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Jan 24, 2024
Heights Of Abraham

Heights Of Abraham Announces Special Anniversary Year

The destination celebrates 40 years of cable car flights and 50 years since the current owners took over the stewardship of the hilltop estate, restoring the woodland path network, reopening and enhancing the cavern tours and adding the award-winning facilities, exhibitions and attractions that modern day visitors have come to enjoy.  Joanna Brown, a relative of Benjamin Bryan, the Victorian owner of the Heights (1840’s), will be pushing the big green button to restart the cable cars for the season on 10th February at 9.55am. Joanna (from Somerset) was on holiday in the Peak Dist...

Nov 16, 2023
The Chesterfield Canal Trust

Winter On The Cut

The Chesterfield Canal Trust has run Santa Special cruises for decades. This year, our tripboat Seth Ellis will be running them from the Chequers Inn at Ranby on 2nd & 3rd, 9th & 10th, 16th & 17th and 23rd December.

Jan 11, 2023
The canal junction that was crucial to the Houses Of Parliament project. Christine Richardson, historian at The Chesterfield Canal Trust tells us more.

When Retford Changed London

The canal junction that was crucial to the Houses Of Parliament project. Christine Richardson, historian at The Chesterfield Canal Trust tells us more.

Nov 25, 2022
hop aboard

Who Owns The Chesterfield Canal?

The Chesterfield Canal in Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire is owned and managed by the Canal & River Trust. This is a charity that covers 2,000 miles of canals and rivers, together with reservoirs and a wide range of heritage buildings and structures in England and Wales.

Sep 30, 2022
heritage at the harley gallery

Legends & The 5th Duke

A new exhibition at The Harley Gallery, Nottinghamshire reveals the life of the elusive 5th Duke of Portland who owned the historic Welbeck estate during the Victorian era. The 5th Duke was an unusual figure in high society, and many myths and legends have grown around his memory.

Aug 12, 2022
Heritage Renovation

The Art Of Kate & Ada

This creative couple first spotted the Pump House whilst trawling the internet looking for inspiration for an unusual building project. They were both keen to find a ruin or land that they could use as a foundation on which to create something unique, marrying their creative passions. 

Aug 9, 2022
Cave Roaming

The City of Caves…

Few people are aware of this fascinating facet to Nottingham’s heritage and core. The city’s network of caves is the largest in the UK, including the only cave tannery in the country. 

Sep 7, 2021
Nottinghamshire’s undulating landscape

Exploring Teversal Trails

Just three miles west of Mansfield, this super short walk offers beautiful views over some of Nottinghamshire’s most historical and unspoilt villages.

Sep 7, 2021
Lord Byron

Nottinghamshire’s Playboy Poet

Lord George Gordon Byron was born on 22nd January 1788 at Holles Street, London. The son of Captain John ‘Mad Jack’ Byron and his second wife, the former Catherine Gordon.