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Heritage, Arts & Culture

With so many heritage attractions and places to visit, you will be spoiled for choice.

The Peak District and Derbyshire is bursting with heritage, arts and culture, with a fine choice of museums, galleries and visitor attractions in all corners of the country.

The area is famously connected to the Industrial Revolution and is home to the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. There’s a wealth of museums to explore, plus places to visit that have inspired generations of writers, artists and creatives, including Charlotte Bronte and Joseph Wright.

With so many heritage attractions and places to visit, you will be spoiled for choice. Enjoy live theatre and up to the minute cinema, arts and festivals and local events celebrating the Peak District and Derbyshire’s unique cultural offer.

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Bolsover Castle

This hilltop castle was built as a fashionable retreat for 17th-Century courtiers to entertain influential guests. Now its reputation for revelry…


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Derby Cathedral

Come and appreciate the calm of this place of worship. A building of light, sanctuary, beauty and innovation which holds important monuments of…


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Pickford's House Museum

A museum of Georgian life and historic costume built in 1769 - 70, displaying period room settings and costume exhibitions


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Beechenhill Farm Cottages

Organic farm with award-winning cottages. Beechenhill Cottage; tiny, warm, in secluded garden. Cottage by the Pond for all, especially families and…


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Barrow Hill Roundhouse Presents: A Celebration of…

Celebrating 200 years of the Railway with a star-studded line up of locomotives from the steam and diesel/electric eras.


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Autumn Footprints Walking Festival

The Autumn Footprints Festival offers a great choice of 16 days of enjoyable walks & informative talks with something for everybody of all abilities.


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Wirksworth Festival

The Wirksworth Festival is a leading rural arts festival that has been around for nearly three decades.


Heritage, Arts & Culture Offers

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Free return admission for 12 months on full…

Take a tram ride through time at Crich Tramway Village, home of The National Tramway Museum - an ideal destination for all ages.


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Pay once and visit Crich Tramway Village all year

Explore tramway history and ride vintage trams where history comes to life.


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Derbyshire Days Out

12 local attractions have joined up to give you a great Derbyshire Day Out.


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Derbyshire Heritage Pass

Get unlimited access to four leading heritage transport attractions in Derbyshire for a special discounted rate


Heritage, Arts & Culture Trails

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Bolsover Castle to Sutton Scarsdale Hall walk

This countryside walk starts and ends in the market town of Bolsover and links together two historically significant buildings, Bolsover Castle and…


A Stroll along Cromford Canal

A walk along the old canal tow path on the five mile stretch through the Derwent Valley between Ambergate and Cromford passing through the village of…


Higger Tor & Carl Wark

Explore the spectacular terrain on the plateau of Higger Tor and the nearby tor of Carl Wark, regarded as an Iron Age hill fort.


Edith Nesbit walk from New Mills

Discover the countryside that inspired Edith Nesbit's famous book 'The Railway Children'


Heritage, Arts & Culture Itineraries

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What to See & Do: 48 hours in Buxton

This itinerary based in the historic spa and market town of Buxton, famed for its natural spring water and Georgian architecture.


Car-free guide: 48 hours in the Derwent Valley

Connecting charming towns and villages with an amazing industrial past, the Derwent Valley Line runs from Derby to Matlock.


Castles, Markets & Spires

Explore the lesser-known North East of Derbyshire, near Chesterfield.


City Heritage, Culture and Cocktails!

Visit Derby, the UK’s most central city, with a rich history of creativity and making, a busy cultural calendar, a varied shopping offer and the…


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