Complete tasks at special locations in Derbyshire and North Notts to have a chance at winning a special prize!
Join our informative guides on an exclusive rooftop tour of Hardwick Hall and lookover the Derbyshire countryside from above.
Visit the East Stables for natural crafts and demonstrations throughout the day.
Celebrate Mother’s Day by listening to inspiring stories and songs of women at Hardwick Hall.
With map in-hand follow and find each activity trail station through the gardens, don’t forget to stop for your chocolate egg at the end!
Discover Hardwick’s longer walking routes on a free guided group walk around the estate. With 7 different walks to choose from, sign up to one or challenge yourself to complete them all!
Carve out a space dedicated to your writing in this new writers’ retreat in the beautiful setting of Hardwick (lunch and refreshments are provided throughout the day).
Join our storytelling team for a free taster session of workshops and fun to learn what it’s like to be a storyteller volunteer at Hardwick.
Come and join us for creative writing workshops through the year exploring themes of Elizabethan festivals, changes in the seasons, or empowering women.
Tour Hardwick’s veteran tree collection to understand how they provide protected habitats for rare fungi, bats, lichens and so much more!
Celebrate May Day by listening to seasonal stories and songs on May Day, spring, and blossom.
Ramble through the lower parkland on our Ranger led nature walk and discover more about the Hardwick butterfly population.
Calling all early birds to celebrate International Dawn Chorus Day for a mindful 5am bird walk around the parkland.
Find out more about the work of the specialist craft teams who help us care for the National Trust collections and historic properties.
Celebrate Midsummer with storytelling and singing in Bess of Hardwick’s birthplace, the Old Hall ruins, after hours!
Outdoor musical theatre at its finest, follow an epic tale of Arthurian adventure and medieval mayhem.
Celebrate autumn by listening to seasonal stories and songs on the year’s harvest.
You won’t find a happily-ever-after with these dark tales inspired by Hardwick’s vast 16th century collections.