique performances will take place twice daily.
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