Alton Towers<\/strong> theme park is within one mile of Old Castle Inn. In addition to the main park, the hotel, mini golf site\u00a0and spectacular water park, Splash Landings\u00a0is open all year and\u00a0non residents are welcome. Parking is free for these. Staffordshire Moorlands<\/strong> is at the Southern end of the Peak District and provides excellent walking and cycling. Dimmingsdale, within a mile of Alton is a hidden treasure and walking distance from the house. Dovedale and other\u00a0stunning walking areas are about 20 minutes drive away. The Alton village\u00a0website offers more information. Chatsworth House<\/strong> with Farmyard and Adventure Playground, Edensor, Derbyshire. Trentham Gardens<\/strong> and monkey forest, award winning and described by Alan Titchmarsh as ‘one of the UK’s must-see gardens’\u00a0are very popular with guests. It is open all year round and\u00a0less than \u00a030 minutes away by car. For more information click here: www.trentham.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n Drayton Manor Theme Park,<\/strong> Tamworth, Staffordshire is another\u00a0popular theme park and features some of the biggest, wettest and scariest rides around, and is 45 minutes drive from the house. It boasts the world’s first stand up tower drop and Europe’s only stand up roller coaster. Gulliver’s Kingdom,<\/strong> Matlock Bath, is a smaller family theme park with many rides and attractions aimed at 3-13 year olds, including a log flume and chair lift. http:\/\/www.gulliversfun.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n Heights of Abraham<\/strong>, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire. Explore the caves in this attractive former spa town, now home to cable cars, caverns and a hilltop park. The cable car ticket includes tours down 2 great caverns. Information about the ‘Miner’s Tale’, and\u00a0all the attractions in the grounds are available on the website. Snowdome,<\/strong> River Drive,Tamworth, Staffordshire. Waterworld<\/strong>, Etruria, an indoor water park, cheaper than that at Alton Towers, with slides and waves and about 30 mins away at\u00a0Stoke on Trent. Beautiful Spa Town of Buxton with Poole’s Cavern,<\/strong> Green Lane, Buxton. Poole\u2019s Cavern, opened to the public in 1853, and has a long and diverse history. The first visitors arrived more than 5000 years ago when prehistoric man sheltered\u00a0in the entrance to the cavern. More recently, archaeological excavations in the 1980s have discovered around 4000 ancient remains in the Roman Chamber. Buxton has a famous Opera House and Theatre and many lovely eating places and unusual shops.The Buxton Municipal Park is particularly beautiful with Victorian architecture, conservatories, bandstand and a small children\u2019s train. Uttoxeter Racecourse,<\/strong> Wood Lane, Uttoxeter Home of the Midlands Grand National. Haddon Hall<\/strong>, Bakewell, Derbyshire Built over 600 years ago. Film location for Zeffirelli’s \u201cJane Eyre\u201d and the BBC\u2019s \u201cThe Prince and the Pauper\u201d. Potteries Museums and Visitor Centres,<\/strong> Stoke on Trent, Uttoxeter Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.\u00a0The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery houses an unrivalled collection of Staffordshire ceramics, whilst the Gladstone Working Pottery Museum is the only Victorian pottery factory to remain intact with its original workshops, cobbled courtyards and huge bottle kilns. Wedgwood Visitor Centre, Barlaston,<\/strong> Stoke on Trent Visitor centres at Wedgwood, Royal Doulton and Spode: craft demonstrations, factory tours, \u00a0museum collections and shopping. Nearby towns include Ashbourne<\/a> and Leek,<\/a> both famed for their antique shops, and Cheadle, with it’s unique ‘Pugin’ church.<\/p>\n Stoke City, Derby County and Port Vale football grounds are all close by.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Our Doorstep Alton Towers theme park is within one mile of Old Castle Inn. In addition to the main park, the hotel, mini golf site\u00a0and spectacular water park, Splash Landings\u00a0is open all year and\u00a0non residents are welcome. Parking is … Continue reading
\nhttp:\/\/www.altontowers.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.altonstaffs.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\nFurther Afield<\/h2>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.chatsworth.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nwww.draytonmanor.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.heightsofabraham.com<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.snowdome.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.waterworld.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.poolescavern.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.racecoursehospitality.net\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.haddonhall.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.visitstoke.co.uk\/potteries\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.wedgwoodvisitorcentre.com<\/a><\/p>\n