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Welcome to Derbyshire UK - a comprehensive tourist and local information guide to Derbyshire and the Peak District National Park providing information on Derbyshire and Peak District accommodation, towns and villages, people, curiosities, recreation, business, dining out, attractions, activities, local events and photographs. Derbyshire and the Peak District Derbyshire's bustling market towns, villages, hills, dales and rivers, offer majestic scenery, and a rich variety of customs that date back from time immemorial. Many visitors to Derbyshire and the Peak District come not only to enjoy the varied and beautiful landscape, but also to experience a blend of heritage, history and family attractions hard to find elsewhere. In Derbyshire and the Peak District you find large country houses, like Chatsworth, Kedleston and Haddon, towns and villages associated with famous people or rare minerals, and crystal clear rivers and streams running through its valleys and dales. Derbyshire and the Peak District caters for nearly every kind of sport, from rock climbing and pot holing to fly fishing and canoeing on waters surrounded by beautiful scenery. Derbyshire today is perhaps best known for the Peak District National Park, the first to be designated in Britain, in 1951, in recognition of its outstanding and largely unspoilt scenery. Read more. Derbyshire & Peak District Accommodation Why not book yourself a short holiday, escape the pressures of everyday life and spend some time recharging your batteries in the Peak District. A wide range of accommodation is available in Derbyshire and the Peak District National Park, from 5 star hotels to numerous camp and caravan sites. There are hundreds of excellent B&Bs and Self Catering establishments including holiday cottages and pine lodges. See Derbyshire & Peak District Accommodation See also Derby Accommodation for availability in Derby City Centre. Wherever you choose to stay you can be sure of a warm welcome and great service. Derbyshire & Peak District Attractions Places to visit in 2008 - Attractions in Derbyshire and the Peak District from Country houses and gardens to theme parks - Something for all - See Derbyshire Attractions Many visitors both English and from abroad come to the Derbyshire Peak District to visit the locations of the many costume dramas, block busters and other films made in the region. More recently Chatsworth House was used for all the exterior Pemberley sequences and some of the interior including the sculpture gallery, in the 2005 filming of Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice with Keira Knightley as Elizabeth "Lizzy" Bennet and Matthew Macfadyen as Fitzwilliam Darcy. See Pride & Prejudice Connection. See also the Jane Eyre connection with the region with locations where the BBC actually filmed the new four part series staring Ruth Wilson as Jane Eyre and Toby Stephens as Edward Rochester at Jane Eyre Connection In March 2008 sees the arrival at the cinema of another period drama and potential blockbuster movie called The Other Boleyn Girl. The film is partly set in the Derbyshire Peak District with scenes shot in and around North Lees Hall at Hathersage, Haddon Hall, Cavedale, and Dovedale. The film stars Scarlett Johansson as Mary Boleyn and Natalie Portman as her ill-fated sister Anne. A new movie called 'The Duchess' was filmed at Chatsworth House and Kedleston Hall in autumn 2007 and due for release in the autumn of 2008. It was directed by Saul Dibb and starred Keira Knightley as Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. See more on Georgiana at Georgiana Cavendish Derbyshire & Peak District Activities Activities and things to do in Derbyshire and the Peak District - Something for everyone from easy walking and golf to paragliding and rock climbing See Derbyshire and Peak District Activities Derbyshire & Peak District Events 2008 Dates for the 2008 Calendar 19th - 27th April - Peak District Walking Festival 1st to 7th May inclusive - Tissington Well Dressing 10th & 11th May - International Horse Trials at Chatsworth 17th - 19th May Etwall Well Dressing 10th June - 6th July - Ashbourne Festival 9th - 27th July Buxton Festival 6th and 7th August 2008 - Bakewell Show 29th - 31st August - Chatsworth Country Fair 18th - 19th October - The Great Peak District Fair at Buxton For various other events throughout Derbyshire and the Peak District National Park see the Events Calendar See ArtsDerbyshire for Arts events and information in Derbyshire

Derbyshire & Peak District Hotel Accommodation Only Book Online Town, Postcode, Attraction -- Derbyshire Peak District -- UK -- No. of nights -- 1 Night 2 Nights 3 Nights 4 Nights 5 Nights 6 Nights 7 Nights -- Room Sleeps -- 1 person 2 people 2 + 1 child 2 + 2 children 2 + 3 children 3 people 4 people 5 people 6 people 7 people ACCOMMODATION All Holiday Accommodation Late Availability (Late Rooms) Hotels / Inns B&B / Guest Houses Self Catering / Cottages All Accommodation Caravan & Camping Wedding Venues Conference Venues Add an Entry Ashbourne Bakewell Buxton Castleton and the Hope Valley Matlock & Matlock Bath Chesterfield Glossop and Hayfield Derby RECENT LISTINGS Hotels and Guest Houses Swiss House Ruskins B&B Castle Cliffe B&B Staden Grange Hotel Royal Hotel at Hayfield Ringwood Hall Hotel Cressbrook Hall Cottages & Self Catering Peak Serenity Twitchill Farm Holiday Cottages Darwin Forest Country Park Sandybrook Country Park Woodlands Cottage Corporate Events Peak Conference Centre Featured Guest House Swiss House B&B Castleton Set at Castleton in the heart of the National Park, Swiss House is an ideal base from which to explore the many sites and activities of The Peak District. More Details Featured Wedding Venue Ringwood Hall Hotel Chesterfield Ringwood Hall Hotel is a popular Peak District, Derbyshire, and South Yorkshire venue for weddings and receptions, accommodation, conferences and business meetings. More Details Derbyshire & Peak District Photographs

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