The Banquet

The conference has organised a trip to visit Chatsworth House and to banquet on its premises. The visit include a tour of the House, which should last about 45 minutes, and a special barbeque in its historic stable courtyard. Bakewell is about 45 miles from Nottingham.

Chatsworth House is a large country house at Chatsworth, Derbyshire, England 3½ miles north east of Bakewell (GB Grid SK260700). It is the seat of the Dukes of Devonshire, and has been home to their family, the Cavendish family, since Bess of Hardwick settled at Chatsworth in 1549.

Standing on the east bank of the River Derwent, Chatsworth looks across to the low hills that divide the Derwent and Wye valleys. The house is set in expansive parkland, and backed by wooded, rocky hills rising to heather moorland. Chatsworth's garden is one of the most famous in England. The house contains a unique collection of priceless paintings, furniture, Old Master drawings, neoclassical sculpture, books and other artefacts. Chatsworth has been selected as the United Kingdom's favourite country house several times. (Source: Wikipedia)

More information is also available from the official web site of Chatsworth House.