Bolsover - Castle Attractions

Bolsover Castle, 12mi/19km southeast of the city of Sheffield and 5mi/8km from Hardwick, stands on a steep hill above the town of Bolsover (population 11,800). This partly ruined Jacobean mansion occupies the site of a manor house built by William Peveril. He was also responsible for the construction of Peveril's Castle at the end of the 11th century at Castleton, which Sir Walter Scott immortalized in his novel "Peveril of the Peak". Between 1613 and 1617 Charles Cavendish reconstructed Bolsover Castle's Norman keep and built his new house beside it. Notable features are the elaborate marble chimney pieces and allegorical paintings. The Cavendish family monument is in the church at Bolsover.
The caves at Creswell Crags, near Bolsover, highlight life during the Ice Age.