Places to Visit
Calke Abbey 
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Ticknall
DE73 7LE
Derby
Derbyshire
United Kingdom
Managed By: National Trust
Phone: 01332 863822
Fax: 01332 865272
- One of the Trust's most child-friendly and fun properties
- Baroque mansion with unique collections of curiosities
- Stunning 18th-century Chinese silk bed
- Invisible corridors, underground tunnels and a secret garden
- Enchanting walled-gardens and restored Orangery
- Calke Park is a National Nature Reserve set in over 600 acres
 | All visitors (inc. NT members) require a house and garden (or garden only) ticket from the ticket office. At busy times these will be timed tickets. Delays in entry to house are possible at BHols. The house is closed on Sat 11 Aug for annual concert. One-way system operates in the park; access only via Ticknall entrance |
| | | House | | 17 Mar–31 Oct 07 | 12:30–5 | Mo | Tu | We |  | | Sa | Su | | Garden | | 17 Mar–31 Oct 07 | 11–5 | Mo | Tu | We | | | Sa | Su | | 5 Jul–7 Sep 07 | 11–5 | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | Su | | Restaurant/shop | | 17 Mar–28 Oct 07 | 10:30–5 | Mo | Tu | We | | | Sa | Su | | 5 Jul–7 Sep 07 | 10:30–5 | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | Su | | 3 Nov–25 Nov 07 | 11–4 | | | | | | Sa | Su | | 26 Nov–19 Dec 07 | 11–4 | Mo | Tu | We | | | Sa | Su | | 5 Jan–29 Feb 08 | 11–4 | | | | | | Sa | Su | | KEY: Dark blue=open | | Admission by timed ticket. Open Good Fri: 11–5, gardens, restaurant, shop. Ticket office opens 11. Park: open most days until 8 or dusk if earlier. Last admission 30mins before closing | | |
Gift Aid: £8, child £4, family £20. Groups £6.20, child £3.10. Standard: £7.27, child £3.63, family £18.18. Garden only (Gift Aid): £5, child £2.50, family £12.50. Garden only (standard): £4.54, child £2.27, family £11.36. Park (vehicle charge): £3.60. |
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This is one of the best places you can go to.
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