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Creswell Crags is undoubtedly the essential starting point for a prehistoric tour of the region. We've been welcoming visitors for 50,000 years and boast the only Ice Age Cave Art in the UK.

Within an hours drive are the Nine Ladies and Arbour Low. These Derbyshire Peak District sites offer a fascinating insight into early societies.

Arbour Low is a neolithic henge monument. It is one of the best preserved stone circles in the UK.

Nearby, Nine Ladies is a Bronze Age stone circle which is a popular venue for Pagan worship.

Nine Ladies
Lees Road, Stanton in the Peak, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 2LS
Arbor Low
Long Rake, Monyash, Derbyshire, DE45 1JS
Creswell Crags
Crags Rd, Welbeck, Worksop, Notts, S80 3LH

Our Crags Edge Cafe uses only the finest local ingredients. Why not make our cafe part of a fabulous food focussed fantasy weekend?

Visit the Welbeck Farm Shop and buy some of the excellent local produce. Fresh bread from the Welbeck Bakehouse, Ham cured on the estate and don't miss their Stichelton Cheese. Wash it all down with local beer from the Welbeck Brewery.

A short drive away is Haughton Park Farm, the home of Thaymar Ice Cream and if you are visiting the region don't forget to make time to discover Bakewell Pudding in the Peak District.

Welbeck Farm Shop
Welbeck, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, S80 3LW
Thaymar Ice Cream
Haughton Park Farm, Bothamsall, Retford, Notts, DN22 8DB
Crags Edge Cafe
Creswell Crags, Crags Rd, Welbeck, Worksop, Notts, S80 3LH

This region is noted for a famous outlaw from Sherwood Forest but fact is often stranger than legend. For those who like their history grusome and strange our region is rich in posibility.

At Southwell the Workhouse offers a glimpse of how the poor were sometimes treated in Victorian Britain. Whilst the plague village of Eyam tells the story of sacrifice, as a small community sought to contain the spread of the disease. At Creswell you will discover the largest assemlage of ritual protective 'Witch Marks' in the UK. These marks were created over 400 years and rooted in a period of superstition and fear.

Southwell Workhouse
The Workhouse, Upton Road, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, NG25 0PT
Eyam Plague Village & Museum
Hawkhill Road, Eyam, Hope Valley, Derbyshire, S32 5QP
Witch Marks at Creswell Crags
Creswell Crags, Crags Rd, Welbeck, Worksop, Notts, S80 3LH

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire offer some truly unique museum experiences. At Creswell Crags our museum displays items discovered at the gorge. Some of the most important pieces found their way to the British Museum and Natural History Museum and have now been loaned back to us.

The region offers a wide range of museum experiences including the National Tramway Museum, National Civil War Centre, National Justice Museum and National Holocaust Centre & Museum. Whatever the weather our region has the perfect destination for exploration and discovery.

Crich Tramway Village
Crich, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 5DP
National Civil War Centre
14 Appleton Gate, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, N24 1JY
Creswell Crags Museum
Crags Rd, Welbeck, Worksop, Notts, S80 3LH

This region is famous for its great houses. Creswell Crags is located on the Welbeck Estate which is the ancestral home of the Duke of Portland. It forms part of the Dukaries, celebrated for its stately homes and titled aristocracy.

Many will be familiar with Chatsworth in Derbyshire but there are an abundance of glorious estates to choose from in the region. Neaby you will find Hardwick Hall, Bolsover Castle, Renishaw Hall, Clumber Park, Rufford Abbey and Hodsock Priory whilst further afield, Wentworth Woodhouse and Haddon Hall are well worth exploring.

Hardwick Hall & Estate
Doe Lea, Chesterfield, S44 5QJ
Clumber Park
Worksop, Nottinghamshire, S80 3AZ
Welbeck Estate
Creswell Crags, Crags Rd, Welbeck, Worksop, Notts, S80 3LH

If you are looking for fun then you've come to the right region. Where else can you discover the home of the Ice Age Hunter and Robin Hood. Sherwood Forest is surrounded by a number of family friendly attractions including Creswell Crags, Rufford Park, Clumber Park and Sherwood Pines.

We also have a perfect Elizabethan castle on our doorstep at Bolsover which is ideal for any outlaw in training to attempt to conquer.

At Creswell Crags our own Robin Hood Cave offers cave tours and evidence of creatures and humans from the Ice Age. Not to be missed!

Go Ape
Sherwood Pines Forest Park, Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire, NG21 9JH
Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre
Sherwood Forest, Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire, NG21 9RN
Creswell Crags