Join us for a fun day out on one of the world's most awesome Adventure Ropes Courses. Aerial Extreme is ideally suited for everyone. Whether it's for a fun family day out, a close friend's Birthday or for a thrilling stag or hen party. The outdoors has never been so much fun so what are you waiting for.
Allestree Park
Allestree Park is exceptionally scenic, and comprises a mixture of woodland and open parkland. From the top of the park there are fantastic views over the park and across to Duffield and beyond. There is a pets' corner, a lake where you can fish and an 18 hole golf course.
Alton Towers Resort
Escape to the fantabulous world of the Alton Towers Resort - there's so much going on, the fun never stops! The Theme Park re-opens for February Half-term between 13-21 February 2010, and opens for the main season on 20 March 2010! Meanwhile, you can splash yourself silly in the wacky Waterpark, be pampered from head to toe in the Spa, and play a round of Extraordinary Golf. There's entertainment for the whole family in 2010 with Sharkbait Reef by SEA LIFE and Cloud Cuckoo Land. Get ready to ride the demon of the dark forest in March 2010.
Ashby de la Zouch Castle
Ashby Castle forms the backdrop to the famous jousting scenes in Sir Walter Scott's classic novel of 1819, Ivanhoe. Now a ruin, the castle began as a manor house in the 12th century. It only achieved castle status in the 15th century, by which time the hall and buttery had been enlarged, with a solar to the east and a large integral kitchen added to the west. Between 1474 and his execution by Richard III in 1483, Edward IV's Chamberlain Lord Hastings added the chapel and the impressive keep-like Hastings Tower - a castle within a castle. Visitors can climb the 24 metre (78 feet) high tower, which offers fine views.
Burton Albion Football Club
Burton Cricket Club
Burton Rugby Club
Calke Abbey
Calke Abbey is a country house, park and garden where time has stood still. It features one of the National Trust's most child-friendly and fun properties, baroque mansion with unique collections of curiosities, stunning 18th-century Chinese silk bed, invisible corridors, underground tunnels and a secret garden, enchanting walled-gardens and restored Orangery. Calke Park is a National Nature Reserve set in over 240 hectares (600 acres). This year they have a new children's play area, house conservation tours and riding school is open for public viewing, functions and events.
Chatsworth House
Chatsworth is the home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, one of Britain's best loved historic estates and the heart beat of the Peak District National Park. With famous works of art, a working farmyard, spectacular fountains and the finest shopping and eating, there is something for everyone to enjoy.
Claymills Victorian Pumping Station
Claymills has four large beam engines (two working), five Lancashire boilers, steam powered engineering workshops with blacksmith's forge and steam hammer, early steam powered dynamo house and twenty other stationary steam engines. All engines are original to the pumping station.
Conkers
CONKERS, the award winning attraction at The Heart of the National Forest, a unique mix of indoor and outdoor experiences to keep you and your family engaged for hours. Five miles from Junction 11 off the M42. Indoors there are four discovery zones designed for children and adults of all ages, which also includes the Enchanted Forest Adventure Play area, a simulated Tree Top Walk – a moving bridge through the skies.
Crich Tramway Village
Looking for a great day out in Derbyshire? Nestling high up in the heart of Derbyshire overlooking the famous Derwent Valley and open almost throughout the year, Crich Tramway Village is a lovingly restored period village that is also home to the National Tramway Museum and its world renowned archives. You should find all the information you need about the village and museum including all the important things like opening times, events, and directions by using the links to your left.
Derby Cathedral and Cathedral Centre
If you're looking for an inspirational venue to stage your business meeting or event,come and sample the unique and inviting atmosphere of the Cathedral Centre at 18-19 Iron Gate in Derby. The hidden gem in the Cathedral Quarter's crown, this enchanting venue combines fine architectural detail with the latest contemporary styling and new technology. And with breathtaking vistas across the city, the Cathedral Centre is the perfect place to host everything from an informal meeting, to a training session, a board meeting to an AGM. Your personal concierge will cater for your specific individual requirements and will be on hand throughout your event to make sure that it runs as smoothly as possible.
Derby County Cricket Club
Derby County Football Club
Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Derby Museum and Art Gallery houses a wide range of important and attractive collections, covering porcelain, paintings, archaeology, history, local regiments, geology and wildlife. Paintings by the celebrated 18th Century Derby artist Joseph Wright, Associate of the Royal Accademy (1734-97) include portraits, landscapes, subjects from literature and scenes of industry and scientific equipment that represent this exciting period of pioneering discovery. This is the largest collection of the artist's work in any public gallery in the world.
Donnington Park
The Donington Grand Prix Exhibition is, quite simply, the largest collection of Grand Prix racing cars in the world. Five halls, with over 130 exhibits, illustrate the history of motor sport from the turn of the 20th Century. Cars include examples driven by such famous names as Nuvolari, Mansell, Prost, Moss, Senna, Fangio, Clark and Stewart. Our popular guided tours of the Donington Grand Prix Exhibition are available by prior arrangement. The tour guides are all current or ex-racing drivers and professional ARDS racing instructors with a deep knowledge of motor racing history, Donington Park and the cars within the Grand Prix Exhibition in particular.Interactive Racing DaysCome to Donington Park, home of the 2010 Grand Prix for the Midlands biggest and best Sunday Market!
