Palterton is a Village in the county of Derbyshire.

Palterton postcode: S44 6WA

Retail in Palterton

There are great places to visit near Palterton including some great ancient sites, historic monuments, towns, caves, old mines, mountains, hiking areas, lakes, hills, ruins, rivers and streams, waterfalls, historic buildings, cities and shopping centres.

There are a number of ancient sites near Palterton including Arbor Low Henge, Gib Hill Oval Barrow and Bowl Barrow, and Carl Wark Hillfort.

There are a several good historic monuments in the area around Palterton like Arbor Low Henge.

Palterton has some unmissable towns nearby like Castleton, Buxton, Darley Dale, and Hope.

Blue John Cavern is one of Palterton's best, nearby caves to visit in Palterton.

Blue John Cavern is one of Palterton's best, nearby old mines to visit in Palterton.

Don't miss Kinder Scout's mountains if visiting the area around Palterton.

There are a number of hiking areas near Palterton including Kinder Scout, Errwood Hall (ruin), Three Shires Head, and Hope Valley.

Errwood Reservoir is a great place to visit close to Palterton if you like lakes.

There are a several good hills in the Palterton area like Shining Tor, and Higger Tor.

The area around Palterton boasts some of the best ruins including Errwood Hall (ruin), and Castedge (ruin).

River Dane at Three Shires Head, and Panniers Pool are some of Palterton best rivers and streams to visit near Palterton.

The area around Palterton boasts some of the best waterfalls including Panniers Pool Waterfall, and Three Shires Head Waterfall.

The area around Palterton features a number of interesting historic buildings including Solomon's Temple, and St Mary's Church Derby.

Cities to visit near Palterton include Derby.

The area around Palterton's best shopping centres can be found at Derbion.

Palterton History

There are some historic monuments around Palterton:

• Markland Grips promontory fort
• Standing cross on Church Street, Mansfield Woodhouse
• King's Mill viaduct
• Ash Tree Cave
• Skegby Manor House, immediately south east of Pond Cottage
• Standing cross, Clowne
• Hardwick Old Hall: an Elizabethan great house
• Pleasley Colliery
• Langwith Cave
• Roman villa ESE of Northfield House
• Bolsover Castle: eleventh century motte and bailey castle, twelfth century tower keep castle and seventeenth century country house.
• Tramway embankment
• Standing cross
• Sutton Scarsdale Hall
• Stainsby defended manorial complex including site of chapel
• Palaeolithic and later prehistoric sites at Creswell Gorge, including Boat House Cave and Church Hole Cave
• Four watchtowers SW of town
• Palaeolithic and later prehistoric sites at Creswell Gorge including Pinhole Cave, Mother Grundy's Parlour and Robin Hood's Cave
• Medieval town defences, 183m south east of church of St Mary and St Lawrence, and 335m north east of Bolsover Castle
• Mound on Hamilton Hill