The Derwent valley, upstream from Derby on the southern edge of the Pennines, contains a series of 18th and 19th century cotton mills and an industrial landscape of high historical and technological significance. The four principal industrial settlements of Cromford, Belper, Milford, and Darley Abbey are articulated by the river Derwent, the waters of which provided the power to drive the cotton mills.
Discover an indoor rain forest with free flying butterflies, tropical birds, creepy…
Encounter the exotic and discover a wild family day out at the Tropical Butterfly House,…
Once the home of Victorian Prime Minister, William Lamb who, as Second Viscount…
Adlington Hall, the home of the Leghs of Adlington, since 1315, was built on the site of…
Sculptures, paintings, furniture and family monuments. A Georgian chapel, tearooms,…
An 18th century country house set in a Repton landscape containing fine furniture and…
Located in a rural area of northwest England, free from radio interference, Jodrell Bank…
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A fully-furnished, Elizabethan manor-house with Carolean stables. General Patton's 3rd…
The finest Palladian house in the northwest, Tabley was designed by John Carr of York for…
Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre tells the dramatic story of the Battle fought on…
Built c1580. 400 years of Fane family portraits. Open by written appointment. Guided…
Construction on the Cathedral commenced in 1072 and continued in several phases…
Experience nearly 1000 years of jaw-dropping history at Lincoln Castle from battles, to…
The present house was built during the 18th Century by Francis Smith and John Soane and…
Known as the 'Gothic Gem of the Midlands', Arbury Hall has been the ancestral home of the…