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leics Says: The Peak District is stuffed with prehistoric monuments, and the best henge monument in northern England is only a few miles from Ashbourne, just off the Buxton road (A515).Arbor Low dates from around 2500BC and is 67m in diameter. Its 46 large stones and 13 smaller ones are...
leics Says: Most of Ashbourne is Georgian (1750 - 1811) or Victorian (1837 - 1920). I'm not much into those particular eras, but many people appreciate their architectural styles.Ashbourne is said to have the 'finest street of Georgian buildings in Derbyshire': Church Street (a 1 in 7...
leics Says: This is the oldest building I could find in central Ashbourne. Dating from 1641 it became the 'Roebuck Inn' in the 17th century, and then a bakery in 1805. It's been a bakery ever since, owned by the same family from 1883.It shouldn't be black and white, of course: that is a...
leics Says: The 'Cheddar Gorge' delicatessen on Dig Street caught my eye: it had a huge (obviously home-made) cheese, potato and onion pie in the window for only 3.50GBP.So I went in, and was very impressed by the variety of home-made pies/quiches etc on sale (and by their prices)....
Go walking/hiking in Dove Dale Derbyshire
luckiday Says: Why not go walking/hiking in the hills of Ashbourne/ Dove Dale, Derbyshire. This is a very beautiful part of England. You can spend hours with your loved ones including children taking in the view, and when you think you have walked enough just turn around and make you way...
Kettleman Says: As well as the house itself, a stately home, built in the late 17th centrury there is the Museum of Childhood on the same site.You can read more on the National Trust website rather than me cutting and pasting here. Not that anyone does that - perish the thought!!
Kettleman Says: The local race circuit is called Darley Moor and it is on the side of the A515 to the south of the town.I've only been once n daylight to watch club racing on the circuit, but have been several times in the dead of night when it is used as a rest stop on the National Rally...
stevezero Says: Carsington Water came into being in 1992 as a reservoir to store water form the river Derwent when the water level is high, and return it to the river when it is low. The water is then treated further downstream.The stretch of water is now though much more about leisure....
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Callow Top Holiday Park: More Camping
Kettleman Says: Another site within easy reach of Ashbourne that we have used both as a motorcycle campground and for family trips.As well as privately owned static caravans there are site owned ones for hire plus to large fields that are flat and grassed for camping. The furthest away from...
Peak Gateway Campsite: Camping
Kettleman Says: Have stayed a few times when the club had its annual camoing rally here. Ownership has recently changed and the new owners are improving the site. They have also added to the number of cabins that can be booked to save the need for your own tent. Convenient for the Peak...
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.....well, a good enough coffee for a small UK town (I expect their tea is fine too).
There are quite a few tea-shops/cafes in Ashbourne, a testament to its popularity with visitors. This one is on the Market Place, and seemed a likely place to stop (especially as it had tables outside, and the weather was bearable).
Service was pleasant, the coffee was fine (I had a big one), the treacle tart would have been better warmed through with a little cream but was perfectly adequate (and I needed the sugar hit).
Large coffee and large slice of treacle tart 3.65GBP. Reasonable enough price for the UK.
Favorite Dish: They do some basic hot food (pasties/sausage rolls etc) but it's really a coffee/tea and a piece of cake sort of place.
Updated Mar 15, 2008
Address: Market Square
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Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: If you plan to go hiking/walking anywhere in the UK then heres your must check list. Hiking boots, gaitors, waterproof trousers and jacket (a back pack to be able to remove and carry this lot if it's hot is a good idea too). If it's winter time then obviously warm clothing, gloves and hat, and if you want the full kit the only thing that's left is a stick.
Written Jun 21, 2007
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