Visit the splendid Jacobean Tissington Hall
Tissington hall is the splendid Jacobean home to Sir Richard FitzHerbert, his wife, four children, six dogs and two cats. Francis FitzHerbert built the Hall in 1609 and his family having been living there for approx 400 years. Tissington Hall sits in the heart of Tissington village, with its fine church and duck pond.
You can book private or groups tours with Sir Richard Fitzherbert, which include the House and Grounds for £30.00 per head including a Tea/Coffee in the library. Tour dates can be found on their website, but they tend to run on Tuesdays from April to September.
In the heart of the village is the Herbert’s Tearooms, open 10.30am to 3.00pm, which serves simple lunches, such as soup of the day, jacket potatoes and homemade quiche.
Annual Events are the Well dressing Mid-May, which is said to originate here, on Ascension Day five wells are decorated in a flowers to thank God for water.
Once a year Tissington participates in the National Garden Scheme and the gardens are open to the public.
In the Christmas holidays the hall is decorated for Christmas and opened to the public.
Tissington Trial is a 13-mile Trial from Parsley Hay to the North of Ashbourne, that joins up with the High Peak Trial that continues to Buxton. The London and North Western Railway between Buxton and Ashbourne was closed and later bought by the Peak District National Park and turned into a trail for walkers, horse riders and cyclists. It runs alongside Tissington village.
For more information, Tissington Hall has a website www.tissingtonhall.co.uk and a Facebook page.
