[Closed] Inspritational places to visit...

You could do worse than the Monsal Trail near Buxton. You've got old mills and impressive railway tunnels and a lot is accessible by bike now. Beautiful countryside too. Buxton has plenty of impressive architecture too, although less of the industrial and more of the showy stuff.

one on my list, ta...
Thinking of big victorian stuff

Chatsworth & the grounds are worth a visit?

[edit] you could also do Haddon Hall too

[url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromford_Mill ]Arkwright's Mill[/url] in Cromford for sure. This is where the industrial revolution started, after this the world was changed absolutely.

Can get busy so go when it's quiet. You can bike along the canal and up [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Peak_Junction ]Cromford Incline[/url] for wee CV workout.

Matlock and the heights of Abraham, is the cable car still running?

Further North,you could try Teesside.See what happens when an Industrial powerhouse collides with a bucket of shit(Margaret Thatched).

PS Cromford is in the Monsal Dale

Is there much at Cromford ? Inside etc ? details are scant.

Chatsworth is always a winner.. the house inside is stunning..

Yorkshire sculpture park ,2 mins from m1jct38.some great/funny bits to look at plus its in Yorkshire doesn't get much more inspritational than that.

Combine the sculpture park day with the coal mining museum a few miles away, go properly underground and have a wander round the roads and faces. Eat at YSP though, posher cafe.

Further North,you could try Teesside.See what happens when an Industrial powerhouse collides with a bucket of shit(Margaret Thatched).

you take that back!
it was enough to inspire Ridley Scott...

if you want Victorian architecture near the M1, you could go and see Rugby School - it is in the centre of town. The Chapel is pretty wonderful in early evening light.

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But there are other buildings by the same architect.

Don't know how easy it is to visit. I am a big fan of Victorian architecture.