Eyam Hall
Welcome to Eyam Hall, the historic Derbyshire home of the Wright family. The family is the latest in a long line of Wrights who have been fortunate enough to live in this beautiful house for over 300 years. The house is a remarkably unspoilt example of a Jacobean manor house and the delightful garden also retains its 17th century layout. In addition to opening to the public, Eyam Hall also hosts weddings, both civil ceremonies and receptions, conferences and smaller meetings, private parties and outdoor events. The farm buildings have been converted into a working Craft Centre with a shop and a licensed restaurant. This is open through out the year.
Gulliver's Kingdom - Matlock Bath
Gulliver’s is a family theme park designed to cater for families with children between the age of two and thirteen. All its rides and attractions are designed to offer the whole family a full day out of fun and excitement. The park contains a number of themed areas each containing rides, attractions, shows, restaurants and shops. All of which combine to keep even the most active of children occupied for a full day. No Gulliver’s park would be complete without its resident characters, Gully & Gilly Mouse and all their friends are on hand throughout the day to entertain you and add some real magic to your day. Gulliver’s Theme parks are a family business, set and run by a family so they understand the needs of a family. No new attraction, ride or show enters into any of the parks without it being fully trialled to make sure that it suits the needs of a family.
Haddon Hall
Haddon Hall is a fortified medieval manor house dating from the 12 th Century, and is the home of Lord and Lady Edward Manners whose family have owned it since 1567. Described by Simon Jenkins in 1000 Best houses as "the most perfect house to survive from the middle ages", this remarkable old house is surrounded by terraced Elizabethan gardens and is set amongst the rolling countryside of the Peak District National Park.
Hardwick Hall
One of Britain's greatest and most complete Elizabethan houses. Hardwick Hall is a Spectacular Tudor treasure house. It was built for 'Bess of Hardwick', Elizabethan England's second most powerful and wealthy woman. Outstanding 16th- and 17th-century tapestries and embroideries. Fine historic parklands, orchard and herb garden to explore. Rare breeds of cattle and sheep. Stunning herb garden.
Heights Of Abraham
The Heights of Abraham is located in the heart of the Derbyshire Dales in the picturesque village of Matlock Bath. Your visit to the Heights of Abraham starts with a spectacular cable car ride but there is much more to see and do once you are at the summit. By exploring their website to the left, you will soon come to realise that it is just part of a unique place to visit. Your Cable Car ticket includes FREE ACCESS to the Caverns and Hilltop Park.
Kedleston Hall
Masterpiece of neo-classical architecture, designed by Robert Adam in the 1760s. Luxurious state rooms retaining their original collections of paintings, sculpture and furniture. Take a trip back in time with their 18th-century costumed housekeeper, Mrs Garnett (most open days). Eastern Museum filled with collections of Lord Curzon (1899-1905), Viceroy of India. Discover how Kedleston was used as a location for The Duchess starring Keira Knightley and see costumes from the film. 330 hectares (820 acres) of open parkland, with cascades, lakes and four marked walks.
Markeaton Park
Markeaton park is probably the best known of all the parks in the city. It is a large park offering a wide range of leisure facilities and activities for all ages. It hosts various fairs and shows throughout the year. Facilities for the disabled include special parking bays at the Markeaton Lane entrance, an integrated play area and a Parks Mobility scheme.
Melbourne Hall
Melbourne Hall is a delightful house full of history. Originally a rectory for the Norman Parish Church, it became the home of Sir John Coke in 1628 and has been inherited by subsequent members of the family to the present day and is now home to Lord and Lady Ralph Kerr and their young family. Melbourne Hall as it stands today shows what Sir John' s descendants have made of it. The family surname has changed three times due to inheritance via the female line, the full history will be told within the tour, as well as being fully documented in the souvenir guide.
Monkey Forest - Trentham
Experience this unique opportunity to visit 'Monkey Forest' an exciting walk amongst 140 free roaming Barbary macaques. You will be able to discover this amazing species as they exhibit their natural behaviour with no bars or cages to hinder your view.
Moorways Sports Centre and Swimming Pool
Moorways is one of the largest sports facilities in the Midlands and includes a sport centre, swimming pool and athletics stadium, so there are lots of different activities for you to choose from. Everyone is welcome at Moorways whether you have exercised before or not so you're bound to find something that you will enjoy. Being active is part of being healthy - our dedicated staff can give you the right advice, motivate you and help you to reap the benefits of an active lifestyle.
