Browse through our blog posts to find out what life is like at Hoe Grange Holidays along with some great ideas for days out in the Peak District.
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Electric car… charging up the Derbyshire Hills
June 18, 2014
Awards, Derbyshire, Eco, Green Tourism Business Scheme, Peak District, Renewable energy, self catering holiday, Solar panels, Wind turbine,With great advances in electric car technology it's now even possible to explore the hilly Peak District in Eco-friendly style. Our friend has had this BMW3i on demonstration and bought it up to show us. With a range of over 140 miles at around 1p per mile and zero road tax, it makes great sense. And by plugging it into our renewable electricity source it becomes almost free to drive! Charging the next generation of Electric cars at Hoe Grange Hoe Grange has been a listed member of the Zero Carbon World network of car charging points for two y...
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...
Exciting news!
May 14, 2013
Accessible Holidays, Awards, Derbyshire, Eco, Renewable energy, self catering holiday, Solar panels, Tourism, Wind turbine,For the 3rd year in a row, Hoe Grange Holidays has been selected as finalists for the Visit England Excellence Awards 2013. This year in two categories. "Access for All" and "Sustainable Tourism" Wish us luck for the finals held in Manchester on Monday 20th May 2013 . Follow us live on Twitter at @HoeGrange on the night for up to the minute news!...
Silver Award for Sustainability
May 23, 2012
Accessible Holidays, Awards, Derbyshire, Eco, General, Green Tourism Business Scheme, Peak District, Renewable energy, self catering holiday, Solar panels, Tourism, Wildlife,We are proud and delighted that Hoe Grange Holidays won a prestigeous Silver Award for Sustainable Tourism last night at the Visit England Exellence Awards, "The Oscars" of the tourism world. Felicity and I attended a black tie gala dinner at The Athena in Leicester, together with top tourism businesses from across England. David & Felicity presented with Silver Award for Sustainable Tourism by Viscountess Penelope Cobham, Chairman of Visit England It was wonderful to be a national winner for the second year running, having been Gold winne...
Harnessing Nature
February 21, 2012
Derbyshire, Eco, General, Peak District, Renewable energy, Solar panels, Wind turbine,Exciting news! Powered by wind! Our continuing efforts to minimise our carbon footprint and reduce reliance on fossil fuels has come to fruition with planning permission for a small 12 metre wind turbine being granted in full. You either love them or hate them - a bit like Marmite, but hopefully we can show our guests that small wind turbines can make a valid contribution to sustainable living. Wind turbines convert kinetic energy into mechanical energy producing electricity, and are the greenest technology as they produce no carbon dioxide o...







