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Membership Networking Trips
Among the many benefits of membership with Marketing Peak District & Derbyshire are our networking opportunities and members’ events.
Signing up for our members trips could help you boost your knowledge of the area and provide a better service for your customers, as well as giving you the chance to meet industry colleagues.
The trips offer the chance to explore a wide range of attractions first-hand, profiting from the expertise of the people who run them throughout the tourist season. You can then pass on this knowledge to your guests, to give them a much better experience while they are staying in the Peak District and Derbyshire.
There is no charge to attend the events - all we ask is that you make your own way to the venue.
To book, please contact Caroline Cordasco on 01246 212924 or at caroline.cordasco@marketingpdd.com
Upcoming Trips
April 11th: White Peak Distillery
White Peak Distillery is the first full-scale, craft distillery in the Peak District region. In April 2018, they started laying down a single malt whisky and they also make other spirits, including Shining Cliff Gin. Join us on a fabulous tasting tour where we’ll discover how they make the spirits – including sampling!
Address: Derwent Works, Matlock Rd, Ambergate, near Belper DE56 2HE
Time: TBC
May 14th: Creswell Crags
Explore the exhibition or visit the café between 2.30pm and 3pm, before a 3pm tour of Robin Hood’s Cave, on a ‘Life in the Ice Age’ tour. Come and see how Ice Age man lived! Explore the caves they called home and learn how they used the land and animals in order to survive the harsh landscape from 50,000-10,000 years ago. Get close up to a 120,000-year-old hippo jawbone in the exhibition and see some of the earliest bone art engravings ever discovered in the UK.
Address: Crags Rd, Creswell, Worksop S80 3LH
Time: From 2.30pm
June: The Heights of Abraham
We’ll be visiting this unique hilltop park, set on top of a dramatic limestone gorge and surrounded by great natural beauty. Journey to the top in a state-of-the-art cable car, enjoy a guided underground tour of the spectacular showcaves, and explore over 60 acres of wooded hillside.
Address: Dale Rd, Matlock Bath, Matlock DE4 3NT
Time: TBC
Poole’s Cavern & Buxton Country Park: Date TBC
Discover Poole’s Cavern, Buxton’s ‘hidden wonder’. Take a journey beneath the earth with our expert guides, explore the vast limestone caverns and see how crystal stalactites and stalagmites have lined the chambers over millions of years.
Back above ground explore the beautiful country park woodlands and complete your day with a stroll to Grin Low and Solomon’s Temple viewpoint with superb views of the Peak District.
Address: Green Ln, Buxton SK17 9DH
Time: TBC
Member Testimonials
Denby Pottery
"We use Denby crockery in some of our cottages and have had the flyers in our cottages for a number of years. When the memo came out to visit the site we didn’t hesitate to book our places.
We attended the visit to Denby Pottery Village, expecting as on previous Marketing Peak District visits to meet up with fellow members and gain an insight into what’s on offer at newly refurbished Denby Pottery Village.
The visit was excellent, we laughed and chatted with friends old and new, the tour of the pottery was brilliant, we even made clay models and painted plates. Lunch was very tasty and showcased the quality of produce served in the visitor restaurant perfectly.
When we got home we posted photos of our visit on our Blakelow Facebook page. This was seen by some of our guest who were booked into our Christmas cottage for the weekend. Our post inspired them to visit Denby (twice) which they thoroughly enjoyed, whilst there they saw that James Martin was to attend an event in later in the year. Obviously fans, as soon as they returned to Blakelow they booked 2 tickets after making sure we had a cottage available for another weekend stay…. Thank you Marketing Peak District and of course Denby Pottery Village… just an example of MPDD membership!"
Steve Ogan at Blakelow Farm Cottages
World of Wedgwood
"This was a fabulous day out. The museum and factory tours were brilliant. The young ladies were well informed, passionate about Wedgwood and eager to share their knowledge. It was lovely to have the opportunity to throw a pot and the girls who helped us were very patient and helped us to produce something we're proud of.
Designing the plate after clear instruction and guidance from the instructors was great fun and we are really look forward to recieving our creations in the post. The afternoon tea was superb, 5* and the waitresses attentive. Loved every minute and will be visiting again."
Barbara & Jeremy, The Haven Bakewell
