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Holiday Cottages In Foolow
Staying at Holiday Cottages in Foolow will place you within one of the Peak District’s prettiest villages containing picture postcard cottages, a duck pond and a village inn.
A short walk around the village from Holiday Cottages in Foolow will take you to the village green where there is a medieval cross. It was moved to its present position in 1868 when it was given a new base, but prior to that the cross had stood on the site of the nearby Wesleyan Chapel and may at one time have been a marker for the boundary of the Royal Forest of the Peak.
Adjacent to the green is the unusual 17th century Old Hall with its very irregular construction, whereas the nearby 18th century Manor House is a more typical Derbyshire country house in style and appearance. Both are beautiful buildings, as are many of the houses and cottages in the village, some providing accommodation as Holiday Cottages in Foolow.
There are lovely walks to be explored from Holiday Cottages in Foolow. To the north-west of the village is Tup Low where there is a Bronze Age tumulus, whilst Long Low lies about half a mile to the northwest. To the west of Holiday Cottages in Foolow you will come across the strangely named ‘Silly Dale’.
On a clear day during your stay at one of the Holiday Cottages in Foolow, be sure to make your way to the Barrel Inn at Bretton which is a superb ‘horse brasses and oak beams’ coaching inn on the hilltop above. From here you will have stunning and far reaching views over the Peak District National Park.
A short drive from Holiday Cottages in Foolow will take you to the plague village of Eyam which is steeped in history and packed with interest. As well as a visit to the Eyam Museum and Eyam Hall and Craft Centre, be sure to see Eyam Church for a fascinating insight into how the village was affected by the plague in the 17th century and consequently became famous as a result of the selflessness of its residents.
By the side of the road from Holiday Cottages in Foolow to Eyam are waterfalls or swallet holes, being natural potholes where water disappears below ground, to emerge some distance away near Stoney Middleton. In 2000, potholers from the Masson Caving Group discovered a rift and breakdown passage some 100 metres in length at this site which they named Crock Pot or Pot of the Crocks.
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