It is widely regarded as southern Derbyshire's most attractive village. It is perhaps best known today for Calke Abbey which is the second largest stately home in Derbyshire (after Chatsworth). The house was built on the site of a 12th Century Augustinian Priory and stands in 750 acres of parkland.
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 The delightful Georgian village of Melbourne, the jewel of South Derbyshire and birthplace of Thomas Cook the travel pioneer, is just two miles away. Close by is Stanton Causeway and Swarkestone Bridge where on 5 December 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie abandoned his march on London and turned back to Scotland.
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 Just 5 miles upstream from Swarkestone is Repton, capital of the ancient kingdom of Mercia and site of the mausoleum of the Mercian Kings, located under the 10th Century parish church of St. Wystans. Limeyards Stables stands away from the road in a half-acre site adjacent to woodland forming part of Calke Abbey and Park on the outskirts of Ticknall. |
