Scarcliffe is a Town in the county of Derbyshire.

Retail in Scarcliffe

There are great places to visit near Scarcliffe 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 several good ancient sites in the Scarcliffe area like Arbor Low Henge, Gib Hill Oval Barrow and Bowl Barrow, and Carl Wark Hillfort.

Scarcliffe is near some unmissable historic monuments like Arbor Low Henge,

Castleton, Buxton, Darley Dale, and Hope are some of Scarcliffe best towns to visit near Scarcliffe.

Scarcliffe is near some unmissable caves like Blue John Cavern,

Blue John Cavern is a great place to visit close to Scarcliffe if you like old mines.

There are a several good mountains in the area around Scarcliffe like Kinder Scout.

Don't miss Kinder Scout, Errwood Hall (ruin), Three Shires Head, and Hope Valley's hiking areas if visiting the area around Scarcliffe.

There are a several good lakes in the area around Scarcliffe like Errwood Reservoir.

Scarcliffe's best nearby hills can be found at Shining Tor, and Higger Tor.

The area around Scarcliffe 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 Scarcliffe best rivers and streams to visit near Scarcliffe.

Panniers Pool Waterfall, and Three Shires Head Waterfall are great places to visit near Scarcliffe if you like waterfalls.

There are a number of historic buildings near Scarcliffe including Solomon's Temple, and St Mary's Church Derby.

Scarcliffe is near some unmissable cities like Derby,

Derbion is one of Scarcliffe's best, nearby shopping centres to visit in Scarcliffe.

Scarcliffe History

There are some historic monuments around Scarcliffe:

• Bolsover Castle: eleventh century motte and bailey castle, twelfth century tower keep castle and seventeenth century country house.
• Tramway embankment
• Four watchtowers SW of town
• 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
• Roman villa ESE of Northfield House
• Standing cross, Clowne
• Ash Tree Cave
• Sutton Scarsdale Hall
• Palaeolithic and later prehistoric sites at Creswell Gorge, including Boat House Cave and Church Hole Cave
• Langwith Cave
• King's Mill viaduct
• Standing cross
• Stainsby defended manorial complex including site of chapel
• Palaeolithic and later prehistoric sites at Creswell Gorge including Pinhole Cave, Mother Grundy's Parlour and Robin Hood's Cave
• Bowl barrow, 240m SSE of Woodend Farm
• Standing cross on Church Street, Mansfield Woodhouse
• Skegby Manor House, immediately south east of Pond Cottage
• Markland Grips promontory fort
• Hardwick Old Hall: an Elizabethan great house
• Pleasley Colliery