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Market town in Derbyshire, England
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Ashbourne is a small market town in Derbyshire.
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Dating back to 1669, the gable end bears the arms of the Pegge family.
Dating back to 1640.
16th century. The original buildings of Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, which was founded in 1585, and received a £4 per year maintenance grant from Sir Thomas Cokayne, High Sheriff of Derbyshire. The school moved away to a new site in 1909, and is now a comprehensive secondary school with 1400 pupils.
Popular beauty-spot on the Derbyshire/Staffordshire border, famous for its stepping-stones across the River Dove, and Thorpe Cloud, a 942-ft (287-m) conical hill, climbable with care, and with great views all the way up! Car park on the Staffordshire side of the river.
The church was dedicated in 1241, and was restored twice in the nineteenth century, including in the 1870s by George Gilbert Scott, who added the battlements to the chancel. The church has a fine interior, particularly the choir ceiling and the stained glass.
Sit-down Indian restaurant, very clean with friendly staff, good range of curries, licensed. Reasonably priced with good portions. Also does takeaway.
Sit-down Indian restaurant. Not licensed so you are welcome to bring your own alcohol (which can get messy if you drink too much too quick!) The food is superb but the service is slow as everything is cooked to order. Also does takeaway.
Takeaway only Indian cuisine. Also does pizza and kebabs.
Takeaway only Chinese cuisine (owned by the same family as the Dragons Nest).
Eat in or takeout fish and chips. Best in town.
Eat in or takeout fish and chips.
Pizza, kebabs, potatoes, homemade nan bread, Southern Fried Chicken. Chips & Cheese. Takeaway only.
Turkish, pizza, kebabs. Eat in or takeaway.
A quiet pub at the top of a very steep hill (probably why it is so quiet!) Does fantastic food but booking is essential, not very child-friendly, in fact don't take children under 14 there at all. Bed and Breakfast accommodation
An old coaching inn (Grade 2 listed) with a rare & distinctive gallows sign that stretches right over the road (but which is in desperate need of re-painting). Has two bars, one is quiet, the other rowdy.
Refurbished with a very cosmopolitan feel, has large outdoor drinking area overlooking the river.
Large, modern-ish building, popular most nights.
in The Residents Hotel
More of a restaurant than a bar, but with AA rosette award-winning food, not cheap, but not overly expensive. Recommended.
Grade 2 listed large town square pub, live music Friday nights.
Grade 2 listed small town square pub, clientele can look intimidating outside on benches, but very friendly staff and the only Bass house in town.
A selection of real ales and entertainment. Non-members are most welcome.
Now Chimes restaurant/cafe.
Very friendly, traditional public house, Ashbourne's finest selection of real ales, homemade pork pies, and fresh rolls daily. nominated for Camra Pub of the Year 2011
Very old pub (Grade 2 listed) on Victoria Square, is cosy with fires in the winter, in the summer sit on the benches outside to enjoy a pint.
Used to be great, lost it a bit now. disco pub.
Looks scarier than it actually is, next to police station.
Marston's pub/restaurant - new-build on the edge of town - opened 2009.
Hillside Croft are luxury holiday cottages in the heart of the Peak District. Catered or self-catering.
Charming restored village pub with rooms across the boundary west into Staffordshire.
Cheese shop
Great selection of men's suits and clothing accessories.
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