Places to Visit

Barrow Hill Roundhouse Railway Centre Barrow Hill Roundhouse Railway Centre. The Barrow Hill Roundhouse and Engine Shed was built by the Midland Railway Company and was in continuous operation from its opening in 1870 until...

Bolsover Castle Bolsover Castle.   Bolsover Castle was originally built by the Peverel family in the 12th century but when William Peverel the Third fled into exile in 1155 the building became the...

Chatsworth House Chatsworth House and Park. Chatsworth House is the ancestral home of the 12th Duke and Duchess of Devonshire and has been in their family, the Cavendishes, since 1549. It is one of Britain's...

Chesterfield Museum and Art Gallery

Clumber Park Clumber Park. Once home to the Dukes of Newcastle, Clumber House was demolished in 1938; but there are over 3800 acres of parkland still in existence consisting of peaceful woods, open...

Creswell Crags Creswell Crags. Creswell Crags is a limestone gorge on each side of which are a number of caves. Through the gorge runs a stream which widens into a small lake and is the habitat of a variety...

Hardwick Hall Hardwick Hall. Hardwick Hall was designed and built by Robert Smythson for Elizabeth, the Dowager Countess of Shrewsbury, more familiarly known as Bess of Hardwick. It is one of...

Langwith Whaley Thorns Heritage Centre Langwith Whaley Thorns Heritage Centre The centre houses the John Hyatt Collection of artefacts and photographs that chart the social history of the local community from its...

Stainsby Mill Stainsby Mill (Hardwick Estate). Stainsby Mill lies on the edge of the Hardwick Estate. There has been a mill on the site since the 13th Century providing flour to the local villages and later...

Sutton Scarsdale Hall Sutton Scarsdale Hall. There has been a house on the spot where the ruins of Sutton Scarsdale Hall stand for about a thousand years, but the present hall was built in 1724 by the fourth...

The Harley Gallery The Harley Gallery.   Situated in the beautiful countryside of the Ducal Estate of Welbeck in North Nottinghamshire, the Harley Gallery has a national reputation for excellence and...