Chatsworth House
Chatsworth House is a large country house at Chatsworth, Derbyshire,
3 1/2 miles north east of Bakewell, originally built by Bess of Hardwick.
It is the seat of the Dukes of Devonshire, whose family name is Cavendish.
Chatsworth stands on the left bank of the River Derwent and looks across the river
to the low hills that divide the valleys of the Derwent and the Wye. The Park is expansive,
and the house is backed by rocky hills covered with bracken and heather.
The house contains a unique collection of priceless paintings, furniture, Old Master drawings, neoclassical sculpture and other artefacts.
Chatsworth's garden is one of the most famous in England.
Chatsworth has been selected as the United Kingdom's
favourite country house several times and it attracts around a third of a million visitors a year.
Chatsworth House Gardens
Chatsworth's gardens are a complex and diverse blend of informal
and formal features from six different centuries which covers 105 acres and is surrounded by a wall
1.75 miles long.
It has evolved over more than 450 years,
and continues to change today. There are five miles of walks with rare trees,
shrubs, formal hedges, temples, sculptures old and new, streams and ponds and
the new, award-winning garden guidebook suggests trails and routes all around
the garden while also explaining its history. Chatsworth sits on the eastern side of the valley of the River Derwent and
blends seamlessly into the landscape of the surrounding park, which covers 1,000 acres.
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