Testimonials
We wanted to let you know how much we enjoyed your tours, loved all the history......your area is beautiful. Jane & Andy P, New England
Thank you again for everything our vacation was great. We thought the little towns and the the stately houses were wonderful and the girls just loved the all the movie scenery we visited. Tom & Audrey B.
I have told all my friends about your wonderful Peak District thank you so much.
Ruth and John P. Toronto
Thank you for a great time, I wish we could have stayed longer. We saw so much we couldn’t take it all in so ‘we will be back’. Angie & Jeff S, Hertfordshire
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Guided Tours July events 2007| 1-Jul-07 | Alport Love Feast | | | 1-Jul-07 | Crich Stand Memorial Service | | | 1-July-2007 | Glossop Carnival | | | 1-July-2007 | Tideswell Carnival | | | 1-Juyl-2007 | Toy/Train & Collectors Fair Buxton PG | 10.30am - 4pm | | 5-July-2007 | Farmers Market Buxton PG | 10am - 3pm | | 6-July-2007 | Buxton Opera Festival 6-22July Buxton PG | | | 7-July-2007 | Artist & Designers Fair 7-8 July Buxton PG | 10am - 4.30pm | | 7-July-2007 | Bakewell Carnival 2pm | | | 7-July-2007 | Buxworth 7-15 July | Well Dressing | | 7-July-2007 | Chapel en le Frith 7-14 July | Well Dressing | | 7-July-2007 | Coal Aston 7-11 July | Well Dressing | | 7-July-2007 | Dore 7-15 July | Well Dressing | | 7-July-2007 | Ridgeway 7-10 July | Well Dressing | | 8-July-2007 | Buxton 8-16 July | Well Dressing | | 8-July-2007 | Tansley 8-12 July | Well Dressing | | 9-July-2007 | Bands in the Park - Dove Holes Band Buxton PG | 2pm - 4pm | | 10-July-2007 | Afternoon Dance with Peter Rodgers Buxton PG | 1pm - 4pm | | 13-July-2007 | Dronfield The Forge 13-20 July | Well Dressing | | 14-July-2007 | Book Fair 14-15 July Buxton PG | 10am 4.30pm | | 14-July-2007 | Buxton Carnival | | | 14-July-2007 | Cutthorpe 14-22 July | Well Dressing | | 15-July-2007 | Ashbourne Highland Gathering | | | 15-July-2007 | Bands in the Park - Buxton Council of Churches Open Air Service | 2pm - 4pm | | 17-July-2007 | Millthorpe nr Holmsfield 17-22 July | Well Dressing | | 21-July-2007 | Antique & Collectors Fair 21-22 July Buxton PG | 9am - 5pm | | 21-July-2007 | Heage Windmill 21-22 July | Well Dressing | | 21-July-2007 | Stoney Middleton 21-30 July | Well Dressing | | 22-July-2007 | Ashover Vintage Car Show | | | 22-July-2007 | Record & CD Fair Buxton PG | 10am - 4pm | | 24-July-2007 | Chesterfield Mediaeval Market | | | 28-July-2007 | Bonsall WD 28 July to 3 August | | | 28-July-2007 | International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival | Start 28 Jul to 19 Aug | | 28-July-2007 | Leek Show | |
Guided tours with Tailor Made Stays can include as many events as you want.
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How Interesting
One of England's most popular stately homes and one of its largest private houses is Chatsworth House the home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire. Chatsworth is believed to have been the inspiration for Jane Austen's Pemberley, home of Mr Darcy, in the book Pride & Predjudice and Chatsworth has been used as a setting for the many adaptations of the novel.
The village of Edensor on the Chatsworth estate was razed to the ground then rebuilt out of site of the main house.
Richard Arkwright perfected water powered spinning machines and installed them in his factory at Cromford. Building up a whole new community he provided cottages for his workers, a chapel, school and the Greyhound Hotel.
Mary Queen of Scot’s was imprisoned at nearby Hardwick Hall and was allowed to visit Buxton to take the health giving spa waters.
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Famous Derbyshire People
Richard Arkwright perfected water powered spinning machines and installed them in his factory at Cromford. Building up a whole new community he provided cottages for his workers, a chapel, school and the Greyhound Hotel. 
Initially he lived next to the mill at Rock House but as he prospered he went on to build Willersley Castle on a hill above Cromford. He died in 1792 aged only 60 and was buried at the church he built.
Kathleen, sister of John F Kennedy, is buried in the church of St Peter, Edensor. Kathleen known as ‘Kick’ married William Cavendish, Marques of Hartington in 1944. Only four months later William was killed whilst on active duty and in 1948 she was killed in a plane crash.
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