Chesterfield Museum & Art Gallery

The Midlands & the Marches


Chesterfield's history as a Roman fort through to the present day is documented at this engaging local museum, which also has information about the town's signature crooked spire at St Mary and All Saints Church.


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1. St Mary & All Saints Church

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Chesterfield is worth a visit to see the astonishing crooked spire that rises atop St Mary and All Saints Church. Dating from 1360, the 68m-high spire is…

2. Hardwick Old Hall

6.66 MILES

Now a romantic ruin, Bess of Hardwick's first house, Hardwick Old Hall, neighbours the manor Hardwick Hall.

3. Hardwick Hall

6.69 MILES

One of the most complete Elizabethan mansions in the country, Hardwick Hall was designed by eminent architect Robert Smythson. The hall featured all the…

4. Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet

7.65 MILES

In the days before steel mills, metalworking was carried out in hamlet communities like Abbeydale, situated by rivers and dams that were harnessed for…

5. Chatsworth House

7.81 MILES

Known as the 'Palace of the Peak', this vast edifice 3 miles northeast of Bakewell has been occupied by the earls and dukes of Devonshire for centuries…

6. Caudwell's Mill

8.76 MILES

This chugging, grinding, water-powered mill still produces flour the old-fashioned way – 20 different types are for sale, along with six different oat…

7. Haddon Hall

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With stone turrets, time-worn timbers and walled gardens, Haddon Hall, 2 miles south of Bakewell on the A6, looks exactly like a medieval manor house…

8. Peak District Lead Mining Museum

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An educational introduction to the mining history of Matlock is provided by this enthusiast-run museum set in an old Victorian dance hall. Kids can…

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