explore the peak district
Things to see
The Peak District was the first designated National Park in the UK and boasts a wealth of natural beauty, historical sites, charming towns, outdoor activities and family friendly attractions.
Ecton Copper Mines
Tissington Hall
Ecton Copper Mines
Once one of the foremost mines in the British Isles, now a Scheduled Monument. From Bronze Age times copper deposits were worked for over 3500 years. Providing great wealth for the Chatsworth Estate the copper was used to sheet the bottom of the Royal Navy’s wooden warships.
1 mile from Swainsley Farm
Pilsbury Castle
The mysterious remains of a motte and bailey castle.
4 miles from Swainsley Farm
Tissington Hall and Village
Jacobean mansion home of the FitzHerbert family for over 400 years
6 miles from Swainsley Farm
Arbour Low Stone Circle and Gib Hill Barrow
The most important prehistoric site of the East Midlands, Arbor Low is a Neolithic henge monument atmospherically set amid high moorland.
6 miles from Swainsley Farm
Chatsworth House and Park
Treasure house, home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire.
15 miles from Swainsley Farm
Brindley Mill
A mid 18th century working corn mill which celebrates the work of James Brindley, millwright and canal engineer renowned as the pioneer of the canal system in Great Britain.
9 miles from Swainsley Farm
Chatsworth House
Haddon Hall
Nine Ladies Stone Circle
A small early Bronze Age stone circle which is part of a complex of prehistoric circles and standing stones on Stanton Moor.
8 miles from Swainsley Farm
Haddon Hall
Magnificent medieval Tudor House
15 miles from Swainsley Farm
Cheddleton Flint Mill
A fine example of a water mill complex that ground flint for the pottery industry. The Caldon Canal, which would have supplied the mill by narrow boat, passes by.
15 miles from Swainsley Farm
Eyam Hall
Historic manor house set in the middle of the plague village.
19 miles from Swainsley Farm
RSPB Coombes Valley Nature Reserve
A delightful oak woodland to walk through in a spectacular steep sided valley. A haven for migrating birds.
6 miles from Swainsley Farm
Cromford (Arkwright) Mill
Cromford Mill was the first water-powered cotton spinning mill developed by Sir Richard Arkwright in 1771. It forms the centrepiece of Derwent Valley Mills now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
12 miles from Swainsley Farm
Chatsworth House
Biddulph Grange
Biddulph Grange – National Trust
Exciting survivor of the great age of Victorian gardening
15 miles from Swainsley Farm
Peveril Castle
The imposing ruins of one of England’s earliest Norman fortresses standing high above the pretty village of Castellation with breathtaking views over the Hope Valley.
15 miles from Swainsley Farm
Wingfield Manor
The vast and immensely impressive ruins of a palatial medieval manor house which became Mary Queen of Scots prison.
12 miles from Swainsley Farm
Little Morton Hall – National Trust
Timber framed, moated manor house
16 miles from Swainsley Farm
Croxden Abbey
The impressive remains of an abbey of Cistercian ‘white monks’, including towering fragments of its 13th century church, infirmary and 14th century abbot’s lodging.
15 miles from Swainsley Farm
Lyme Park – National Trust
Stately home, deer park and gardens. Mr Darcey’s house in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice.
20 miles from Swainsley Farm
Lyme Park
Sudbury Hall
Kedleston Hall – National Trust
Magnificent Palladian mansion
20 miles from Swainsley Farm
Sudbury Hall – National Trust
Late 17th C. house with sumptuous interiors and the National Trust Museum of Childhood
20 miles from Swainsley Farm
Tabley House
Grade 1 Palladian mansion
30 miles from Swainsley Farm
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