Day out in The Dales/Peak District

Prerequisites are:

Nice village, market town centre, bit of history
Kids’ playground & picnic area
60 miles radius of Manchester

NT or EH property is a bonus.

Gorton.

Not in the dales or peaks, but this may meet all other criteria, Cheshire Steam Fair.

We’re taking our nephew here

http://www.mumsintheknow.co.uk/poynton/2013/05/11/poynton-summer-fest-sunday-14th-july/

Anson Steam Engine museum is just a few hundred yards away if you need even more, Lyme Park is a short walk up the hill from the festival

We’ll be riding over from Marple and having a picnic en route

I would go to a local village fete, should be loads on around your way.

Googles your friend,

chatworth and surrounding area?

Church of course.

Chatsworth obviously, but busy and expensive.

Someone on heresaid there was a decent small play area in Cromford – near the school?- loads of history, mills etc, canal side walk.

Matlock has a decent park.

Carsington reservoir, nice villages nearby?

Crich Tramway Museum?

It’s Well Dressing season across Derbyshire. Ours this weekend. Keeping out the way, will be mental in decent weather

Ordsall

Castleton. [/end of thread]

You’ve got caves, and rope-making, and a castle, and a stream, and a haunted pub…

Looks like we are going to Speke Hall.

poynton county fair is a cracker!

coniston county fair next week I think

the steam fairs are also great

jordell bank, ok for kids (excellent cafe)

Speke near Liverpool?

You could have the same sort of day in Ordsall without having to drive that far 😯

Avoid carsington water and anywhere along the a6 between bakewell and cromford as it’ll be rammed!!!!
In fact how about Ashbourne, wander up Thorpe cloud? But then again that’ll be very busy too around the stepping stones….

binners hasn’t quite captured the full Speke Hall experience to be fair.

It’s more like this.

Actually, in that shot, there’s also a deficit of

The walk down by the river is okay though

NT or EH property is a bonus.

Haddon Hall (NT) is worth a look on the way back to the M1 (not that you’d be going that way), ’twas full of oiks on the lawn when we were there tho.

Cheers,
Jamie

How about The Yorkshire Dales Ice Cream Parlour…

Not far from Skipton, has a few great playgrounds (outside and in barns) that cater for different age groups and the food Is. To. Die. For.

Just noticed, no picnics allowed at the Parlour if you are set on one.

Oi! Speke Hall is ace!

Woodland walk, big lawns and adventure playground for the kids. House and gardens for the missus, a picnic area and best of all aeroplanes for me to point at like a Yorkshireman.

Also, it is NT, so my entire tribe get in for nowt.

Quarry bank mill?

Quarry bank mill NT