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.

Arbor Low Henge, Gib Hill Oval Barrow and Bowl Barrow, and Carl Wark Hillfort are some of Scarcliffe best ancient sites to visit near Scarcliffe.

Places near Scarcliffe feature a number of interesting historic monuments including Arbor Low Henge.

The area around Scarcliffe boasts some of the best towns including Castleton, Buxton, Darley Dale, and Hope.

Blue John Cavern, Treak Cliff Cavern, and Odin Mine are some of Scarcliffe best caves to visit near Scarcliffe.

Scarcliffe's best nearby old mines can be found at Blue John Cavern, Treak Cliff Cavern, and Odin Mine.

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

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

Scarcliffe is near some unmissable lakes like Errwood Reservoir,

Scarcliffe has some unmissable hills nearby like Shining Tor, and Higger Tor.

There are a number of ruins near Scarcliffe including Errwood Hall (ruin), and Castedge (ruin).

Scarcliffe has some unmissable rivers and streams nearby like River Dane at Three Shires Head, and Panniers Pool.

Waterfalls to visit near Scarcliffe include Panniers Pool Waterfall, and Three Shires Head Waterfall.

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

Derby is a great place to visit close to Scarcliffe if you like cities.

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

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.
• Standing cross on Church Street, Mansfield Woodhouse
• King's Mill viaduct
• Skegby Manor House, immediately south east of Pond Cottage
• Bowl barrow, 240m SSE of Woodend Farm
• Four watchtowers SW of town
• Tramway embankment
• Medieval town defences, 183m south east of church of St Mary and St Lawrence, and 335m north east of Bolsover Castle
• Palaeolithic and later prehistoric sites at Creswell Gorge, including Boat House Cave and Church Hole Cave
• Markland Grips promontory fort
• Pleasley Colliery
• Palaeolithic and later prehistoric sites at Creswell Gorge including Pinhole Cave, Mother Grundy's Parlour and Robin Hood's Cave
• Roman villa ESE of Northfield House
• Langwith Cave
• Hardwick Old Hall: an Elizabethan great house
• Mound on Hamilton Hill
• Ash Tree Cave
• Standing cross
• Sutton Scarsdale Hall
• Standing cross, Clowne
• Stainsby defended manorial complex including site of chapel