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Mile

Instruction

For

Towards

0.0

Depart Derby Tourist Information Office on Local road(s) (South)

0.4 mi

 

0.4

Turn RIGHT (South) onto A601

0.5 mi

 

0.9

Turn LEFT (East) onto A514

0.4 mi

Chellaston

1.3

Turn RIGHT (West) onto Local road(s)

1.1 mi

Normanton

2.4

At Normanton, stay on Local road(s)

5.3 mi

Willington

7.7

Turn LEFT (South) onto B5008

1.4 mi

Repton

9.1

Bear RIGHT (South) onto Local road(s)

0.4 mi

 

9.5

At Repton, stay on Local road(s)

3.6 mi

Hartshorne

13.1

Turn LEFT (East) onto A514

0.1 mi

Stanton by Bridge

13.2

Turn RIGHT (South) onto B5006

0.8 mi

Smisby

14.0

Turn LEFT (South-East) onto Local road(s)

2.6 mi

Calke

16.7

Arrive Calke Abbey

   

CALKE ABBEY, Ticknall, Derby Derbyshire DE73 1LE

This baroque mansion, built 1701-3 and set in a stunning landscape park, has become famous as a graphic illustration of the English country house in decline. Little restored, the house contains the spectacular natural history collection of the Harpur Crewe family, as well as a magnificent 18th-century state bed and interiors that are essentially unchanged since the 1880s. The attractive grounds include a beautiful walled garden and newly restored orangery

10ml S of Derby, on A514 at Ticknall between Swadlincote and Melbourne. Access from M42/A42 Jn 13 and A50 Derby South

Mile

Instruction

For

Towards

0.0

Depart Calke Abbey on Local road(s) (West)

4.5 mi

 

4.5

Bear RIGHT (North) onto A514

0.3 mi

Ticknall

4.8

At Hartshorne, turn LEFT (West) onto Local road(s)

2.9 mi

Bretby

7.7

At Bretby, stay on Local road(s)

1.7 mi

 

9.4

Turn RIGHT (West) onto A50

1.4 mi

Uttoxeter

10.8

Turn RIGHT (North) onto Local road(s)

0.6 mi

 

11.4

Bear RIGHT (North) onto B5018

0.5 mi

 

11.9

Continue (North) on Local road(s)

0.9 mi

 

12.8

At Stretton, stay on Local road(s)

1.9 mi

 

14.6

At Rolleston, stay on Local road(s)

1.3 mi

 

15.9

At Marston on Dove, stay on Local road(s)

1.2 mi

Hatton

17.1

Turn RIGHT (North) onto A50

164 yds

Uttoxeter

17.2

At Hatton, turn LEFT (West) onto Local road(s)

1.5 mi

 

18.7

At Scropton, stay on Local road(s)

1.8 mi

 

20.5

Turn RIGHT (North) onto A515

153 yds

 

20.6

Turn LEFT (West) onto Local road(s)

0.6 mi

Sudbury

21.2

Arrive Sudbury Hall

   

SUDBURY HALL, Sudbury, Ashbourne Derbyshire DE6 5HT

One of the most individual of late 17th-century houses, with rich interior decoration including wood carving by Gibbons, superb plasterwork, and decorative painted murals and ceilings by Laguerre. The Great Staircase is one of the finest of its kind in an English house

6ml E of Uttoxeter at jct of A50 Derby--Stoke and A515 Ashbourne

SUDBURY HALL - THE NATIONAL TRUST MUSEUM OF CHILDHOOD, As Sudbury Hall Derbyshire

Housed in the 19th-century service wing of Sudbury Hall, the Museum contains fascinating and innovative displays about children from the 18th century onwards. There are chimney climbs for adventurous 'sweep-sized' youngsters, and Betty Cadbury's fine collection of toys and dolls is on show

Mile

Instruction

For

Towards

0.0

Depart Sudbury Hall on Local road(s) (North)

0.1 mi

 

0.1

At Sudbury, stay on Local road(s)

0.4 mi

 

0.5

Bear LEFT (West) onto A50

0.1 mi

Uttoxeter

0.6

Turn RIGHT (North) onto A515

0.2 mi

Ashbourne

0.9

Turn LEFT (West) onto Local road(s)

3.8 mi

Marston Montgomery

4.6

At Marston Montgomery, stay on Local road(s)

3.2 mi

 

7.8

Arrive Norbury

   

OLD MANOR, (THE), Norbury, Ashbourne Derbyshire DE6 2ED

A stone-built hall, dating from the 13th to 15th centuries and of specialist architectural interest only. The adjacent church (not NT) is also worth visiting

Mile

Instruction

For

Towards

0.0

Depart Norbury on B5033 (East)

0.4 mi

Roston

0.4

Turn LEFT (North) onto Local road(s)

1.8 mi

Snelston

2.2

At Snelston, stay on Local road(s)

1.1 mi

 

3.3

Turn LEFT (North) onto A515

0.5 mi

 

3.8

Turn RIGHT (East) onto Local road(s)

2.5 mi

Wyaston

6.2

At Osmaston, stay on Local road(s)

8.4 mi

 

14.6

At Kedleston, stay on Local road(s)

1.4 mi

 

16.1

Arrive Kedleston Hall

   

KEDLESTON HALL, Derby Derbyshire DE22 5JH

A classical Palladian mansion built 1759-65 for the Curzon family who have lived in the area since the 12th century. The house boasts the most complete and least-altered sequence of Robert Adam interiors in England, with the magnificent state rooms retaining their great collections of paintings and original furniture. The Eastern Museum houses a fascinating range of objects collected by Lord Curzon when Viceroy of India (1899-1905)

