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- American Couple Reacts: Chatsworth House Tour! England's Grand House & Estate! FIRST TIME REACTION! We have seen some incredible houses in the United Kingdom. Is Chatsworth House in Derbyshire the finest of them all? Chosen several times as Britain's favorite country house, it is a Grade I listed property from the 17th century, altered in the 18th and 19th centuries. Chatsworth House is a stately home in the Derbyshire Dales, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-east of Bakewell and 9 miles (14 km) west of Chesterfield, England. The seat of the Duke of Devonshire, it has belonged to the Cavendish family since 1549. It stands on the east bank of the River Derwent, across from hills between the Derwent and Wye valleys, amid parkland backed by wooded hills that rise to heather moorland. The house holds major collections of paintings, furniture, Old Master drawings, neoclassical sculptures and books. Join us as we take a look at this incredible house, grounds and surrounding area! Thank you SO much for watching! If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing to our channel, it is the BEST way to support our channel and it's FREE! Also, please click the Like button. Thank you for your support! *More Links below...
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We have seen some incredible houses in the United Kingdom. Is Chatsworth House in Derbyshire the finest of them all? Chosen several times as Britain's favorite country house, it is a Grade I listed property from the 17th century, altered in the 18th and 19th centuries. Join us as we take a look at this incredible house, grounds and surrounding area! Thank you SO much for watching! If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing to our channel, it is the BEST way to support our channel and it's FREE! Also, please click the Like button. Thank you for your support!
I went there at Xmas once n accidently walked into the family's Xmas dinner. Servants everywhere carrying platters... They just ignored me. Prob thought I was the gardener...
Christmas there is like a magical wonderland! Well worth a visit!
Hi guys I live in Sheffield so this is on my doorstep. When I go I walk my dogs around the grounds and it's beautiful. You can't take dogs inside but with those grounds who needs to. I've been inside many times and you never see everything. I'm so,so blessed to have such beauty all around me. If you do make it over here then please please please visit Derbyshire. I love your passion for all things British thanks guys ❤
Travel companies run coach trips to Chatsworth, many thousands of people visit every year especially at Christmas
@@mykota2417 it's beautiful there at Christmas I hope they invited you to join them lol 😊
I am from NZ, currently live in England (Salford) Chatsworth was the first stately home I ever visited and even walking through the grounds you can feel the effect of centuries of planned landscaping and gardening. Inside was literally mindblowing. I was vey quickly overwhelmed by the amount of historical detritus collected by a family who has lived here for centuries. On back staircase, dimly lit by a bare bulb, I found a 500 year old Tintoretto painting - not behind glass or velvet rope. There were hundreds of visitors but it was so big I was alone most of the time. At one point I sat down in an empty corridor to rest. It was only after i got up that I realised I had been sitting on King George IIIs coronation throne. (Why was it here?) Oh, this bedroom was where the Duke of. Wellington slept? Oh, this is a 5000 year old Egyptian memory stele? Coming from a country where the very oldest buildings were barely 150 years old, Chatsworth was like a dream.
Nicely worded, I'm a tad confused why you used the word detritus though, this means debris or waste haha
Thumbs up for Salford.. but you came here to Salford from NZ?.. wowzers lol😂
That’s EXACTLY the sense I feel when there - it’s just stunning. As for value…….? it’s priceless
Michael Nolan. The coronation THRONE would not be at Chatsworth. It is very ancient and use only for the actual crowning of the monarch. It is more likely to be another chair used at George III’s Coronation…
@@wendyfield7708I am just remembering the label on the wall, soI could be wrong. My impression was that it was called the Coronation Throne but I cannot swear to it.
The great thing about the current duke is the fact he keeps adding to the art collection and is not afraid of buying modern works just like his ancestors did.
The old Duke and Duchess were an amazing couple. They spoke to everyone the same, no heirs and graces about them at all. The 'new' Duke seems the same. Such a down to earth family, considering their background.
I took my Mum for a tour around the house in 1998. She had always wanted to see Chatsworth. I'm glad I did, as we unfortunately lost her to Cancer in 2020. It was spectacular
Chatsworth at Christmas is absolutely unreal. They do a different theme every year and it's so elaborate ✨
I’m happy that this place is literally 15 minutes drive away from my home. We’re so lucky.
I'm a Londoner but Derbyshire is my favourite county. Beautiful countryside, gorgeous houses and picturesque villages and towns.
