Situated at the heart of Buxton, this museum and gallery is one of the most well loved cultural complexes in the region. Offering a comprehensive...

Go Ape! is an award winning high wire forest adventure course that allows visitors to experience the thrills of swinging high through the tress of...

Poole’s Cavern is a two million year old natural limestone cave situated in some of the most impressive woodland on the edge of the tow...

Built in the early 1900s the Opera House was a theatre until converted to a cinema in 1927. It stayed a cinema, except for a...

The Pavilion Gardens is a beautiful historic venue situated at the very heart of Buxton. Throughout the year the gardens play host to over...

Silk from cocoon to loom, visit Macclesfield’s two award-winning silk museums where we have weavers in residence. The story is told through audio-visual programme with...

There is a copper mining heritage since prehistoric and Roman times here at Alderley Edge in the fantastic Cheshire countryside. The National Trust protected...

Bring the whole family to explore and enjoy this pretty county park with woodland, wetland ponds and a wildflower meadow. Macclesfield Riverside Park is...

Tittesworth Reservoir is a tourist attraction for all the family. Not far from the reservoir are the Roaches: a famous gritstone rock formation popular with...

Enter the inner world of the underground cave system in the heart of the Peak District National Park and absorb the atmosphere as a watery...

Arbor Low is a stone circle, or henge, positioned on a hilltop in the Derbyshire moorland, five miles South West of Bakewell. Neolithic in date,...

Set in the middle of the picturesque Peak District village of Castleton, the approach to Peak Cavern is awe-inspiring. A riverside walk takes you past...

A simulated coal mine and magnificent model of the town as it was in 1884 are two of the attractions to be seen in New...

Treak Cliff Cavern is an underground wonderland of stalactites, stalagmites, rocks, minerals and fossils, and home to Blue John stone. The tour takes you to...

Lyme Park is a beautiful, historic and lavish estate that has hardly been touched by the hands of time and seemingly has no real place...

This small but charming manor house in the famous plague village of Eyam has been the home of the Wright family since 1671 and it...

A number of Bakewell pudding shops exist in Bakewell, however this is largely accepted to be the original, where the first ever pudding, or tart,...

Lazing by the banks of the River Wye in the Bakewell public park watching the wildlife and waterfowl is a great way to spend a...

The famous outbreak of Bubonic Plague in 1665/6 in Eyam is vividly portrayed. The villagers imposed a voluntary quarantine, and over a third of the...

This beautiful old house has 11 rooms one of which is a Victorian kitchen. The house and museum are open throughout the year...

Capesthorne Hall is where the Bromley-Davenports and their ancestors have lived since Domesday times. It contains a variety of treasures including fine paintings, furniture, marbles...

Purchased by the National Trust in 1978, this beautiful area of woodland has at its heart a walled garden filled with rare flowers and plants....

Chatsworth House, ten minutes from Bakewell, has been voted ‘Britain’s best stately home’, and it is quite clear to see why. A beautiful palace-like building...

If you are interested in the age of steam, and particular the steam traction engine, then you are going to love a visit to this...

The National Trust began maintaining this Outstanding Area of Natural Beauty in 1936 and it is renowned across the region as one of the best...

The Cheshire Manor Home of the Leghs since 1315. The Great Hall was built between 1450 and 1505, the Elizabethan “Black and White” in...

Overlooking the River Wye, close to the market town of Bakewell, Haddon Hall has escaped the ravages of time. Fine examples of a medieval kitchen...

This mill and museum celebrate a piece of history and technology that would have once been important and pivotal in the local community. The...

Glossop Heritage Centre was established in order to bring together the large body of historical material that has been collected over a series of centuries...

Rudyard Lake is found in the Staffordshire Moorlands, just 2 miles north of Leek. The area just above Rudyard Lake used to be used...

Situated just to the north of Leek in Staffordshire, this railway offers visitors the chance to travel around a three mile loop, taking in some...

This 15th Century mill stands next to a tranquil millpond and is certainly one of the oldest and most interesting pieces of surviving architecture in...

An extensive 7¼ gauge railway running through a large garden centre. Other attractions include a restaurant, pottery model shop and aquatic centre. One of the...

Caudwell Mill is a real piece of local heritage that has been excellently preserved and restored in order to help keep another part of the...

Hob Hurst's House is a Bronze Age barrow, that was first discovered and excavated in 1853 by Thomas bateman, known locally as the ‘Barrow Knight’....

The National Trust is in charge of conserving and maintaining this beautiful area of walking country, surrounded by ancient woods and tumbled rocks. The...

Walk alongside the world famous Lovell telescope on our observational pathway, and you’ll find the answers to who, what, why, how and when? Take a...

The Churnet Valley Railway is one of the most interesting and well loved attractions in this area of the world. The railway gives families...

There has been a long tradition of industry in this area of Staffordshire, and this Flint Mill is a good example of some of the...

Ilam Park runs along both banks of the River Manifold in an idyllic setting at the heart of the Derbyshire countryside. The National Trust...