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Calke Abbey: Discovering Connections
Heritage Open Day: With peeling paintwork and overgrown courtyards, Calke Abbey is one of the National Trust's unique houses.
In the Riding School you'll be able to join in with Calke's Connections, a programme of family-friendly activities. Calke Abbey tells the story of the dramatic decline of the Harpur-Crewe's grand country house. Little has been done to restore the house and stables and they are preserved in the condition found when the National Trust began caring for Calke. Grand rooms are crammed full of collections, from art to natural history, which contrasts with abandoned rooms and objects no longer used. The stables have overgrown courtyards and peeling paintwork and are great for exploring.
The gardens are full of flowers, plants and produce throughout the year.
Sat 14 Sep:1000-1500 in the Riding School; Free Entry.
Calke Abbey, Ticknall, Derby, Derbyshire DE73 7LE
Sat 14 September