Luxury Holiday Cottages In Eckington

Eckington is situated between Chesterfield and Sheffield making it an ideal base from which to rent one of the luxury holiday cottages in the area.  It is a long sprawling village with manor houses and village cottages made from the local Derbyshire stone.  The main street through the village is just over a mile in length and boasts many public houses, some dating back many years and reflecting the village’s historical occupations of farming and mining. In 1998, a regeneration project was launched to combat the effects of mine closures and out of town retail developments. The parish church of St Peter and St Paul dates from the year 1100 and is of exceptional architectural interest, still retaining the original Norman doorway. In a field at the back of the church, near the river Moss stands the Priest’s Well where the parish priest used to draw water for the needs of the church. Eckington’s main claim to Fame is its proximity to Renishaw Hall, the home of the Sitwell family for 400 years and still occupied by Sir Reresby and Lady Sitwell. The Hall was a centre for literary achievement in the last century through the writings of Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell, father of the present owner.  If you are a fan of walking and are looking for luxury holiday cottages in this area there are many pathways for people to enjoy to the surrounding villages and through the wooded valley of the river Moss, a tributary of the Rother. This area, now rich in wildlife, was once a centre of industry, relics of which can still be seen today. A town trail takes in the parish church, a cruck barn which part dates to the 16th-century and Coldwell's Cottage the last remaining thatched cottage in Eckington.