Try Gloucestershire and the Cotswolds. The villages are very beautiful - and the scenery. Much greener and warmer than Derbyshire. The stone walls are a golden colour.
Head to Buxton if you like Derbyshire.
Both Chatsworth and Castle Howard were our go to weekend places to visit as a family when we were growing up. They are so beautiful and absolutely fascinating
I think that was pretty much everyone's weekend, of my generation, visit Matlock Bath, Bakewell and then have a picnic in Chatsworth Park, at the side of the river Derwent (where they tested the 'bouncing bomb' at the Derwent dam, for the attack on the dams of the Ruhr). I did it with my kids too, and can't wait to do it with my Granddaughter as.
It is now £30 to tour Castle Howard and just £18 for a ticket to the grounds only. Just saying.
Its actually lovely to see our Stately Homes and villages through fresh eyes. When I was a child, we visited all the local stately homes with the school on Environmental Studies, which in turn led to me visiting as many as I could, introducing my children to them as a parent. Wherever I go in the country, I try to visit a fresh place. The villages are different because we see them all the time, either driving through or small villages becoming incorporated into towns and cities, although they still keep their charm. Lovely video yet again ladies, thank you 😊
When I lived in Sheffield, Chatsworth was just a short drive away and I always found it to be a popular place for a visit during the warm months. Local people appreciate the opportunity to eat a picnic on the giant lawns and don't abuse the Duke's and Duchess's hospitality by leaving litter. Farm animals wander around the estate, checking out the visitors and posing for pictures, and there is a herd of deer running around the estate too. Of course the house itself is spectacular as this video shows.
I once took my mum to Chatsworth, while we were walking round the gardens she told me to watch for someone coming and then proceeded to bend down and steal some seed pods from a pretty flowering plant in the border.😂 When I told her off she said "if the Duke wants to come and steal some of the seed pods from my garden he's more than welcome. 😂 Every spring she would nudge me and tell me her Chatsworth plant was flowering.
The house is truly stunning up close, and I really do hope you both get to visit one day.
This story rings a bell with me as my mother used to tell me how HER mother would visit statly homes and when she got home they would discover that her handbag was full of cuttings that she had taken without anyone noticing - and they always grew!
I live Twenty minutes drive from Chatsworth house. It has so much going for it.
What a delightful tour that was. Strange to see Natasha stuck for words. When you visit UK next year a visit to Chatsworth seems to be a must. Then you can write that romance novel Natasha. 😘I can imagine Natasha riding up to the house in period costume and the love of her life, Debbie, waiting on the steps also in period costume. Maybe I am just an old romantic at heart. If you get the chance you have to watch Christmas at Chatsworth. Love, hugs and prayers from Sussex, UK.
Shades of "Gentleman Jack".
I hadn't thought of that but maybe 🤔@@w0033944 Perhaps I should write that novel? 🤔Or at least a short story?
At Christmas, they decorate the inside of the house to match the age of Chatsworth House, they also have a Christmas Market 🎄. It is very beautiful 😍
If you like it like that you should see it when they decorate for Christmas. Its absolutely stunning
Glad you enjoyed the video Natasha & Debbie. If you've got a DVD player that is universal, PLEASE buy the DVD of the 1995 , BBC's 6 part adaptation of Pride & Prejudice. Colin Firth plays Mr, Darcy, and Jennifer Erle , a Canadian actress, play Elizabeth. It's just sublime ❤
Jennifer Ehle is American with an English mother the actress Rosemary Harris. Born Winston Salem North Carolina.
I can recommend this version too. Colin Firth is the best Mr. Darcy.
If you want to see more if Chatsworth find Death Comes to Pemberley which was filmed at Chatsworth
That version I watched with mum when it came out. We loved it and when mum died it was almost like therapy to rewatch.
When I'm low and miss her I still binge watch it. My son laughs at how I know the lines so precisely.
Visits to Chatsworth also help me cope with mums loss, she always seems close to me there.
I live in London, I am 61 years old and ashamed to say the only stately home I have ever been in is Hampton Court Palace. It is so beautiful and the gardens are stunning 😊
lived in Lincolnshire for many year but Derbyshire is my home county. We still visit Chatsworth most years, they have a wonderful country fair, ( the terrier racing is something else) and the Christmas decorations are superb. All their events are so well organised. The estate also have a farm shop which stocks the highest quality local produce. Another Derbyshire house nearby is Haddon Hall, the most perfectly preserved example of a manor house from the middle ages, helped by being unoccupied for 200 years.
