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Nottingham & the East Midlands

Nottingham & the East Midlands

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Nottingham & the East

Why Go? ...... 454 Postcard-perfect villages and rugged hiking trails of the Peak Lincoln ...... 462 District aside, this peaceful corner of the country lies largely & Around...... 467 off the tourist . Away from the vibrant cities of otting- ...... 472 ham, eicester and and their sprawling suburbs, the & is a rolling carpet of farmland, strewn with ...... 473 historic market towns, ruined castles, spellbinding cathe- ...... 474 drals and the lavish stately homes you were epecting after ...... 480 reading all those Jane Austen novels. here you go in the region will depend on your tempera- & Around ...... 483 ment. City slickers are drawn to ottingham, with its lively nightlife and obin ood connections, while foodies head ...... 486 to eicester to sample the imported culinary delights of the ...... 488 ndian subcontinent. Fans of the great outdoors make for Castleton ...... 492 the Peak District in their hundreds of thousands. owever, ...... 494 you may find more peace and uiet in the backwaters of ...... 496 utland and incolnshire.

When to Go Best Places to Eat The East Midlands is at its best in summer, when the » Chequers Inn (p468) countryside comes alive with village fetes and festivals. For » Hammer & Pincers (p479) and cyclists, June through September is the high » Reform (p465) season in the Peak District. » Piedaniel’s (p497) May brings flowers, parades and pagan goings-on to Castleton’s Garland Festival, while February and March » The Old Bakery Tea bring the wonderful chaos of Shrovetide football to Ash- Rooms (p461) bourne. Best Places to Stay » Hart’s (p455) » Hotel Maiyango (p476) » Hambleton Hall (p480) » George Hotel (p468) r æ # ve 0 th y #] #\ le over tead field A5 /· be #] E # â ls st le Mano t ad y M1 Ab # V /· Bo Ca Sulgra te st ands #\ News gb #\ Boswor Batt #– RE # rpor â æ # SHIR y dl Ea ll Ai 23 stwood ss HI Ru 9 Mi #\ RD News y A4 ro Ha Ea 0¸ M6 y therham KS /· nbur e A6 rb yc o FO rdwick ughborough /· be lk Ro Ba OR 3 Tw Zo #] De Ha Lo # OX RE #\ Ca Ab th - #] A444 #\ # ^ # ë 0¸ # ^ HY esterfield # Ü y ch er de y le w UT e ou Ch KSHI æ # y- # â #\ s ws ll #\ M1 n -Z Belp 4 field IC us hb atswor /· h SO 6 6 6 6 6 la A3 rd Ro Ha /· at 7 As # ventr â #\ # Ch Ho nker RW 17 w HIRE 8 kB # â Shef A5 Co Co ll #\ omfo #\ 0¸ WA A3 0 ll /· YS Kedlesto on am pe Cr M4 Ha /· A518 we Ey #\ dd 0¸ Ho e Matloc #\ E ke l Ha n #\ A515 DERB #\ 1 IR 0¸ el Ba E rmingham District # e #\ leto sw n Bi tional Park st hbourn A6 /· # ^ Edal SHIR RKSH 1 Ca Peak Na As Tide A5 ER /· #\ p YO E #\ ST osso HIRE Gl Buxton WEST ford er OUCE RS st RDSHIR M5 /· e- rent GL Staf Wolverhampto ce #\ -T ok # ^ ESTE 66 66 66 66 66 AFFO St on #] Wor RC t #] ST #] RE RE WO HI # ^ kpor HIRE AS oc nchester PS CHESHI St Ma RO LANC SH

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in the grandeur of of in the grandeur House Chatsworth the one of (p497), stateliest nation’s homes the apple tree the apple tree that inspired Newton’s Isaac on gravity theories at his birthplace, Manor Woolsthorpe (p467) Ye Olde Ye of history Jerusalem to Trip allegedly (p457), inn, oldest ’s the cliff into carved Nottingham’s below castle how the spire of of the spire how St Chesterfield’s All Saints Mary & (p485) came Church on a be crooked to town or at the tour museum 7 6 5 4 3

2 Highlights Midlands Midlands 1 & the East& the Nottingham Nottingham the rugged trails of of trails the rugged District the Peak National Park (p486) into Jane Austen’s Austen’s Jane into in the England of streets stone-lined (p468) Stamford ghAm & Minster the mighty (p460) dominating the story-book-pretty Southwell of village

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