🏠 Indoor & outdoor0–11–33–55–88–1212–16Gardens🌲 WoodlandCastle🛝 Playground☔ Rainy-day friendlySeasonal openingSchool holiday activitiesMemberships available🐐 AnimalsAdventure playEducationalOvernight
What’s there
- Café on site
- Paid parking
- Baby changing
- Buggy friendly
- Picnic area
- Dogs welcome
Access & inclusion
- Step-free access
- Changing Places toilet
- SEN friendly
Parking is paid. Limited parking available for large vehicles. Alternative accessible parking available near the orangery.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
A 1,400-acre National Trust estate on the edge of the Peak District with a Regency mansion, formal gardens, ancient woodlands and rugged moorland. The grounds include a medieval herd of red deer, elegant gardens (the Rose Garden, Ravine Garden, and herbaceous borders by a reflecting lake), and various follies offering views across Cheshire. Crow Wood play area has natural play equipment for younger children. Inside the house you can explore six centuries of family history. Walking trails range from a 0.3-mile step-free route to the 35-mile Gritstone Trail which begins at Lyme. Cafés serve hot and cold snacks and cakes.
Government has introduced a temporary reduction in VAT, running from 25 June to 1 September 2026. Summer of Play events are scheduled from July to September 2026. Summer season (Apr-Oct) has extended hours; winter season (Nov-Mar) has reduced hours with park closing at dusk.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Wellies
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Nappy sacks
- Pram rain cover
- Umbrella
- A penForms, competitions, name badges.
- Sun hat
- Binoculars
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