Girls. We have so many such houses in the UK that it is hard to miss them. Here it's as if one Estate lies next to another, each with it's own great house at the core. This is besides the castles, churches, monastic ruins everywhere. We are so blessed. Such places are regularly busy with visitors, whenever they are open. At the moment Castle Howard, & others are beginning their Christmas 🎄 displays, which are always spectacular.
Love Chatsworth House. Been there many times. Its an hour away from me and I love spending a day there. So much to see, so much to do. History is abound there, passion, literature and beauty. Great reaction ladies. I hope you get to see it in person one day and feel the pride us Brits have at places like this. Thanks.
I went to Bible College just nearby and used to walk in the grounds. In the early 80’s 4 of us were walking in the grounds and we came across 2 ladies with dogs we stopped to pass the time of day, imagine our surprise to realise it was the Duchess of Devonshire (Debo one of the Mitford girls) and the Queen, we were blown away, the Queen used to visit occasionally. We were truly blessed.
Great reaction 👍 A few years ago on my late mothers 80th birthday we took her to Chatsworth for the day, she was in a wheelchair. We met up with my nephew who worked there and he introduced my mother to the Duke and duchess of Devonshire who wished her happy birthday and had a nice chat. she never forgot that day 🙂
Dear Natalia and Debbie, I had the honour of visiting this rural Masterpiece a few years ago and was left stunned and yearning to return. I can remember telling myself that it’s perfection in every way. Every direction you look in no matter which part of this house and garden your stood you see beauty like no other. It’s manicured to perfection. If you two wonderful girls never see another Manor House make sure you don’t miss this one. The Lsdt Dutchess of Devonshire was an incredible Art collector and it shows. Please go and see this, you will never regret or forget this jewel in the Derbyshire countryside. Much love Richard Bishop Worcester uk x
It's 30 minutes from where I live so I know it very well. Chatsworth is magnificent, she didn't show many of the rooms, there are so many more that are open for the public. In the warm weather the cascade is filled with children, (of all ages!) all paddling and playing, and the thing which will make it perfect for you two lovely ladies, is that dogs are welcome into the gardens. Yes at Christmas each year the house is decorated beautifully, it's a different theme each year. You would love it!
When my mum was alive. I drove her to chatsworth every time.i went back home.What ever season. I think I enjoyed it as much as her❤
It is so difficult to choose which is the best! Blenheim palace is my favourite as it was the birth place of Winston Churchill. You can go to smaller stately homes which have so much history.
I went here years ago, when I was 15. The year prior a bunch of us students from England had a school exchange to the states, and on this particular year, it was the American students turn to stay with us in our country. One of the arranged trips that our school had planned was to take us to Chatsworth, to show the Americans a “typical English country manor” type house. It was the first and only time I’ve been personally too. The American students were all commenting on how grand it was and how “English” it was etc. but then that all soon changed to typical 15/16 yr old talk when we went from room to room. We would fight (only in banter) about which bedroom would be ours. Which room would be best to have a big party in, even down to imagining where the DJ booth would be placed etc! But although we had wild, teenage imaginations, it didn’t take away from the fact of how impressive the house is. It’s stunning. And a lot of the American students said that out of all the trips we went on, Chatsworth was their favourite place they had visited
My dad was a semi-professional kids entertainer and did the Chatsworth House staff Christmas Party for years. Up to the age of about 10, I was his "stooge" and remember a few great Christmas days there. I know I met the Duke and Duchess (they gave me a present even though Dad did not work for them) but I do not really remember them. My dad said they were lovely, down to earth people with no poncy airs and graces. I live about 20 miles from Chatsworth and spend some happy summers days walking round the grounds and house in my own little "Christmas Party" dream world remembering my dad and the fun we had in that great house. Allegedly, the present Duchess spends a lot of time in the gardens "pottering about", I wonder how many of us have had a pleasant chat with a female gardener without realising we were actually talking to Her Grace!!!
This house is about 50 miles away from where I live it is drop dead gorgeous - we are spending the Christmas period as a whole family just 15 mins away before my daughter goes to Australia in February . We will be there at Christmas and yes the place is all dressed up for Christmas.it’s impossible to describe the beauty of this house especially its art , furnishings and its setting .
