Five days in the Peak District
Chatsworth House in Derbyshire
By coach from Dorking, staying in the four-star Lee Wood hotel in Buxton on a half-board basis with guided excursions to these historic houses and places of interest:
- Baddesley Clinton
- Bakewell
- Chatsworth
- Renishaw Hall & Gardens
- Hardwick Hall & Gardens
- Buxton
- Haddon Hall
- Crich Tramway Village
Itinerary
Day 1 Visit to Baddesley Clinton, home of the Ferrers family and sanctuary to persecuted priests during the 1590s.
Day 2 Blue Badge guide accompanies group to Bakewell, home of puddings, and to Chatsworth, home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, set in the heart of the Peak District National Park.
Day 3 Visit to Renishaw Hall and Gardens, home of the Sitwell family for almost 400 years; then to the Elizabethan NT property Hardwick Hall and Gardens, designed by Bess of Hardwick to showcase the formality of 16th-century courtly life.
Day 4 Leisurely stroll in Buxton followed by a visit to Haddon Hall, a 12th-century fortified manor house surrounded by terraced Elizabethan gardens.
Day 5 Homeward bound, members will visit Crich Tramway Village, a period village overlooking the Derwent Valley and home of the National Tramway Museum.
Cost
£689 plus £28 insurance (single room supplement £99).
To book
Contact organiser Ianthe Cox: email ianthecox72@gmail.com or telephone 01737 843105.