Discover more in the Peak District and Derbyshire
Historic houses, arts and crafts cottages and the spectacular Peak District make up this varied part of the Midlands.
Explore houses trapped in time, ornate Elizabethan wonders and historic mills in the heart of the country.
Visit the Hall at Kedleston, which is a prime example of 18th-century Palladian and Neoclassical inspired architecture and the ancestral residence of the Curzon family.
Hardwick Hall is the legacy of a woman who had the vision, wealth and sheer audacity to commission a house that shouts innovation from the rooftops.
Discover the 'un-stately' home at Calke Abbey, where peeling paint and abandoned rooms vividly portray a period when many country houses didn't survive.
Step inside the house and discover unusual objects and strange secrets as you walk through six centuries of family history at Lyme in Cheshire.
The Children’s Country House at Sudbury. Having fun with history.
A low, stone-built medieval hall, set in the picturesque countryside of Derbyshire.
Learn about the waterwheel and find out how the cogs, wheels and other machinery all work together at the mill.
Historic houses, arts and crafts cottages and the spectacular Peak District make up this varied part of the Midlands.