Nothing is spared here , everything seems balanced and the house seems to fit the landscape PERFECTLY ❤❤
@@twoofsix3b3gthank you and all the best to your family too ❤️
Another fun fact about Chatsworth House. It had the World's first gravity fed water system, that led to the creation of central heating systems. This was from the stunning 'Emperor Fountain' on the hill above the house. Please someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I've always been told this as a fact.
I went to Chatsworth earlier this year for the first time since I was a child. It was smaller than I remembered, but just as beautiful.
Chatsworth is THE best house from my home county!! We go every Christmas which is AMAZING!!
My wife took a party of Americans round Chatsworth and, because my in-laws lived locally and we were frquent visitors to the area, she received a nod of recognition from the Dowager Duchess.
The other wonderful thing about Britain's stately homes is that apart from being open for visitors, they also stage all sorts of outdoor public events, especially during the summer. It is so special to visit on a long summer evening with a picnic and watch a concert. Close to us is Berkeley Castle, one of the oldest continually inhabited castles in the country. We saw a play of Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' in the wooded moat, on the 420'th anniversary of the play's creation. We only found out afterwards that in fact the play had been written especially for the wedding of one of the Berkeley family, and was first shown in the exact spot where we saw it 420 years later. Pretty cool.
Absolutely stunning.
Derbyshire born and bred, used to live 20 mins away. Awesome house, amazing gardens
I know I commented in your video on Eyam that I went on a school trip to Chatsworth House then onto Eyam. I was around 7 or 8 years old at the time and fell in love with Chatsworth and remember clearly the step fountain and all the beautiful grounds as well as the house. I've still got my black and white photos I took of the day some 50 years ago, including a horse and it's foal that were grazing in the grounds. I am surprised she didn't show the Violin and Bow painting which is known as a Trompe l'oeil, an illusion created to make the violin look like it is hanging from the door that was painted around 1723. It took me a few years or more before I returned to visit Chatsworth and was still as in love with the place. If you ever get the chance to go Natasha and Debbie please go, it truly is a beautiful place to visit and explore.
Spent many happy hours walking in the Chatsworth House Estate with the Dog. Also visited the House. Also worked at Hardwick Hall owned by Bess of Hardwick who Married a Cavendish. She was a Hand Maiden to Queen Elizabeth 1 .All her previous husbands died Mysteriously as she got Richer each time .😮
Chatsworth House is so beautiful. I live quite close to it and often walk around the grounds. I’ll be there very soon for the Christmas market. You really need to visit it when the Christmas decorations are up, it’s absolutely stunning.
Here's a funny tale about my first visit to Chatsworth House: As an autistic child, my grasp of language was worse back then. In about 1971, my parents told us we were going to visit a stately home (the general term for houses like this that are open to the public). In my ten-year-old, autistic mind, I got this mixed up with 'old people's home'. It didn't help that I had recently visited elderly relatives in a place with 'House' in its title. So I thought to myself, 'Why are they making such a big deal about visiting an old people's home?' Are we going to be walking around just looking at old people?' Needless to say, when we got there, my mind was blown away by what Chatsworth House actually turned out to be
I have been to Chatsworth many times, often for the Game Fair that was kindly hosted by the Duke and Duchess. Only on one occasion have i had the good fortune to visit the inside and and gardens - So memorable and makes you proud to be British.
As a Derbyshire lad I always have looked on Chatsworth as the jewel in Derbyshire's crown. In a few days time there will be the Christmas Market there which is well worth a visit. Also the Christmas decorations in the house are stunning!
Thank goodness that the House and estate were put into a trust, to escape death duties and so the Duke and family were able to continue living there.
We love the Christmas Market and heading there Tuesday
Sprawled on the sofa, coffee and cig on hand, snuggled in my hooded dressing gown, Rottie Sirius keeping my legs and feet warm......lights, music action 🎬
We used to go here for school trips. We ignored the house and just ran up and down the grass and played with the water. 😊
Last time I was in the UK I visited Chatsworth at Christmas time. There was a HUGE sparkly Christmas tree in almost every room - amazing! 🎄🎄🎄
It’s a stunning house and magical at Christmas. I enjoy watching your reactions and appreciation of our beautiful country. Thanks girls
I've visited Chatsworth and have to say it is a most beautiful place. Never went in the house sadly. They have many events at Chatsworth which is why I was there.
