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Tissington Village

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Location

DE6 1RA
Approx 5 miles away
See below for directions by car, by bus, by bicycle and walking.

About......

Tissington is a charming village with stone cottages, a manor house and village green.

The village has been managed by the FitzHerbert family since the 1460s, and their family home, Tissington Hall (dating from 1609), stands prominently in the centre of the village. The village is laid out around the church and duckpond with many charming stone cottages mostly built in the early 19th century. The southern approach from the A515 is via a grand gateway and an avenue of lime trees.

There is a cafe and various craft shops in the village and public toilets at the Tissington Trail station.   Plentiful parking is available around the village square or at the station.

The village is perhaps most famous for the annual well dressing, which runs for a week from Ascension Day (normally in May or June) which attracts coachloads of visitors from around the region. 2023: from May 18th. 2024: from May 9th. 2025: from May 29th. 2026: from May 14th.

The manor house and gardens open on selected dates in summer.

Travel from Ashbourne

Tissington village is a ten minute drive from Ashbourne. Head out north on the Buxton road and follow the brown tourist road signs.

Postcode for sat-nav:
DE6 1RA
See our buses page for more information on Ashbourne buses.

It is an easy 10 mile round trip cycle ride from Ashbourne, along the Tissington Trail.

You can walk via the Tisington Trail but beware of cyclists whizzing by. There are much nicer alternative ways to walk there (walk description coming soon).