Visit Eyam Places

Welcome to Visit Eyam Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Eyam

  

Eyam Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Eyam

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Eyam history

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The village’s name derives from Old English and is first recorded in the Domesday Book as Aium. Lead mining seems to have had a continuous history in the Eyam district since at least the Roman era. Within a 3-mile radius of the village there are 439 known mines (some running beneath the village itself), drained by 49 drainage levels.

You can visit Eyam places with Walkfo Eyam to hear history at Eyam’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Eyam has 36 places to visit in our interactive Eyam map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Eyam, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Eyam places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Eyam & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 36 audio facts unique to Eyam places in an interactive Eyam map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Eyam Places Map
36 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Eyam historic spots	Eyam tourist destinations	Eyam plaques	Eyam geographic features
Walkfo Eyam tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Eyam

  

Best Eyam places to visit

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Eyam has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Eyam’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Eyam’s information audio spots:

Padley Chapel Padley Chapel is a Grade I listed building in Grindleford, England. It is on the site of the former Padley Hall (or Padley Manor)

Froggatt Edge Froggatt Edge is a gritstone escarpment in the Dark Peak area of the Peak District National Park, in Derbyshire, England. It is the northernmost section of the Escarpment. The middle and southernmost sections are called Curbar Edge and Baslow Edge respectively.

St Martin’s Church, Stoney Middleton St Martin’s Church is a Grade II* listed parish church in Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire. It was built in the 1930s.

Eyam Museum Eyam Museum or as it is locally known Eyam Plague museum is a local museum in the village of Eyam, located in the Peak District, Derbyshire, England.

Eyam Hall Eyam Hall is a Jacobean-style manor house in Eyam in Derbyshire. It was built in the 17th century.

St Lawrence’s Church, Eyam St Lawrence’s Church, Eyam is a Grade II* listed parish church in Eyam, Derbyshire. It was built in the 1930s and is Grade II listed as a parish church.

Longstone Edge Longstone Edge is a limestone ridge in the Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, England. It runs from east to west for about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the village of Calver to the River Wye at Monsal Dale. It rises to about 395 metres (1,296 ft) and commands far-reaching views over Peak District.

St Hugh’s Church, Foolow St Hugh’s Church, Foolow is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Foolow, Derbyshire. It is located in the town of Foolow in the area.

Stoke Hall, Derbyshire Stoke Hall is a Grade II* listed 30-room Georgian Palladian mansion near Grindleford, Derbyshire, England. Restoration featured on BBC series Restoration Home and follow-up Restoration Home – One Year On.

Highlow Highlow is wholly within the Peak District national park. It is 140 miles (230 km) north west of London and 28 miles (45 km) south of Derby. It shares a border with the parishes of Abney and Abney Grange, Eyam, Foolow, Grindleford, Grindlford and Hathersage.

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