Route: Haddon Hall
Area: Derbyshire, Peak District
Date of walk: 10th August 2016
Walkers: Andrew and Gilly
Distance: 2.0 miles
Weather: Mostly sunny
Having finished our walk in Cressbrook Dale by late morning (click here for that walk), there was a full afternoon left ahead and where better to spend it than Haddon Hall which has been described as ‘the most perfect house to survive from the middle ages”
After entering via the ancient courtyard we walked around the superbly planted gardens and then into the Hall itself, which has been sympathetically restored over the years
I’ve not included the usual maps page as this would be pointless. This is a place to wander round and marvel at the beauty both inside and out and I hope that the photos below will convey that…
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Haddon Hall from the bridge over the River Wye
The River Wye from the low parapet over the bridge
Swallows’ nest near the entrance
The courtyard…
On the way through the hall to the gardens…
Elizabethan knot garden on the Bowling Green Terrace, designed by Arne Maynard
Haddon Hall from the terrace
Some close ups…
Haddon Hall from the lower garden
Looking down on the Dorothy Vernon bridge over the River Wye…
We climb back up the steps to visit the interior of the hall
The Long Gallery
The ancient chapel within the hall
The marble effigy in memory of Robert Manners, Lord Haddon, who died in 1894 aged 9
The courtyard again as we leave Haddon Hall
A last look back to this hauntingly beautiful place
