History & Heritage
Country Houses
Track down a giant foot from Ancient Greece, the fan of a Rolls Royce jet engine, and a unique illusionist painting of a violin hanging on a door – just three of the many curiosities to be found at Chatsworth, Britain's finest stately home. Climb the northeast tower of Wingfield Manor and gaze out on the same view enjoyed by Mary Queen of Scots (who was imprisoned here after suffering "grief of the spleen" in the harsher conditions of Bolton Castle.) And don't miss Haddon Hall, the most perfect home in England to have survived since the Middle Ages. Little wonder it has featured in so many films and period dramas.
Best Country Houses Around the Region
Althorp
East Midlands Tourism enjoy england excellence bronze award winner 2005/06
Come and visit one of England's finest country houses, home of the Spencer family for over 500 years and ancestral home of Diana, Princess of Wales.Newstead Abbey
The pages of Newstead Abbey's history book are filled with tales of monastic abstinence, abrupt Reformation and literary indulgence.
The pages of Newstead Abbey's history book are filled with tales of monastic abstinence, abrupt Reformation and literary indulgence.
Burghley House
Burghley House is the largest and grandest House of the first Elizabethan Age. It has been home to the Cecil family for over 400 years.
Burghley House is the largest and grandest House of the first Elizabethan Age. It has been home to the Cecil family for over 400 years.
Holdenby House
Feel the weight of a king's imminent execution at Holdenby House.
Feel the weight of a king's imminent execution at Holdenby House.
Kirby Hall
Leave modern life behind and be transported back to a time of pomp and grandeur fit for receiving a queen.
Leave modern life behind and be transported back to a time of pomp and grandeur fit for receiving a queen.
