Woodturning at Christmas Cottage
Woodturner using mainly local woods from sustainable Peak District sources to make bowls, plates, objets d’art and other useful smaller items. Please visit the website below.
www.woodturningatchristmascottage.co.uk
Haddon Hall www.haddonhall.co.uk Chatsworth www.chatsworth.org
Haddon Hall – 2miles by car or walk direct to appreciate the hill top view from the South West www.haddonhall.co.uk
Chatsworth – 6.5 miles by car www.chatsworth.org
Bakewell market is on Mondays – we recommend using the local Hulleys Bus service from outside The George – timetables on bus stop outside April Cottage (drop off is our gateway).
A list of other links to places to visit and attractions
Peak District – Multiple sites surrounding us www.visitpeakdistrict.com
Lathkil Hotel – pleasant 2 mile walk along Lathkill Dale to Over Haddon www.lathkil.co.uk
English Heritage – Local standing stones and barrows eg Nine Ladies above Stanton in the Peak – 3 miles, Arbor Low (known as the Stonehenge of the North) – 4 miles www.english-heritage.org.uk
Cauldwells Mill – also sells flour – Rowsley – 3.5 miles https://www.caudwellsmill.co.uk/
Peak Shopping Village Rowsley – 4 miles www.peakshoppingvillage.com
Nearest Cycle Hire on the High Peak and Tissington Trails www.peakdistrict.gov.uk Parsley Hay – 4.5 miles email: Parsleyhay.cyclehire@peakdistrict.gov.uk
Peak Rail – Steam link Rowsley to Matlock Rowsley South Railway Station – 5 miles www.peakrail.co.uk
Bakewell– 5 miles (car or bus) or a pleasant hour’s walk – Old House Museum www.oldhousemuseum.org.uk
Thornbridge Riverside Brewery Bakewell – 5 miles www.thornbridgebrewery.co.uk
Monsal Trail – Bakewell to Millers Dale www.monsaltrail.co.uk
Matlock and Matlock Bath – 9/10 miles www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk
Heights of Abraham – 9.5 miles www.heightsofabraham.com
Brierlow Bar Bookstore A515 near Buxton – 10 miles www.bookstore-uk.co.uk
Scarthin Books Cromford – 10 miles www.scarthinbooks.com
Arkwright Society and Terminus of Cromford Canal Cromford – 11 miles https://www.cromfordmills.org.uk/
Masson Mills – shopping and Arkwright working loom museum Cromford – 11 miles www.massonmills.co.uk
Tissington Village – 11 miles – or cycle on the Tissington trail from Parsley Hay www.tissingtonhall.co.uk
Ecclesbourne Valley Railway – Wirksworth to Duffield Wirksworth 11 miles www.e-v-r.com
Tideswell Hidden Histories – 11 miles www.visittideswell.co.uk
Buxton – 13 miles www.visitbuxton.co.uk
Buxton Museum and Art Gallery
https://www.buxton.museum@derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/buxton-museum/buxton-museum-and-art-gallery.aspx
Manifold Valley – 13 miles https://www.staffsmoorlands.gov.uk/
Ashbourne – 15 miles www.visitashbourne.co.uk
Crich Tramway Museum Crich – 15 miles www.tramway.co.uk
Treak Cliff Cavern (Several other caverns open around Castleton – 19 miles) www.bluejohnstone.com
National Trust – multiple Sites for walking
nearest houses (Hardwick, Sudbury, Kedleston, Lyme Park – all within 1 hour drive) www.nationaltrust.org.uk
English Heritage properties – Peveril Castle, Castleton – 19 miles, Bolsover Castle – 20 miles www.english-heritage.org.uk
Tropical Butterfly House North Anston near Worksop – 35 miles www.butterflyhouse.co.uk
Buxton Opera House
Presents many performances each year and is home to the Buxton Festival in July and international Gilbert and Sullivan Festival each August. Visit the website for a list of current productions.
