Articles related to "Places To Visit In Derbyshire"

Aside from stunning scenery, Derbyshire is home to trout, Bakewell pudding, blue cheese, oat meal porridge, the famous Buxton mineral water and over 30 microbreweries.

Nov 14, 2009 - Elaine Findlay

Buxton is the main town in Derbyshire's Peak District, one of England's loveliest National Parks, and in July this spa town puts on one of Britain's best arts festivals

Apr 7, 2007 - Mike Gerrard

Once a royal stronghold and prominent stone building atop a prominent hillside, the remnants of Horsley Castle are now a hidden treasure lurking beneath ivy and woodland.

Feb 18, 2009 - Chiz Dakin

The film locations for Pride and Prejudice are faithful to the original novel, set mainly in England's Peak District, in the Counties of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

Sep 7, 2008 - Mari Nicholson

Jane Eyre's story comes to life in in Hathersage, a small Derbyshire village in some of England's best walking country, the Peak District. See places Bronte wrote about.

Feb 28, 2007 - Cathy Smith

Inhabited since Tudor times, this stately house and estate was rescued for the nation and preserved in a charming state of "cumbling grandeur"

Jul 4, 2008 - Christine Fadhley

How Samuel Slater, the father of the industrial revolution in America, got his knowledge of cotton spinning and cotton mills from Jedediah Strutt, in Belper, Derbyshire.

Apr 5, 2008 - Kathryn Burton

Admirers of English author Jane Austen traveling in her footsteps can visit her birthplace, homes and grave, several film locations or the Jane Austen Festival in Bath.

May 18, 2009 - Renate Oetjens

Poet, parish clerk, gardener, writer and traveler, Leonard Wheatcroft's poems, letters and autobiography give a fascinating glimpse of life in 17th Century England.

Aug 25, 2009 - Elaine Findlay

Stephen Booth's DC Ben Cooper investigates crimes involving birds' eggs and birds of prey in Derbyshire's Peak District National Park in the long short story Claws

Sep 7, 2008 - Mike Gerrard