Calke Abbey
Calke Abbey is a Grade I listed country house near Ticknall, Derbyshire, England, in the care of the charitable National Trust. The site was an Augustinian priory from the 12th century until its dissolution by Henry VIII.Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Opening hours: 11:00 AM—4:30 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: Grade I listed historic house museum in South Derbyshire, England, UK
- Address: Calke Park, Derby, DE73 7JF
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Staunton Harold Reservoir and Melbourne Hall.
Staunton Harold Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: LlamaBear, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Staunton Harold Reservoir is a large reservoir under the management of Severn Trent Water, located between Melbourne and Ticknall in Derbyshire, England.
Melbourne Hall
Manor estate
Photo: Mark Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Melbourne Hall is a Georgian style country house in Melbourne, Derbyshire, previously owned by the 2nd Viscount Melbourne, British Prime Minister from 1835 to 1841. Melbourne Hall is situated 2 miles northeast of Calke Abbey.
St George’s Church, Ticknall
Church
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St George's Church, Ticknall is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Ticknall, Derbyshire. St George’s Church, Ticknall is situated 1½ miles northwest of Calke Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Calke and Ticknall.
Calke
Hamlet
Photo: Phil Myott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Calke is a small village and civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. It includes the historic house Calke Abbey, a National Trust property, although the main entrance to its grounds is from the neighbouring village of Ticknall, where the population of Calke is included.
Ticknall
Village
Photo: Rpriv2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ticknall is a small village and civil parish in South Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 642. Situated on the A514 road, close to Melbourne, it has three pubs, several small businesses, and a primary school.
Melbourne
Photo: PJMarriott, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Melbourne is a market town and civil parish in South Derbyshire, England. It was home to Thomas Cook, founder of the eponymous travel agency, and has a street named after him.
Calke Abbey
- Categories: historic house museum, English country house, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Calke, South Derbyshire District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.79978° or 52° 47′ 59″ northLongitude
-1.45591° or 1° 27′ 21″ westOperator
National TrustOpen location code
9C4WQGXV+WJOpenStreetMap ID
node 256506319OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q5021459
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Calke Abbey” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “卡爾克莊園”
- Danish: “Calby Abbey”
- French: “abbaye de Calke”
- French: “Abbaye de Calke”
- German: “Calke Abbey”
- Irish: “Calke Abbey”
- Italian: “Calke Abbey”
- Japanese: “コーク・アビイ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Calby Abbey”
- Swedish: “byggnadsminne i South Derbyshire i Storbritannien”
- Turkish: “Calke Abbey”
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Highlights include Grotto and Walled Gardens.
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