English Heritage sites near Matlock Bath Parish
NINE LADIES STONE CIRCLE
4 miles from Matlock Bath 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.
WINGFIELD MANOR
6 miles from Matlock Bath Parish
The vast and immensely impressive ruins of a palatial medieval manor house, with a huge undercrofted Great Hall and a defensible High Tower 22 metres (72 feet) tall.
HOB HURST'S HOUSE
7 miles from Matlock Bath Parish
A square prehistoric burial mound with an earthwork ditch and outer bank. Named after a local goblin.
ARBOR LOW STONE CIRCLE AND GIB HILL BARROW
9 miles from Matlock Bath Parish
The region's most important prehistoric site, Arbor Low is a Neolithic henge monument atmospherically set in high moorland. A circle of some 50 white limestone slabs within an earthen bank and ditch.
HARDWICK OLD HALL
11 miles from Matlock Bath 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.
SUTTON SCARSDALE HALL
11 miles from Matlock Bath 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.
Churches in Matlock Bath Parish
Pubs in Matlock Bath Parish
Boathouse Hotel
Popular roadside pub on A6 going out of Matlock towards Matlock Bath. Separate dining room.
County & Station
The lease has been taken on by Pedro Menon of Derby's Shiny Brewery as from start December 2014. Much cleaned up, it will serve up to three regular Shiny Brewing beers plus guests from microbreweries near and far. The management hopes to be...
Fishpond
204 South Parade, Matlock Bath, DE4 3NR
(01629) 55006
thefishpondmatlockbath.co.uk
Midland Hotel
Large single roomed pub with separate dining conservatory.
Old BankNote
Newly open in January 2017 and connected to the Old Bank Cafe, this is a welcome addition to the Matlock Bath scene. There are three Real Ales with a dark ale always available, and two ciders. Friendly staff, serves food, and well behaved d...
Rose Cottage
Old Cottage conversion in the centre of Matlock Bath. You may know this pub as Riva but in January 2018 it re-opened with the original name of Rose Cottage.
Temple Bar
Re-opened at start of June 2018 as the Temple Bar in this historic Georgian building, it is now completely separate from the rest of the old hotel which is being converted into luxury holiday lets. The bar sits above Matlock Bath riverside...
Toad Tails & Ales (was Princess Victoria)
Opened June 2018 by the people who brought us the Tipsy Toad in Matlock, this is a smart renovation although with rather a lot of wood on show.
The house beer is brewed by Molson Coors and there are also three changing ales and they are ho...