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Peak District Attractions and Places to Visit

The Peak District is a treasure trove of different sights and places to visit. There are numerous historic houses, old churches, dams and reservoirs, museums, theme parks and even castles. Natural wonders include caverns, rocky gorges, gritstone edges and fine rivers.

Chatsworth House, Derbyshire. Home of Dukes of Devonshire.Chatsworth House and Park

Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, in the Peak District. Home of the Dukes of Devonshire, the Cavendish Family. Build by Bess of Hardwick. Mary Queen of Scots was imprisioned here. The greatest house of the region and set in a large park.

historic interest good for children good for exercise good views
Eyam Hall in the historic Plague village of EyamEyam Hall

Eyam Hall is a fine 17th Century Hall in the Plague village of Eyam, Hope Valley, which is still in the hands of its original builders, the Wright Family. It is open to the public and also has a small set of craft workshops attached.

historic interest good for children
Haddon Hall - home of Manners family, Bakewell, DerbyshireHaddon Hall

Haddon Hall, a mediaeval manor house and home of the Dukes of Rutland, the Manners family, in the Peak District alongside the River Wye near Bakewell, Derbyshire.

historic interest
Hardwick Hall Elizabethan mansion Chesterfield, Derbyshire, EnglandHardwick Hall and Park

Hardwick Hall, a magnificent Elizabethan mansion built by Bess of Hardwick, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Renowned for its tapestries and with fine gardens. Set in a large park.

historic interest good for exercise good views
Ilam Hall and Park near Ashbourne, a National Trust propertyIlam Hall and Park

Ilam Hall is the remains of the hall built by the Watts Russell family in the 1820s, close to Ashbourne. The Hall and Park now belong to the National Trust

historic interest good for exercise good views
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire - home of the Curzon familyKedleston Hall and Park

Kedleston Hall, a classical Palladian Mansion built by Robert Adam, near Derby, Derbyshire. Home of the Curzon family and Lords Scarsdale, it is filled with memorabilia of Lord Curzon's time as Viceroy of India. Set in large park.

historic interest good for exercise good views
Lyme Hall, Pride and Prejudice house in Peak DistrictLyme Hall and Park

Lyme Hall, a fine Italianate house in Disley, Cheshire, on the edge of the Peak District. Used by the BBC in their adaptation of Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' - this is where Mr D'Arcy lived. Set in a large park with gardens.

historic interest good for exercise good views
Sudbury Hall, home of Vernon Family, Derbyshire, England.Sudbury Hall and the Museum of Childhood

Sudbury Hall, once the home of the Vernon family, is a fine and highly individual late 17th Century house between Derby and Uttoxeter, Derbyshire. It also houses the 'Museum of Childhood'. Large grounds and gardens.

historic interest good for children good for exercise
Tissington Hall, Tissington, Ashbourne - home of the FitzherbertsTissington Hall

Tissington Hall is the 17th century home of the FitzHerbert family in Tissington Village near Ashbourne, Derbyshire. Wonderful furniture, paintings and porcelain collection.

historic interest
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