Upper Pleasley is a Village in the county of Derbyshire.

Upper Pleasley postcode: NG19 7PU

Retail in Upper Pleasley

There are great places to visit near Upper Pleasley 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.

Ancient Sites to visit near Upper Pleasley include Arbor Low Henge, Gib Hill Oval Barrow and Bowl Barrow, and Carl Wark Hillfort.

Historic Monuments to visit near Upper Pleasley include Arbor Low Henge.

Don't miss Castleton, Buxton, Darley Dale, and Hope's towns if visiting the area around Upper Pleasley.

Don't miss Blue John Cavern's caves if visiting the area around Upper Pleasley.

The area around Upper Pleasley's best old mines can be found at Blue John Cavern.

Kinder Scout is one of Upper Pleasley's best, nearby mountains to visit in Upper Pleasley.

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

Don't miss Errwood Reservoir's lakes if visiting the area around Upper Pleasley.

Upper Pleasley's best nearby hills can be found at Shining Tor, and Higger Tor.

Errwood Hall (ruin), and Castedge (ruin) are some of Upper Pleasley best ruins to visit near Upper Pleasley.

River Dane at Three Shires Head, and Panniers Pool are great places to visit near Upper Pleasley if you like rivers and streams.

There are a several good waterfalls in the Upper Pleasley area like Panniers Pool Waterfall, and Three Shires Head Waterfall.

Solomon's Temple, and St Mary's Church Derby are great places to visit near Upper Pleasley if you like historic buildings.

Derby is a great place to visit close to Upper Pleasley if you like cities.

Upper Pleasley is near some unmissable shopping centres like Derbion,

Upper Pleasley History

There are some historic monuments around Upper Pleasley:

• Skegby Manor House, immediately south east of Pond Cottage
• Stainsby defended manorial complex including site of chapel
• Palaeolithic and later prehistoric sites at Creswell Gorge, including Boat House Cave and Church Hole Cave
• Roman villa ESE of Northfield House
• Pleasley Colliery
• Fishponds 170m south of Damstead Farm
• Market cross, Kirkby in Ashfield
• Fishponds 220m east of St Wilfrid's Church
• Bowl barrow, 240m SSE of Woodend Farm
• Fountain Dale moat
• Site of Abbey Church
• Mound on Hamilton Hill
• Medieval town defences, 183m south east of church of St Mary and St Lawrence, and 335m north east of Bolsover Castle
• Bolsover Castle: eleventh century motte and bailey castle, twelfth century tower keep castle and seventeenth century country house.
• Langwith Cave
• Standing cross on Church Street, Mansfield Woodhouse
• Palaeolithic and later prehistoric sites at Creswell Gorge including Pinhole Cave, Mother Grundy's Parlour and Robin Hood's Cave
• Pinxton Castle motte and fortified manor with moated site and five fishponds
• Hardwick Old Hall: an Elizabethan great house
• Sutton Scarsdale Hall
• Castle Hill fortified manor
• Markland Grips promontory fort
• Four watchtowers SW of town
• King's Mill viaduct