WHEELDON TREES FARM

Museums and Galleries

Derbyshire galleries and museums to visit in the Peak District, that are local to Wheeldon Trees Farm Holiday Cottages.

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Lyme Park

Activities for Families, Family Friendly, For Rainy Days, Heritage Sites, Historic Houses, Local Area, Museums & Galleries

Lyme Park A fine Italianate house in Disley, Cheshire, on the edge of the Peak District. Used by the BBC in their adaptation of Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' - this is where Mr D'Arcy lived.

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The Buxton Tram

Activities for Families, Days Out, Family Friendly, Heritage Sites, Local Area, Museums & Galleries

You can take a guided walking or Tram Tour around Buxton with friendly and knowledgable guides - a fantastic way to get the Buxton overview and see little-known highlights.

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Pooles Cavern

Activities for Families, Days Out, Family Friendly, For Rainy Days, Local Area, Museums & Galleries, Privilege Card

Take a tour down beneath the earth at Pooles Cavern to explore vast limestone caverns and stalactites that have hung in the chambers for millions of years. You can also walk through beautiful woodland trails for an amazing panoramic view of the Peak District.

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Chatsworth

Activities for Families, Family Friendly, For Rainy Days, Heritage Sites, Historic Houses, Local Area, Museums & Galleries

Home to the Duke and Duchess of Deveonshire, Chatsworth has been hoem to 16 generations of the Cavendish family. Chatsworth is renowned for the quality of its art and landscape and with a reasonably priced Farm Shop Restaurant, it is a great day out for all the family.

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Chesterfield Museum & Art Gallery How come straight cucumbers were grown here more than a century before EU regulations ? What made the town market so important, And how did Medieval workers manage to build so high ? Now you know where to find out…
Masson Mills Museum, Matlock Bath At this UNESCO World Heritage Site, originally designed by Sir Richard Arkwright, experience what life was like to work in an 18th-century mill – including the noise of the clattering looms as well as the realistically recreated smell !
Buxton Museum and Art GalleryDiscover the geology, archaeology and history of the Peak District in the Wonders of the Peak time tunnel…
Bakewell Old House Museum Explore this facinating social history collection which reflects the impact of pivotal events of the last 500 years on Bakewell and the surrounding area. Discover massive open fireplaces, beamed ceilings, a Tudor toilet, an intriguing collection of local artefacts, tools, toys and period costumes – and much more!
Eyam Plague Village Museum When plague struck the village of Eyam in 1665, the vilagers made the extraordinary sacrifice of isolating themselves in order to prevent the spread of this terrible disease…
David Mellor Visitor Centre, HathersageTraffic lights to waste bins and bus shelters to knives and forks. Quite an education…
Red House Stables Carriage Museum See the country’s largest collection of original carriages for travel & trade as well as many accompanying harnesses and other accessories – next door to the horses that pull them.
Peak District Lead Mining Museum The Museum houses many items, relics of the lost lead industry, which are explained and interpreted in an imaginative and thought-provoking exhibition. These include rock and mineral specimens from around the world. Interactive exhibits and climbing tunnels, provide something for the young and the young at heart.
Poole’s CavernExplore vast limestone caverns with a fun guide and see how crystal stalactites have lined the chambers over millions of years.