One thing that was not mentioned is the painted violin & bow hanging on a door known as the Trompe l'oeil (French for 'deceive the eye')...It is so realistic & actually looks like a real violin ! You have to see that with your own eyes to appreciate it !
We live 6 miles from Chatsworth and go regularly, to walk round the gardens. Most recently we were there 2 days ago, when we took our granddaughter. The house and gardens are decorated for Christmas…with winter wonderland walks with the trees lit up. It is just as beautiful as the video.
the looks of sheer disbelief on your faces is brilliant Natasha and Debbie... you can see that your minds are blown at the stunning sights
It's a great place. I stayed at Bakewell and walked there through the countryside. The day before I walked down to Haddon Hall, an older rather wonderful house that was the castle in the film The Princess Bride.
Ladies I go to chatsworth once a year I could never get tired of this place it’s magical I hope one day you ladies get to visit and who knows I may bump into you as always 10/10 for your content presented with a smile❤️🇬🇧🇺🇸
Hi Natasha & Debbie just watched your reaction to Chatsworth house which my wife and I visited for the first time in August and as you surmise it blows you away, and yes it dose have winter activities including a light walk in the garden. Also while on holiday in Cambridge this year we visited the only American war cemetery in the UK, worth checking out. It has final resting place of over 3000 American heroes and a memorial wall with the names of over 2000 missing in action personnel including great band leader Glen Miller.
P.S. love the show and am subscribed, also one for you Debbie I am ex R.A.F. having served 22 years, going back to your Red Flag video I was at 4 red flags as ground crew between 1992 & 2000. Keep up the great videos.
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I'm from Derbyshire and we go to Chatsworth house often, we go every year for Bonfire night and for Christmas each year, it is gorgeous but sometimes i have to admit, you forget how lucky you are to have all of this beauty and history on your doorstep.
I have visited Chatsworth a couple of times. Its around 2 hours from me. Last time we went, my Mum spoke to a guy who was looking after one of the Dining rooms and she commented how lucky he was to work there,, He said he had been there over 25 years and still hasn't seen every room. It really is as spectacular as it looks.
Natasha, a lamb called Shawn Chatsworth says 'Hello'. You guys would love it. Chatsworth has a shout for being the most beautiful stately home in England, it really is shockingly sublime in person. I used to ride there from Manchester often, stopping at nearby Eyam for breakfast, where the little cafe used to make the best lemon meringue pie in the world. Derbyshire is a very beautiful county and I'd recommend checking out more Derbyshire based videos. There are many fabulous places for walks, like Dove Dale, and houses like Haddon Hall, that are steeped in history, and ancient sites like the haunted stone circle at Arbor Low. Chatsworth is wonderful for art lovers and the gardens with maze and water features are stunning.
Natasha, a fellow Jane Austin fan here. I've watched just about every series and film of Pride and Prejudice. I really enjoyed the Keira Knightley film but for me the absolute winner is the 1990s BBC series starring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth. Every details wonderful ❤
If you go to Derbyshire when you come, and visit Bakewell, try the Bakewell Pudding, not the Bakewell Tart. It’s absolutely gorgeous, with custard or cream, but they will give you both if asked, and that’s best.
They are well visited. At Christmas many of them dress in Christmas decorations etc. and that is a special
trip to see those.
I am so lucky to live quite close. Beautiful area. We visit regularly to walk the land or attend large equestrian events
I live just 5 minutes drive from Grimsthorpe castle in South Lincolnshire and twenty minutes drive from Burghley House stateley home and gardens also in South Lincolnshire which is in Eastern England. Although I drive past them all the time and admire there beauty in passing I have never actually visited either of them. I think we sometimes just take these things for granted.
The BBC version of Pride and Prejudice is the best ever and a must see
When my kids were small we were having a picnic at the side of the Cascade when an older gentleman wearing Speedos walked up the steps of the Cascade. He got to the top and sat down in the pool, causing some muttering as kids were playing there. Whispers abounded til we heard the kids were OK, the late Duke was just escaping the hot weather and wanted to play with the families enjoying his property.
You guys need to visit/stay in Derbyshire and go to the Blue John mines which aren't too far from Chatsworth which has some beautiful vases and ornaments made from this rare form of fluorite. There are loads of shops in the neighbouring villages which sell Blue John in jewellery and maybe some small ornaments but it's not cheap.
