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
Enjoyed our time with you thank you for making our holiday so special. JJ & PD. Scotland.
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.
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Special Interest customised peak district holidays designed for you
Tailor Made Stays can organise an England tour of the Peak District guided country tour for your special interest holiday.
Whether your interest is stately homes, churches, villages, history, golf, underground caverns, hiking, fishing, painting, bird watching, art or any of the other activities available to the Peak District visitor to England, we can arrange a chauffeured holiday tour customised to suit you.
If you enjoy a night at the theatre, we can make bookings and deliver you to the door for an evening of entertainment. The Peak District and areas close by give you plenty of opportunity to enjoy a night out. Buxton, famous in the past for its health-reviving spa, has an Opera House that offers a variety of entertainment. Nearby Sheffield has two theatres, the Lyceum and the Crucible, and Derby to the south has a Playhouse Theatre. All these venues provide an excellent variety of performances throughout the year.
Walking in the Peak District is truly an experience not to be missed. The Peak District is a hiker's paradise with over 1500 miles of public rights of way. Our escorted guided hiking tours will show you paths and tracks surrounded by stunning views and the spectacular Peak District country.
Hike with us and discover all the best routes this lovely area has to offer. |
We can arrange talks by local Derbyshire people, exclusively for you,
on a wide range of country subjects some examples;
~ Life of a Derbyshire Hill Farmer ~ Well Dressing
~ Underground in the Peak District ~ Eyam and the Plague
~ Building Derwent and Howden Dams ~ History of a Derbyshire Village
~ Brass Rubbing ~ Bell Ringing
~ History of Blue John ~Churches of the Peak |
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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.
The Padley Martyrs, Nicholas Garlick and Robert Ludlam, were two catholic priests, captured in 1588, taken hanged, drawn and quartered. The ruins of Padley Hall still exist behind the tiny Padley Chapel.
Castleton has a shivering mountain and the Devils Arse.
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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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