by Glendon B&B Matlock | Sep 28, 2017 | Matlock
Did you know the first single line cable tramway was opened in Matlock on the 28th March 1893? The tramway was the steepest anywhere in the world its gradient was measured at one in five and a half over its five eighths of a mile length. It carried more than a quarter...
by Glendon B&B Matlock | Feb 23, 2017 | Matlock
Glendon’s garden is waking up, which means spring is in the air. New signs of life are starting to appear. Our first snowdrops appeared in early February followed shortly after by the yellow crocuses (February Gold). New leaves and buds are forming on the Magnolia...
by Glendon B&B | Jan 1, 2017 | Matlock
Since Roman times the idea of stopping off at an Inn, to have some form of Bed and Breakfast has been common place. From this, the notion of hotels emerged, initially from French monks providing shelter in houses called hospitale and from the 19th century more as...
by Glendon B&B | Nov 30, 2016 | Matlock
Christmas at Glendon Guest House Matlock. Christmas has arrived at Glendon Guest House. The mantle over the fire place is decorated with fresh flowers and foliage in a traditional Victorian style. The Christmas tree is assembled and placed in the breakfast room for...
by Glendon B&B | Oct 31, 2016 | Matlock
Remembrance Day is on 11 November each year. It commemorates all those who have fallen in the two World Wars (1914-1918 and 1939-1945) and later conflicts. It was originally known as Armistice Day, but was renamed Remembrance Day after the Second World War....
by Glendon B&B | Oct 22, 2016 | Matlock
Glendon (number 7) is part of the row of four grand Early Victorian residences built between 1857 and 1858 by local industrialist John Knowles on Knowleston Place. The properties were described as beautiful villas, with ornamental and rock gardens opposite shared...
