Family Days Out

The John Varley narrowboat does 45-minute trips every Sunday afternoon from Tapton Lock. Also available for charters throughout the year. Buffets can be arranged.

Younger visitors and families particularly enjoy the farmyard with its wide variety of animals and their young, and the spectacular woodland adventure playground.

Clary Meadows Alpacas is a small family run Alpaca Farm offering Private Alpaca Walk & Feed Experiences - Not shared with Strangers! Just you & your family & friends. Also care home visits, weddings & functions

Crich Tramway Village is the home of the National Tramway Museum and offers a great family day out for all ages. Special events are held throughout the year.

The UK's No.1 Forest Adventure.The classic, original Go Ape experience. We’ll brief you for safety before you fly down zip-wires, leap off our Tarzan Swing and tackle obstacles whilst enjoying some of Britain’s most breathtaking scenery.

Boasting a collection of 130-plus modern British classics, Great British Car Journey tells the story of the rise and fall of the British motoring industry.

Cable cars, cavern tours & 60-acre historic hilltop park, set in the stunning Derwent Valley. Enjoy guided cavern tours, exhibitions, adventure play, far-reaching views and so much more.

An award-winning open farm set in beautiful countryside with rare breeds, walks, picnic areas, tea room and farm shop. Family attractions include animal feeding, egg collecting, pedal tractors and indoor and outdoor play areas.

Canal cruises for all the family ranging from 20 minutes to 4 hours.

Enjoy a trip along the delightful Chesterfield Canal from Hollingwood Hub.

Native, tropical and marine fish housed in the former Matlock Bath Hydro. Exhibits include a petrifying well, a hologram gallery, gemstone and fossil collections,

Here at Matlock Farm Park there is plenty to do for children, with lots of animals to see and feed, as well as smaller cuddly animals to pet in our barn. Special events are held throughout the year, we cater for schools and groups and we do great birthday parties too.

Situated in the heart of the nation, the National Memorial Arboretum is the UK's centre for remembrance, featuring 50,000 maturing trees and over 200 dedicated memorials. The Arboretum is part of the Royal British Legion family of charities.

A spectacular cavern containing historic ropeworks inside Britain’s largest cave entrance. Come and discover why it is called “The Devil’s Arse!” Cave tours. Suitable for all age groups.

Peak Rail offers you a nostalgic train journey through the Derbyshire countryside. Steam and Diesel trains operate throughout the year as well as many special events.

The mighty sound of the four-manual organ is produced by mechanical means, using electrical relays to drive compressed air through ranks of full size pipes and instruments in a large chamber below the stage.

National Forest woodland with walks, trails, childrens attractions and craft workshops.

The SGLR is an 18-inch gauge line near Wirksworth built on the trackbed of a branch of the old Cromford and High Peak Railway, now the High Peak Trail

A fine cave displaying the famous Blue John fluerspar, a beautiful, ornamental mineral found only in Castleton. Treak Cliff Cavern is home to eight of fourteen known varieties of Blue John, mined there for centuries.</p>