English Heritage sites near Holymoorside and Walton Parish
HOB HURST'S HOUSE
3 miles from Holymoorside and Walton Parish
A square prehistoric burial mound with an earthwork ditch and outer bank. Named after a local goblin.
SUTTON SCARSDALE HALL
6 miles from Holymoorside and Walton Parish
The imposing shell of a grandiose Georgian mansion built in 1724-29, with an immensely columned exterior. Roofless since 1919, when its interiors were dismantled and some exported to America.
NINE LADIES STONE CIRCLE
7 miles from Holymoorside and Walton Parish
A small early Bronze Age stone circle of (actually) ten stones. Believed to be nine ladies turned to stone as a penalty for dancing on Sunday.
BOLSOVER CASTLE
8 miles from Holymoorside and Walton Parish
'By an unlikely miracle, the keep at Bolsover has survived into this century as an almost untouched expression in stone of the lost world of Elizabethan chivalry and romance.'
BOLSOVER CUNDY HOUSE
8 miles from Holymoorside and Walton Parish
This charming cottage-like 17th-century conduit house, with vaulted stone-slab roof, once supplied water to Bolsover Castle.
HARDWICK OLD HALL
8 miles from Holymoorside and Walton Parish
The remodelled family home of Bess of Hardwick, one of the richest and most remarkable women of Elizabethan England, stands beside the New Hall she raised later in the 1590s.
Churches in Holymoorside and Walton Parish
St John's Walton
Walton Back Lane
Walton
Chesterfield
(01246) 566205
http://www.stjohnswalton.co.uk
St John's is a friendly and lively church - We offer a warm welcome to all who are looking for a spiritual home among people who are keen to know what it means to live for Jesus today.
Pubs in Holymoorside and Walton Parish
Bull's Head
Chesterfield Golf Club
Lamb Inn
16 Loads Road, Holymoorside, Chesterfield, Holymoorside, S42 7EU
(01246) 566167
peakales.co.uk/pages/lamb-inn