Love these vids highlighting our glorious landscapes and estates, houses etc.
Thanks, girls ❤❤❤❤❤
The 40 hours in clearing the table is, like Buckingham Palace & Windsor Castle, all about polishing the gold (in the Royal case) & silver condiment pieces , candelabras etc & putting them into storage vaults so that they're still undamaged when next. used. This will involve a number of staff . Same thing happens at Alnwick Castle, homes of the most senior Dukedom (Dukes of Northumberland, the Percy's) .
They live a different type of life to all of us 😂
Since retiring I’ve been volunteering, first at Hardwick Hall the home of Bess of Hardwick who built Chatsworth. Now I’m volunteering at Brodsworth Hall near Doncaster and about to start at Wentworth Woodhouse Rotherham. I speak to visitors and present the history and provide security against people who may damage or steal (but nothing like this has ever happened whilst I’ve been on duty). These properties keep bored retired people like me active and socialising with other volunteers. English Heritage and The National Trust provide us with a comfy room with tea and coffee etc. To sit and chat with friends during break times keeps us old people sane. Then we get to care for some amazing antiques.
Im 70 years of age and still remember visiting Chatsworth on a trip from school even to this day.
The cavendish family not only own chatsworth but also LISMORE CASTLE in county Waterford in Ireland which is also stunning
And Bolton Abbey Estate.
i live in Derbyshire and have visited Chatsworth house many times, every summer the gardens will be full of familys enjoying picnics and swimming. i met the duke and dutchess when i was a kid on a school field trip which was pretty cool. i'm much closer to Hardwick Hall which is beautiful as its owned by the same family and have a drive through regularly as im 5 minutes away
Chatsworth House and Gardens are really amazing. Jane Austen being inspired to create Mr Darcey's magnificent home on seeing it and the Keira Knightly Pride and Prejudice adaptation filming there too and the surrounding countryside. Chatsworth's Christmas exhibition is opening soon. A great day out.
I live in the Derbyshire Village of Barlborough some 30 minutes away from Chatsworth. My next door neighbour works there during the tourist season. The City of Sheffield and the Market Towns , Chesterfield to the East, Bakewell immediately to the south and another 5 miles or so to Matlock and the Heights of Abraham. Just a short jog to the West is the village of Castleton with its unique Blue John stones. Eyam the plague village is also very close.
This area makes a great base for an English Holiday.
I love visiting Chatsworth gardens, which you can do separately from the house. I find there's too much to see for house and gardens in one day.
There is often amazing sculpture exhibitions in the gardens.
I find the house over ostentatious with oppressive dark panelling, but it is stunning too.
The Veiled Vestal Virgin sculpture is the most beautiful marble work of art I've ever seen.
It costs around £35 a ticket for gardens and house.
9 minutes and 20 seconds into this reaction video look through the open door and you can see a violin hanging on the back of another door. This violin and door looks real but it is in fact painted on the wall in the room next door, just another example of the quality of the artwork at Chatsworth.
When you visit England this is THE stately home to visit. It is as described "the finest country house in England" closely followed by Blenhiem Palace home of the dukes of Marlbourough (Winston Chuchill's family).
Sir Winston is laid to rest in the local village churchyard at Bladon.
Another little interesting thing about Chatsworth, the last duke had all the exterior window frames gold leafed as it lasts longer than paint. The Keira knightly film was my least favourite interpretation of Pride and Prejudice. The last two bbc versions are superb and much nearer the novel.
I love about an hour from Chatsworth, as I child we lived closer. It was one of my mum favourite places and is one of mine.. My ex hubby's cousin was head chef for the Duke and Duchess in the 90's, allowing us a chance to visit the staff lodgings in the house.
Simply to drive through the Estate is stunning but my favourite time ti visit is coming up. Next week we visit for the first of a 4 week outdoor Chatsworth Christmas market. A few yrs ago and 2 days after mum died, my family scooped me up and took me to the Chatsworth Christmas market.
A bitter sweet day because it seemed like we could feel her.
Chatsworth means a great deal to many.
Only 4 or so moles away is the most stunning house called Hadden Hall. Which is highly recommended. Hadden Hall is older than Chatsworth and used in many movies. The Princess Bride was filmed there.
