Calke is a Hamlet in the county of Derbyshire.

Retail in Calke

There are great places to visit near Calke including some great ancient sites, historic monuments, towns, caves, old mines, mountains, hiking areas, lakes, hills, ruins, rivers and streams, waterfalls, historic buildings, cities and shopping centres.

Arbor Low Henge, Gib Hill Oval Barrow and Bowl Barrow, and Carl Wark Hillfort are some of Calke best ancient sites to visit near Calke.

Arbor Low Henge is one of Calke's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Calke.

There are a several good towns in the Calke area like Castleton, Buxton, Darley Dale, and Hope.

Blue John Cavern is one of Calke's best, nearby caves to visit in Calke.

There are a number of old mines near to Calke including Blue John Cavern.

Calke is near some unmissable mountains like Kinder Scout,

Kinder Scout, Errwood Hall (ruin), Three Shires Head, and Hope Valley are great places to visit near Calke if you like hiking areas.

The area close to Calke boasts some of the best lakes including Errwood Reservoir.

Shining Tor, and Higger Tor are great places to visit near Calke if you like hills.

The area around Calke features a number of interesting ruins including Errwood Hall (ruin), and Castedge (ruin).

Calke has some unmissable rivers and streams nearby like River Dane at Three Shires Head, and Panniers Pool.

Calke has some unmissable waterfalls nearby like Panniers Pool Waterfall, and Three Shires Head Waterfall.

The area around Calke features a number of interesting historic buildings including Solomon's Temple, and St Mary's Church Derby.

Derby is one of Calke's best, nearby cities to visit in Calke.

Derbion is one of Calke's best, nearby shopping centres to visit in Calke.

Calke History

There are some historic monuments around Calke:

• The Bulwarks (earthworks)
• Moira blast furnace
• Coal mining remains in Lount Wood
• Swarkestone Bridge
• Medieval church and cross 45m south of St George's Church
• Lock up known as The Round House, at the junction of Church Street and St Matthew's Avenue
• Melbourne Castle fortified manor and earlier medieval manorial remains
• Settlement site
• Ashby Castle and associated formal garden
• Coal mining remains at Birch Coppice and Rough Park, 950m and 1.5km south of Smoile Farm
• Twyford henge and Round Hill bowl barrow
• Iron Age settlement and cursus, with other air photographic marks, SE of Aston-on-Trent
• Grace Dieu Priory with two ponds and a fishpond, Belton
• Settlement site and enclosures
• Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 340m south east of Gardens Farm
• Snibston Colliery
• Viking barrow cemetery in Heath Wood
• Calke Park Tunnel
• Swarkestone Lows round barrow cemetery and part of an aggregate field system 300m north west of The Lowes Farm
• Coal mining remains 600m south west of Smoile Farm
• Henge complex NW of Hickens Bridge
• Whitwick Castle
• Coal mining remains at The Conery, 500m south of Coleorton Hall