Editing Derbyshire (section)

==Local attractions==
[[File:Chesterfield Parish Church, St Mary and All Saints - geograph.org.uk - 4113645.jpg|thumb|The 'twisted spire' on [[Chesterfield, Derbyshire|Chesterfield]] parish church]]
The county of Derbyshire has many attractions for tourists and local people. It offers [[Peak District]] scenery such as [[Mam Tor]] and [[Kinder Scout]], and more urban attractions such as [[Bakewell]], [[Buxton]] and [[Derby]]. Such places include [[Bolsover Castle]], [[Castleton, Derbyshire|Castleton]], [[Chatsworth House]], [[National Tramway Museum]] at Crich, [[Peak Rail]] steam railway, [[Midland Railway]] steam railway, [[Dovedale]], [[Haddon Hall]], the [[Heights of Abraham]] and [[Matlock Bath]].<ref>[http://www.morleyhayes.com/places-to-visit.asp Local Attractions] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510144322/http://www.morleyhayes.com/places-to-visit.asp |date=10 May 2008}}. Retrieved 19 March 2008</ref>

In the north of the county, three large reservoirs, [[Howden Reservoir|Howden]], [[Derwent Reservoir (Derbyshire)|Derwent]] and [[Ladybower Reservoir|Ladybower]], were built in the early part of the 20th century to supply the rapidly growing populations of Sheffield, Derby and [[Leicester]] with drinking water. The moorland catchment area around these is part of the [[Peak District|Peak District National Park]] and extensively used for leisure pursuits such as walking and cycling.

There are many properties and lands in the care of the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]] that are open to the public, such as [[Calke Abbey]], [[Hardwick Hall]], [[High Peak Estate]], [[Ilam Park]], [[Kedleston Hall]], [[Longshaw Estate]] near [[Hathersage]], and [[Sudbury Hall]] on the [[Staffordshire]] border.

Notable gardens in Derbyshire include the formal ones in 17th–18th-century French style at [[Melbourne Hall]] south of Derby, the [[National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens|listed]] garden at [[Renishaw Hall]] near [[Eckington, Derbyshire|Eckington]], Lea Rhododendron Gardens near [[Matlock, Derbyshire|Matlock]], the [[Royal Horticultural Society]] recommended [[Bluebell Arboretum]] near [[Swadlincote]], and the extensive gardens at Chatsworth House.

[[Ardotalia]], also known as Melandra, or Melandra Castle, is an ancient Roman fort built in the north-west of the county. The ruins and foundations are open free of charge to the public.