British post boxes in Derbyshire
Take a closer look at our letter boxes I recently posted some postcards for a guest at our local post box at Matlock Green and noticed the Victorian Royal Cypher and how unusual it was. That got me thinking about their history. Will these objects of British heritage...
Matlock Cable Tramway – All aboard, tickets please…..
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...
Matlock Remembrance Day
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....
The history of Knowleston Place in 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...Reviews from our guests
Clean, well appointed and comfortable rooms. We took all 5. Very good breakfast and tea when we arrived. Charming hosts.
Excellent service and a lovely room is something that will be found in Grendon Guest House.
Everything is as good as you might expect and better.
Well done everyone involved.
A fantastic place to stay first class in every way
