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[caption id="attachment_3996" align="alignleft" width="212"] Gold Award for Pinder[/caption] We are passionate about providing excellent quality self catering accommodationa and are always striving to improve what we offer our guests. Our latest improvements have resulted in Pinder, our larger 3 bedroom log cabin, being awarded a Gold Award from Quality In Tourism at our recent inspection. We are delighted that all our cosy log cabins are now of the same exceptionally high standard for you to enjoy. [caption id="attac...
D-Day – 70 years on!
June 6, 2014
Chatsworth, Derbyshire, Family, History, Peak District, World War 2,Today is 70 years on from the start of Operation Overlord. On the morning of the 6th June 1944, over 150,000 Allied troops landed on the coast of occupied France and began the long and weary fight to defeat the Nazis and free occupied Europe. With ceremonies to mark the anniversary taking place all over the country, including a church service at St Oswald's Church in Ashbourne at 6pm this evening, what better occasion to think about your own family's experience of the war? Here at Hoe Grange, our family history was closely entwined with the w...
Happy Birthday!
May 16, 2014
Accessible Holidays, Animals, Derbyshire, Family, Group Holidays, History, self catering holiday,Today one of our holiday guests, Eva Tucker, celebrated her 101st birthday whilst staying with us in Pinder cabin. Yes you read it correctly, an amazing 101! A charming and still quick witted woman, Eva was born in Stockwell in 1913 and has lived through 2 World Wars. It's incredible to think that when she was born over a century ago horse drawn carriages were the general mode of transport and The Model T Ford was just 5 years old; now we are just a few years away from driverless cars! The telephone had only recently been invented by Alexande...
The Hoe Grange Hike 2014
May 1, 2014
Animals, archeology, Birds, Derbyshire, Family, Renewable energy, Wildlife, Wind turbine,Last Sunday the 27th of April, 19 people joined us for the Hoe Grange Hike as part of the wider Peak District Walking Festival. This year saw a change of route from the walk we have done for the past 4 years and explored the footpaths over the hill to Brassington. Following Derbyshire Dales countryside ranger Patrick Mountain, the group were lead over the private land at Hoe Grange where they saw and heard lots of wildlife, along Pinder's lane. Did you know that a "Pinder" was the keeper of the Pinfold where stray animals were kept until clai...
Finalists in the Climate Week Awards
February 21, 2014
Awards, Derbyshire, Family, Farm, Peak District, Renewable energy, self catering holiday, Solar panels, Wind turbine,We are delighted to announce that Hoe Grange Holidays has been selected as one of four finalists for the Best Business Initiative category in the Climate Week Awards to be held on Tuesday 4th March at the Excel Centre, London, as part of the launch event for Climate Week 2014. Instigated by Kevin Steele in 2011, Climate Week is Britain’s biggest climate change campaign, inspiring a new wave of action to create a sustainable future. Culminating in a week of activities from 3rd to 9th March 2014, it showcases practical solutions from every sec...







