Whatever you want from a holiday can be found right here.

You can climb the peaks, fell run, cycle, paraglide, bird watch, go caving, visit stately houses, fish, sail, explore our industrial heritage, join in with local customs or just relax and enjoy the beautiful countryside.

Chatsworth house (home of the Duke of Devonshire) was Pemberley in the film ‘Pride and Prejudice’ and Haddon Hall, Lyme Hall, North Lees Hall, and the Red House Stables (all featured in the film) are within easy reach

Castleton has several caverns. In one you travel by boat. In another you can see how they mined the famous Blue John stone and see the stalactites and stalagmites in the ‘Fairyland and Dream Cave’ Not to be outdone, Buxton has its own cave system which has been open to visitors since Victorian times.

There are several trails, following redundant railway lines, where you can hire bicycles; these trails are mostly flat or have a gentle gradient and meander through stunning country with caves to explore and rivers to follow.

Millstones are to be seen abandoned on the hillside at Hathersage from the time when quarrying for the steel industry at Sheffield became redundant. Visit a World Heritage site starting at Matlock Bath to see Sir Richard Arkwright’s best preserved cotton mill, and travel down the River Derwent to Cromford for more mills and workers cottages.

We like good food, and Buxton holds a Food Fest every year promoting local produce like Ashbourne Gingerbread, Hartington cheeses and the Bakewell pudding.

Don’t miss the village of Eyam – the plague village - and the surrounding villages, with their fascinating story of great courage and foresight. Explore the pretty village of Ashford-in-the-Water. Go to Edale where the long walk up the backbone of England (the Pennine Way) begins.

Well Dressings are unique to Derbyshire. This is a custom of decorating wells and springs with pictures made out of petals of flowers, and other natural materials, pressed into wet clay on large boards. These are then erected over the wells for all to visit. The first well dressings are in May, the last in September.

If you want a different sort of challenge, Alton Towers theme park, home of Nemesis and Rita-Queen of Speed, is not far away and, of course, Derbyshire is the home of Toe Wrestling!