Calke Abbey Sightseeing National

Calke Abbey

 
Description: Ticknall, Derby, DE73 1LE Telephone : 01332 863822 Fax : 01332 865272 Email : eckxxx@smtp.nt ... more
Calke Abbey ... eckxxx@smtp.ntrust.org.uk

Newest Review: ... available is not shaded so if you have a dog in the car you must ensure you take your own shades, water bowl and ventilation. Calke Abbey is not greatly accessible for the disabled. If you ask at the ticket office, it may be worth phoning ahead to make arrangements, there is a 5-seat buggy driven by a volunteer to take people from the car park to the house. The ground floor of the house ... more

 ... is accessible to wheelchair users and there are photo albums available of the inaccessible rooms. The church has a number of small steps leading into it and some areas of the garden and parkland are difficult for wheelchair users. For blind visitor...more

BizzyB
Premium Review Calke Abbey: A Stately Oddity (3565 words)
by BizzyB - written on 27.07.01 (Very useful, 855 readings)
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I have had a passion for stately homes and historic buildings for as long as I can remember. When I was young and other children would beg to be taken to theme parks for their summer holiday treat it was a formality that I would ask for a trip to Castle Howard. If you are like me, you will probably have a very set view of the traditional stately home. Grand houses such as Castle Howard and Chatsworth House often spring to the imagination as the typical open stately home complete with grand architecture, finery and pristine gardens. With this image Calke Abbey isn't so much a stately home as a home in a state. This is not to say the National Trust has ...

 
 
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