PLACES TO VISIT
Go to the beautiful Manifold valley, have a bike ride or a quiet walk then visit the Tea Junction tea rooms at Hulme End.
Have a great day out for kids 2 to 92 at Alton Towers.
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Chatsworth House is a not-to-be-missed Stately Home with magnificent rooms showing how the super rich lived in the 18th and 19th century. The setting of the house in spectacular gardens is stunning.
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Try something a bit different and visit Buxton Raceway. There's banger and stockcar racing - a thoroughly good day out.
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Return to the age of steam and take a trip with the Churnet Valley railway. The engines really do feel "alive".
Poole's Cavern is well worth a visit with stories of old bones and highway robbery as well as some nice rock formations.
The Blue John Cavern is a series of caverns considered to be the finest range in Great Britain. The Cavern Tours are of immense interest showing how the caverns were formed and how the limestone has been formed by the deposits on the floors of great oceans which have long since receded, as the fossilised remains of marine animals now show.
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Gulliver’s Kingdom at Matlock is a family theme park designed to cater for families with children between the age of two and thirteen. All its rides and attractions are designed to offer the whole family a full day out of fun and excitement.
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The village of Eyam, (pronounced 'eem',) in Derbyshire, became famous during the Black Death of 1665. An outbreak of the plague was contained when the villagers decided to isolate from the surrounding communities. You can walk round this historic village tracing the steps of these heroic people.
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A lovely afternoon out at a homely laid back zoological park full of birds, small mammals and plants.
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