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Swarkestone Old Hall

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Swarkestone Old Hall is a Grade II* registered park and garden in Derbyshire. Grade II* marks a particularly important designed landscape. It is one of 16 registered parks and gardens the Albion Guide lists in the county.

For arrivals by rail, Peartree Station is 5.2 km to the north. Nearby registered parks and gardens include Melbourne Hall and Elvaston Castle.

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Melbourne

Village

Attractive Georgian market town in south Derbyshire, home to Melbourne Hall and a great Norman parish church.

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