The 1995 BBC Pride and Prejudice is by far the best version,.I hope you manage to see it.
I live 10 mins from Chatsworth, me and my family visit the house and gardens a number of times a year, it's a very calming and relaxing place, there is also a farmyard and some excellent walks.
The outside water fountain is actually gravity fed from what I remember 2 lakes at the top. When I was a kid I actually went inside the hunting tower, the views were amazing. Chatsworth also host the International Horse Trials and stage the Chatsworth Country Fair. They also host a fireworks display which are really good. Also the house is decorated with a theme each Christmas, they are planning 3 years in advance and they don't tell you the theme till nearer the time.
When you two come to England a visit to Chatsworth house is a absolute must.
Great to see you enjoy Chatsworth where my sister works. A must read is the story of the late Dowager Duchess, Deborah Mitford, one of the "Mitford girls". As a child I remember sitting with her on a bale of straw watching a pony show, and my family would visit the gardens where she would be out with a basket collecting some eggs.
You may have spotted the gilt paint in the window frames which gives the Windows a golden glow in the afternoons. What was missing from the video was the Emperor Fountain which at one-time reached 300 feet and is gravity powered, a marvel of engineering. The Chatsworth Calendar is full of amazing events including the international horse trials, Country Fair, Royal Horticultural Society Flower show, Christmas Market and especially when the houses length see the Christmas decorations. The treasures throughout the house are breathtaking.
Chatsworth is exactly 20 minutes drive from my home and i visit around 3 or 4 times a year. To see the changes to the landscape throughout the year is magical.
As you how often we visit from the age of 8 when I first got interest in history. My nan would take me all over the country in my summer holidays. To all the stately homes and gardens, museums, places of interest and historic significance. I stopped at about 15 years old. Now 48 years old. I do go to all the places I once visited I pick a couple to visit each year. As I'm now disabled it takes alot more out of me and preparation. I do live in a town that has alot of history Northampton and do travel my county every year through out the year on my good days. I value the history of my whole country so try to visit these places as often as possible.
I live 5 minutes away and even though I walk my dog here everyday. I never get bored of it.
Chatsworth is my absolute favourite country house! I adored visiting as a child
Chatsworth is probably the finest Stately home Ive seen internally and I've been to a lot. Externally I think there are several more picturesque in the UK , but like the interior, it's grounds are possibly the finest.
The village houses are very typical of hundreds of small villages all over England. You can just drive from village to village and your jaw would drop at so many of them. Derbyshire , Yorkshire and Lancashire certainly have their fair share.
I agree, but don’t forget neighbouring Staffordshire and Shropshire, stunning villages too.
People in Britain visit stately homes very often…there are nearly always crowds! People became members of the National Trust and can get discounted family membership, I think.
I cant remember how many times I've visited Chatsworth, it's not very far away from me and I quite often go to Bakewell and call at the Chatsworth farm shop where they have really fresh produce and treats, bit pricey but worth it. I've been several times at Christmas when the house is decorated and it's absolutely amazing. The Chatsworth villages surrounding the house are also well worth a visit Natasha will definitely want to live there 😂. When you come on your visit you will need a week in Derbyshire to see everything and you can't go there without popping over the border into Cheshire and visit Little Moreton Hall (check it out) I think it is the only example of a complete Elizabethan manor house in the UK and it's just down the road from me as well as Gawsworth Hall which is the home of Mary Fitton who was associated with William Shakespeare and was reputed to be the dark lady in his sonnet.
And the Duke, Duchess and Dowager Duchess of Devonshire (RIP) are/was some of the nicest people you will ever meet. The Duke and Duchess often meet visitors touring the stately home just for a chat and the Duchess is often found at the famous farm shop. They are both 'hands on' with the running of the estate that has become a highly successful business.
Chatsworth House is amazing,we go at least once a year, And always at Christmas. To see the house decorated for Christmas is out of this world
I and my partner visited Chatsworth last year on the eay back from a holiday in Yorkshire. It is impressive, beautiful and stunning from a distance. The interior is amazing and the painted ceilings are beautiful. Even the grounds are beautiful and all set against the hills of the Peak District. The waterfall and lake is situated in such a way, that it looks like the house is floating above the lake. We are so blessed in the UK and especially England, with all these beautiful buildings and the history thst goes with it. We really do not at times appreciate what we have abd and sometimes become quite complacement about our history. We are truly lucky.
