Things To Do Peak National Park Comprising over 500 square miles of high, sombre gritstone moorlands, a rolling limestone plateau, reef limestone canyons, and spectacular limestone Dales. Today the park is the second-most visited national park in the world Peak National Park Link Etherow Country Park A coal trail through Erncroft Wood is just one of the interesting things to do at this extensive park. Facilities for disabled people include a Braille-Trail, and free hire electric wheel chairs (check availabity). Much of the park is accessable by wheelchair and pushchair. The park contains a lake, home for a variety of ducks and geese, and picnic areas. Lots of activities for children of all ages Link Lyme Park and Hall The home of the Legh family for 600 years and originally a Tudor house, Lyme was transformed by the Venetian architect Leoni into an Italianate palace and one of the biggest houses in Cheshire. Some of the Elizabethan interiors survive and contrast dramatically with later rooms. The state rooms are adorned by Mortlake tapestries, Grinling Gibbons wood-carvings and an important collection of English clocks. Outside, the Victorian garden contains Lewis Wyatt's great conservatory and is surrounded by a medieval deer park, complete with hunting tower. Lyme appeared as 'Pemberley' in the BBC's recent adaptation of the Jane Austen novel Pride and Prejudice Link Chatsworth Hall Chatsworth is 8 miles north of Matlock, off the B6012. It is 16 miles from junction 29 of the M1, signposted via Chesterfield, and it is 30 miles from junction 19 of the M6. Link Capesthorne Hall Magnificent Capesthorne Hall dominates a landscaped park punctuated with clumps of trees and three serene lakes where yellow water lilies brighten the surface in early summer. In the formal gardens colourful herbaceous borders are filled with a rich array of perennials and in late summer the scents of rosa gallica, rosa rugosa and old moss roses linger in the air. Link Blue John Caverns The Blue John Cavern is at the top ofthe hill and is reached from Castleton either by walking up the hillside or by going up Winnats Pass and turning down the old Mam Tor road (now closed between the Blue John Mine and Treak Cliff). The cavern is open all year but opening times are restricted in January and February. Like Treak Cliff, the mine is part natural, part mine-workings, and contains natural chambers, veins of Blue John, fossils and stalactites and stalagmites. It descends a long series of steps to reach a large chamber known as Crystalised Cavern, which is followed by Lord Mulgrave's Dining-Room and the Variegated Cavern, all of which contain fine formations and interesting minerals Link Jodrell Bank The Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories (NRAL) at Jodrell Bank are a part of the University of Manchester's Department of Physics and Astronomy. The Laboratories are home to the Lovell Telescope and the MERLIN & VLBI National Facility which is operated by the University on behalf of PPARC Link Tatton Park One of the most complete historic estates open to visitors. The early 19th-century Wyatt house sits amid a landscaped deer park and is opulently decorated, providing a fine setting for the Egerton family's collections of pictures, books, china, glass, silver and specially commissioned Gillow furniture. The theme of Victorian grandeur extends into the garden, with fernery, orangery, rose garden, pinetum and Italian and Japanese gardens. There is also the medieval Old Hall, a 1930s working farm, a children's play area and many walks, including 'Wartime Tatton'. The trail around the lake offers the chance to see many varieties of waterfowl Link Manchester Science and Industry Museum Situated in the oldest passenger railway buildings in the world, the Museum tells the story of the history, science and industry of Manchester - the world's first industrial city. Entry to the Museum's permanent collections is free for everyone! Link G-MEX Exhibition Centre One of Europe's leading convention and exhibition centres. One of its most vibrant, innovative cities. G-MEX and the Manchester International Convention Centre. All the experience, facilities and space to make whatever you want to happen, happen. Discover how they'll make yours a very special event. Link Dark & White Peaks In the centre is the beautiful White Peak, with its deep limestone dales and undulating fields. To the north, east and west is the dramatic Dark Peak - peat moorlands cut across by edges of precipitous millstone grit, where heather and bracken predominate. Set Valley Trail An industrial heritagr trail following the River valley through some beautiful scenery. From the old Hayfield Station to the Heritage Centre near new Mills. Follows the old Hayfield railway line that opened in 1868 Longdendale Trail The Longendale Trail runs from the station at Hadfield to the entrance to the Woodhead tunnel, a distance of about 12 miles. It has fine views across the Longendale Valley and the reservoirs which fill it and over to Black Hill to the north Link