National Memorial Arboretum, The
Located in the heart of the country within the National Forest near Lichfield, the National Memorial Arboretum comprises 150 acres of trees and memorials devoted to the concept of Remembrance. It is the home of the Armed Forces Memorial, a striking and emotive structure that gives recognition and thanks for those who have died whilst on duty or as a result of terrorist action since the Second World War and acknowledges the enduring sacrifice of those who mourn their loss.
Peak District National Park
Britain's first national park, established in 1951, is visited by people from all over the world. They come to find peace, tranquillity and adventure, experiencing some of England’s finest climbing, caving, walking and cycling. The National Park is also home to 38,000 people. The local economy is based on tourism, farming, quarrying and manufacturing.
QUAD Derby
QUAD provides facilities and services that connect people and businesses to art and film, creating opportunities for entertainment, education and participation. The QUAD building on the Market Place in Derby first opened on Friday 26th September 2008. Although QUAD is a new organisation, it was formed when two well established arts organisations from Derby; Q Arts and Metro Cinema, joined forces with Derby City Council to create a cultural partnership. The experience of the former organisations and the new purpose-built building is set to reinforce Derby's growing reputation on the national cultural scene. The ambitions of QUAD are for it to be an organisation and building that is of local, national and international significance, striving to best serve the needs of the people of Derby and the region and attracting the most significant and important names in the world of art and film to the city.
Rosliston Forestry Centre
Discover Rosliston Forestry Centre. From quiet walks to action-packed family fun, uncover nature at its best. Enjoy the woodland’s tranquil peace or experience exhilarating outdoor activities, many of them free. Share a family day out. Match your mood… reflect the seasons. Rosliston’s mix of woodland and meadow, ponds and play areas offer the perfect playground for visitors of all ages, all year round. Spot the wildlife, join a guided walk, take advantage of a packed programme of events. Get back to nature with a short break in our forest lodges. Whatever you do, bring woodland magic alive at Rosliston.
Silk Mill, The - Museum of Industry and History
The Silk Mill Museum is on the site of the world's oldest factories, the Silk Mills built by George Sorocold in 1702 and 1717. The foundations and parts of the tower from the 1717 mill are still visible. The displays tell the story of the industrial heritage and achievement of Derby and its people. There is a special emphasis on the development of Rolls-Royce aero engines and the railway industry. Other displays cover local industries such as mining, pottery and foundry work. The Power Gallery covers the story of motive power in industry with hands-on exhibits. There is an area devoted to regularly-changing temporary exhibition, and a programme of educational activities.
St George's Park National Football Centre
St George's Park is the English Football Association's national football centre built on a 330-acre site at Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire. The centre was officially opened by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on 9 October 2012.
Staunton Harold Reservoir
Staunton Harold is a wildlife habitat offering many outdoor and leisure activities, such as adventure playgrounds, fishing, bird watching, sailing and cycling, as well as countryside walks for those who want to explore the region. Public footpaths lead to Calke Abbey and beyond to Foremark Reservoir. The visitor centre includes an information room and overlooks the adventure playground which is immensely popular with younger visitors. Their families can watch over them from the adjoining picnic tables while enjoying refreshments from the kiosk (seasonal opening times apply). Staunton Harold has disabled access for those with mobility problems. Car parking spaces and accessible toilets are clearly marked.
Sudbury Hall and the National Trust Museum of Childhood
Late 17th-century house with sumptuous interiors and the Museum of Childhood, where you can take a fresh look at childhood. Lavish interior featured in the BBC's Pride and Prejudice. Home to one of the grandest long galleries and staircases in England. Uncover life 'below stairs' with our Meet the Butler tours. Encounter the feel and smells of the past in special treasure chests. Explore the Museum of Childhood – there's fun, fascination and challenges for children and adults to discover. Share and compare a variety of childhood experiences from the 19th century to the present day, in eight new galleries from Outdoor Adventure to Stories and Imagination and Toys.
The Sanctuary Bird and Wildlife Reserve
The Sanctuary offers a quiet refuge for many important species of birds. Some are in decline, either locally or nationally. All those shown here can be seen from the perimeter fencing. Many have even been seen from inside a parked car!
Tissington Hall
Tucked away in the Peak District’s wild rolling hills lies the Tissington Estate. Eight generations of the FitzHerbert family have lived in this beautiful Jacobean Mansion, which presides over a quintessentially English village, complete with duck pond and village green. This is the perfect venue for a fairytale wedding, garden opera, private party or exclusive corporate event. Whatever the occasion, Tissington Hall is a beautiful backdrop with a timeless atmosphere all of its own.
Uttoxeter Racecourse and Conference Centre
Uttoxeter Racecourse has something for everyone. Whether you are new to racing, like to enjoy a special day out or you are a loyal follower of the Sport of Kings, come along to Uttoxeter and you are guaranteed a day of fun and excitement in beautiful surroundings. With 25 race meetings spread evenly throughout the year, you also have the opportunity to come racing in every season! Whether that is National Hunt Racing in the Winter, or glorious summer jumping, you are sure to be on course for an unforgettable day at the Finest Country Racecourse in the Land.
