Highcroft Guesthouse bed and breakfast
High Croft Guest House is situated in the Peak Park which has many facilities for outdoor activities - including 4 golf courses, a golf driving range, a hang-gliding / para-gliding school, helicopter rides and is a wonderful area for walking, cycling, (National Park Cycle Hire, Peak District Cycling Tours and Cycle Hire), rock-climbing, pot-holing. Converted railway tracks offer traffic free routes for horse riders and cyclists. Bikes can be hired at these tracks for the day, or bring your own we can store them safely here at High Croft Guest House.
There are many places and attractions within easy reach of High Croft Guest House bed and breakfast which are well worth a visit. These include, Castleton Caverns, and the Derwent Dams, the limestone caves of the Blue John Mines, Speedwell Cavern and the picturesque village of Castleton, Pooles Cavern, Blue John Stone, Devils Arse.
Kinder Scout, the famous gritstone and peat moorland plateau area lies within easy reach and there are many fine walks in this unique landscape, crossed by the Pennine Way .
Other fine areas for walks are Bleaklow, Win Hill and Lose Hill and the Goyt Valley - all within easy reach.
Dovedale, with its wonderful landscape, is less than 16 miles from High Croft. Enjoy a fine, easy walk along this magnificent valley, from the picture-postcard village of Ilam to the bustle of the cheese-making village of Hartington.
The great houses of Chatsworth, Haddon Hall, Eyam Hall, Lyme Park to name but a few are all within a short drive away:-
Chatsworth House
Haddon Hall
Eyam Hall
Gawsworth Hall
Hardwick Hall
Kedleston Hall
For those with an interest in History, the famous henge of Arbor Low is only a few miles away, as is the Plague village of Eyam.
The Spa town of Buxton is just a 10 minutes drive away from High Croft Guest House bed and breakfast and boasts The Opera House, built by Frank Matcham in 1904. It is one of the most beautiful Opera houses in the world and has marvelous acoustics.
The Opera House hosts the annual Buxton Opera Festival and an annual Gilbert and Sullivan Festival as well as many other theatrical productions. Next door to the Opera House are the Pavilion Gardens - also well worth a visit.
There are numerous local attractions which are of interest to children. These include Owls and Otters, the Donkey Sanctuary, Eyam Hall and Craft Centre and Chatsworth House and Park.
Also of interest are Blackbrook Zoological Park, Tittesworth Reservoir and visitor centre, Carsington Reservoir and visitor centre.
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Alton Towers is just under an hour away from High Croft Guesthouse bed and breakfast by car, and the many attractions of the Matlock area (such as the Heights of Abraham) are closer still. |