Planning Your Visit
to Dovedale House

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Leisure Resources

Well Dressings

Check if the date of your visit coincides with the Well Dressing season, May to September. Tissington is the closest and amongst the best venue.

http://www.welldressing.com  is a site dedicated to over 100 Well Dressing locations plus links to other sites.

Alton Towers

  Not for the faint hearted  http://www.altontowers.com/themepark

American Adventure

  http://www.americanadventure.co.uk

Waterworld

  20 miles away at Hanley, Stoke on Trent. A fun day out under cover – but wet! http://www.waterworld.co.uk

Carsington Water

  Large expanse of water with retail, toilets, free children’s playground and parking. Walking, cycling and a wealth of water sports.  http://www.carsingtonwater.com

Visiting Local Towns

  Much to see and do in Buxton, Matlock, Ashbourne and Bakewell, to name a few.

Follow the links in http://www.derbyshireuk.net/index.html

Blackbrook Zoological Park (Leek)

  http://www.blackbrookzoologicalpark.co.uk

Museums

  Gladstone Pottery Museum. Follow links from… http://www.stoke.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/leisure/museums

Heights of Abraham (Matlock Bath) http://www.heightsofabraham.com

Cavern of the Peak District http://www.cressbrook.co.uk/scripts/visits/cascavs.php

For the more adventurous; paintballing & karting http://www.wildparkleisure.co.uk

Quasar Laser Games

or

Foresters Leisure Park, Sinfin Lane, Derby, DE23 8AG
0871 550 1010

www.laserarena.co.uk/QKDERBY.htm

Tenpin Bowling

Tenpin
Festival Park, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 5SP
0871 550 1010

www.megabowl.co.uk/bowling_locations/centres/stoke

or

or

Town Meadows Way, Uttoxeter, ST14 8AZ
01889 566644
info@cinebowl.org
www.cinebowl.org

  Cinemas

  or

Showcase
Forester Park
Osmaston Park Road
Derby
DE23 8AG
0871 220 1000
www.showcasecinemas.co.uk/pages/derby.phtml

or

CineBowl
Town Meadows Way, Uttoxeter, ST14 8AZ
01889 566644
info@cinebowl.org
 www.cinebowl.org

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