I'm old now - very old. My ex-wife's family were all deep Derbyshire and hailed from Bakewell. I spent hours walking through Chatsworth Park - it may look calm and green, but it's a good hike. The Farm and farm shop are always crowded and in the spring, summer and autumn Chatsworth is heaving - current estimates say more than 600,000 people visit Chatsworth each year. If you stay in or around Bakewell (itself a popular day trip - it's sort of equidistant from Manchester and Sheffield,) also visit Hadden Hall - it is early Tudor - 100 plus years older than Chatsworth. There is a great deal of British history centred on Derbyshire - it was 'the cradle of the industrial revolution'.
I am like many fortunate enough to have visited Chatsworth. I live approximately 30/40, minutes away from this fantastic place,and it is very much like you saw in the video. The day I went we were experiencing a heatwave and a lot of people were having picnics along side the cascade of water.
From a Yorkshire man Yep it a stunning house .I drive pass it every day to get to work .
I live around 40 minutes drive from Chatsworth. It is beautiful. We are very blessed with wonderful locations to visit in the UK and we can take them for granted.
Oh Girls, you kill me!! Discovered you some months ago and i am hooked on your show, brilliant! Anyway, Chatsworth, just over an hour away from me, if you get the chance take a look at Chatsworth at Christmas, we visit every year, the Christmas market, stables, illuminated gardens, house all decorated. And if your liking the country houses and have time take a look at Castle Howard, stunning. Love, Love Love your show, i suppose we do take the history for granted when you live around it for so long and it is literally everywhere! regards, Adrian UK
My favourite Jane Austin book is "Emma", but I did love "Sense and Sensibility" as well.
I was there yesterday for the Chatsworth Christmas meal. I've met the Duke a couple of times when he's had a meal with us at a local event. The Duke playing the piano in video has recently retired and his son is now the current Duke.
We live approx 45 minutes from Chatsworth, we usually visit a couple of times each year. Our next visit is this coming Monday as Christmas at Chatsworth starts tomorrow, the rooms in the house have been decorated for Christmas, in addition to this next to the house is the Christmas market, you also have the Chatsworth farm and once the sunsets the garden become alive as it is all illuminated, it is a magical day out and would thoroughly recommend, never get tired of the house and grounds.
I’m visiting Chatsworth next weekend, to see their Christmas decorations, enjoy the illuminated gardens and and eat my body weight in treats at the Christmas Market. CAN’T WAIT!!
I live in the centre of Sheffield which is about 20 minutes by car from the Chatsworth Estate and Chatsworth House. Every year the House is decorated for Christmas, there are some videos of Christmas at Chatsworth which are definitely worth watching.
The Estate as it is today is in a very large part due to the hard work and insightfulness of the late Dowager Duchess of Devonshire who sadly passed in 2014 at the age of 94 with every member of the Estate and wider community feeling her passing almost as a personal loss.
Deborah Miford who was to become the Duchess and later the Dowager Duchess was the youngest of the six Mitford sisters who fascinated and scandalised society in the 1930's.
Hi Natasha and Debbie, I live 25 minutes away from Chatsworth and have visited it several times. Christmas at Chatsworth is magical. My black labrador Freya and I have the pleasure of frequent walks in Chatsworth Park. It's free to walk in the parkland and to ride a horse on the public bridleways. You just have to pay for parking. It's an incredible and beautiful stately home. Two other films that were filmed at Chatsworth were, "The Dutchess" 2008 and "The Wolfman" 2010. When you do get to visit the UK, please make sure you visit Chatsworth House. It's a must see and should be on your top 10 things to visit here. I promise you, you won't be disappointed.
I've been lucky enough to visit here many, many times over the years, starting when I was a small child. The video is good but there's so much more to see. There's a restaurant and a gift shop (expensive but good) that are worth checking out. Also, Pilsley village has a wonderful farm shop. I hope you enjoy your visit when you're over here ❤
I grew up a few miles from Chatsworth and spent many a Sunday in the grounds. My parents knew people who worked there. The house was recently restored a few years ago at a cost of £33 million. This included replacing the gold leaf on all the windows. One of its most famous features is a trompe l'oeil painting of a violin and bow on a door. You might have noticed in the same shade of blue being used on doors, etc., in Edensor and Beeley. This is called Chatsworth Blue and denotes the property is part of the estate.