What’s on in Derbyshire and the Peak District in 2018?
The year that is… Derbyshire! Welcome to 2018. We hope you had a great start to the New Year and are looking forward to 2018. As usual Derbyshire and the Peak District have a range of events during the year. The famous well-dressings that run throughout the summer;...
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...
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 Caves to visit. Peak Cavern, also...
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
