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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Walking Tours customised peak district holidays designed for you
Take a customised walking tour of England with Tailor Made Stays Walk through lush green countryside, rugged moorland with stately homes, glorious views and quaint chocolate box villages steeped in history.
Renowned for walking and known as the most beatuiful National Park in England the Peak District has it all.
Our specialised escorted England walking tours, customised for you, take you to the most interesting places giving you the chance to soak up the unique atmosphere and history of this special area.
Whatever type of walking holiday tour you enjoy you will find it in Englands Peak District. We can walk up hills, some requiring quite strenuous climbs, over edges, through our valleys and miles of unspoilt countryside always with breathtaking views all round.
Tailor Made Stays will create whatever type of England holiday tour you prefer. Our escorted guided walking tours in England are individually created to ensure you enjoy the sort of walking tour you want relaxed in the knowledge that Tailor MAde Stays will take care of everything.
The southernmost point and backbone of England the famous Pennines begin in the Peak District. The gruelling 250 mile Pennine Way long distance walk begins at Edale in the Dark Peak.
Walk the start of this well-known path with us.
Walk through Grindsbrook Clough with a scramble at the top and take time to enjoy the fantastic views. Experience walking over the Kinder Scout plateau, a bleak and remote moorland (2,088 ft), to Kinder Downfall at the head of the valley.
The Peak District has an abundance of curiosities, ancient sites such as Arbour Low a prehistoric burial mound, fantastic panoramic views and quaint historic villages full of interest and all seen at their best when walking.
Our walking tours will enable you to look at England from another perspective.
Take the time to get out of the car and enjoy your own walking tour of our countryside and villages from a different angle.
Whichever walking tour you prefer Tailor Made Stays will create an escorted holiday tour in the Peak District to suit you.
Contact us to discuss what you want from your walking tours.
Walk with Tailor Made Stays on our England tours and discover the best routes and views this lovely area offers. |
  
  
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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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