by BandBMatlockwebperson9 | Apr 19, 2017 | Derbyshire, Peak District, What's On
Things to do on the May Bank Holiday in Derbyshire Ready, steady, May….. If you will allow us to start with optimism, we are going to stick our neck out and say the sun will shine in May! Perhaps not all day every day, but looking at the long-range forecast for... 
by BandBMatlockwebperson9 | Apr 10, 2017 | Chatsworth, Derbyshire
1st Chatsworth Flower show celebrates Joseph Paxton Joseph Paxton 1801 – 1865 Joseph Paxton, architect and landscape gardener, was born in 1801. He started his career as a gardener’s boy and was spotted by the Duke of Devonshire whilst working at Chiswick. He began... 
by BandBMatlockwebperson9 | Mar 20, 2017 | Derbyshire, Peak District
Blue John and tourism in Derbyshire The Romans were the first “tourists” in Derbyshire, to exploit its caves and caverns for minerals. Lead was mined for hundreds of years. In the Hope Valley, on the boarder of the “White Peak” and “Dark Peak” you will find several... 