5ml NW of Derby, entrance off Kedleston Road and signposted from roundabout where A38 crosses A52 close to Markeaton Park

Mile

Instruction

For

Towards

0.0

Depart Kedleston Hall on Local road(s) (North)

2.5 mi

 

2.5

At Weston Underwood, stay on Local road(s)

6.6 mi

 

9.1

At Hognaston, stay on Local road(s)

0.9 mi

 

10.0

Bear RIGHT (North) onto B5056

0.5 mi

Carsington

10.5

Continue (North) on Local road(s)

1.2 mi

 

11.8

At Brassington, stay on Local road(s)

1.0 mi

 

12.8

At Longcliffe, stay on Local road(s)

4.3 mi

 

17.1

Arrive Winster

   

WINSTER MARKET HOUSE, nr Matlock Derbyshire

A market house of the late 17th or early 18th century, now restored and housing a NT information room

4ml W of Matlock on S side of B5057 in main street of Winster

Mile

Instruction

For

Towards

0.0

Depart Winster on B5057 (West)

0.3 mi

 

0.3

Turn RIGHT (North) onto Local road(s)

1.0 mi

 

1.3

At Birchover, stay on Local road(s)

1.4 mi

 

2.7

At Stanton in Peak, stay on Local road(s)

1.4 mi

Darley Bridge

4.1

Bear RIGHT (North-East) onto A6

0.3 mi

Matlock

4.4

At Rowsley, bear LEFT (North-East) onto B6012

4.3 mi

Beeley

8.7

Continue (North) on A619

0.1 mi

Chesterfield

8.8

Bear LEFT (North-West) onto Local road(s)

1.4 mi

Hassop

10.3

Turn RIGHT (North-East) onto B6001

2.2 mi

Calver

12.5

Bear RIGHT (North) onto B6521

0.6 mi

Nether Padley

13.1

At Grindleford Bridge, bear LEFT (North-West) onto B6001

2.6 mi

Hathersage

15.7

Arrive Hathersage

   

LONGSHAW ESTATE, Sheffield Derbyshire S11 7TZ

A wide expanse of open moorland, woodland and farms within the Peak District National Park, with dramatic views and excellent walking

7˝ml from Sheffield, next to A625 Sheffield--Hathersage road; Woodcroft car park is off B6055, 200m S of junction with A625

Mile

Instruction

For

Towards

0.0

Depart Hathersage on B6001 (South-East)

2.6 mi

Grindleford Bridge

2.6

At Grindleford Bridge, bear RIGHT (South) onto B6521

0.6 mi

Eyam

3.3

Bear LEFT (South) onto B6001

0.6 mi

Calver

3.9

Turn LEFT (East) onto Local road(s)

8.8 mi

Froggatt

12.6

At Holymoorside, stay on Local road(s)

5.5 mi

 

18.1

Turn LEFT (North-West) onto B6038

153 yds

Hasland

18.2

At Grassmoor, turn RIGHT (North-East) onto Local road(s)

2.9 mi

 

21.1

At Heath, stay on Local road(s)

3.6 mi

Teversal

24.7

Arrive Hardwick Hall

   

STAINSBY MILL: HARDWICK ESTATE, Doe Lea, Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5QJ

A remarkably complete water-powered flour mill, with newly reconstructed 1849-50 machinery and still in good working order

From M1 exit 29 take A6175 signposted to Clay Cross then first left and left again to Stainsby Mill

HARDWICK HALL, Doe Lea, Chesterfield Derbyshire S44 5QJ

One of Britain's foremost Elizabethan houses and a magnificent statement of the wealth and authority of its builder, Bess of Hardwick. Like a huge glass lantern, the house dominates the surrounding area and contains outstanding collections of 16th-century furniture, tapestries and needlework. Walled courtyards enclose fine gardens, orchards and herb garden, and the surrounding country park contains rare breeds of cattle and sheep

Note: A one-way traffic system operates in the Park; access only via Stainsby Mill entrance (leave M1, exit 29, follow brown signs), exit only via Hardwick Inn. Park gates shut 7 in summer, 5.30 in winter. 6˝ml W of Mansfield, 9˝ml SE of Chesterfield; approach from M1 (exit 29) via A6175

Mile

Instruction

For

Towards

0.0

Depart Hardwick Hall on Local road(s) (West)

5.4 mi

 

5.4

At Hardstoft, turn RIGHT (North-West) onto B6039

54 yds

Holmewood

5.5

Turn LEFT (West) onto Local road(s)

1.0 mi

 

6.5

At Pilsley, stay on Local road(s)

1.3 mi

 

7.8

Turn LEFT (East) onto B6014

87 yds

Tibshelf

7.8

Turn RIGHT (South) onto Local road(s)

1.3 mi

Stonebroom

9.1

At Stonebroom, stay on Local road(s)

0.8 mi

Higham

9.9

Turn LEFT (South) onto B6013

1.6 mi

Oakerthorpe

11.5

Bear LEFT (South) onto A615

0.2 mi

 

11.7

Bear LEFT (South) onto B6013

0.5 mi

 

12.2

At Oakerthorpe, turn LEFT (East) onto Local road(s)

2.8 mi

 

15.0

Bear RIGHT (South) onto B6179

0.2 mi

 

15.2

Turn RIGHT (West) onto B6441

0.3 mi

 

15.6

Bear LEFT (West) onto B6374

0.8 mi

 

16.3

Turn LEFT (South-West) onto Local road(s)

3.6 mi

Horsley

19.9

At Horsley, stay on Local road(s)

3.5 mi

 

23.5

At Breadsall, stay on Local road(s)

3.0 mi

 

26.5

Arrive Derby Tourist Information Office

   
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