A Beautiful Spring Wedding in Derbyshire

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Offcote Grange Team

Whether you just got engaged or you are planning your wedding, the beautiful Derbyshire countryside offers you a relaxing atmosphere for you and for your friends and family. You can breathe in the clear fresh air and take in the stunning scenery and know your wedding day will be special.

Here at Offcote Grange, ensuring you have a perfect wedding is our priority, which is why we provide high-quality, luxurious self-catered accommodation and a stunning wedding reception venue. The spring and summer seasons offer lush green scenery with stunning displays of colourful flowers all around. It is a lovely time for your wedding, with nice weather and breathtaking scenery.

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Planning Your Hen Party Stay with Offcote Grange

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Offcote Grange Team

How to have the perfect hen party is a subjective topic; everyone has their own tastes and each bride will have a very different idea of what they want for their celebration.

If you’re a bride who is looking for something a little different than simply heading out on the town, we think that you’ll love what we can offer here at Offcote Grange. While we don’t plan your hen night for you – that’s up to you and your bridesmaids to find something you’ll enjoy – we do have cottages which make the perfect base for any plans that you do make!

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Family Attractions to Visit in Derbyshire

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Offcote Grange Team

Family fun attractions are always great ways to spend quality time with your loved ones. From beautiful landscapes to amazing animals, Derbyshire has many stunning views for you and your family to enjoy.

Going outdoors and being active will ensure that you can see the wonderful sights Derbyshire has to offer whilst having a great time.

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Merry Christmas from Offcote Grange

Posted on December 24, 2016 by Offcote Grange Team

We’ve had  some wonderful Christmas parties here at Offcote Grange and Billys Bothy  with guests having a great time. This beautiful  party cottage sleeping 12 to 16 in 6 all ensuite bedrooms is perfect to celebrate this wonderful time of year. The cottage is fully decorated with tasteful decorations including a tree to provide the ambiance required of a traditional character cottage, warm, cosy and inviting with the option of a hot tub by arrangement.

Each year has seen us host some wonderful guests in our holiday cottages in the Peak District. If you’ve stayed with us, we’d love to extend our gratitude to you for choosing Offcote Grange as the base for your stay, and hope that you enjoyed staying with us as much as we loved having you around! You have a choice of Hillside Croft now belonging to our son www.hillsidecroft.co.uk  a beautiful historic cottage dated 1709 sleeping up to 14 within 5 beautiful  bedrooms or Billys Bothy  a large 6 bedroom cottage  www.offcotegrange.com

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Spotlight On: Ashbourne

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Offcote Grange Team

Located in the Derbyshire Dales, Ashbourne is a lovely market town surrounded by stunning countryside. It’s known as the ‘gateway to Dovedale’ for being the closest town to Dovedale and for its location near the southern edge of the Peak District. Ashbourne is a great are for hikers and nature lovers, with trails such as the Tissington Trail, on which you can cycle or walk in a traffic-free area.

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Visiting Derbyshire: A Stunning Cultural History

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Offcote Grange Team

The National Trust is a charity founded in 1895 with the mission to preserve heritage and cultural sites in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Owning more than 200 sites, it has a stewardship over 1,000 square miles of countryside that include areas in the Peak District and the Lake District.

Similarly, the government sponsored public body English Heritage has a wide number of monuments and buildings under their care, ensuring that over 400 sites, like Hadrian’s Wall and Stonehenge, are well-maintained and protected.

Derbyshire is home to many locations of rich culture and history that your whole family will love to visit!

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Hold the Perfect Corporate Away Day

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Offcote Grange Team

Team building exercises offer many benefits to both your business and your employees; it allows people to relate better to each other and, consequently, to become more productive.

So after deciding that you want to take your employees out on an away day to receive the benefits that team building exercises can offer, you then have a very important decision to make: choosing the activities and the venue, as well as the accommodation.

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3 Reasons Your Team Needs a Team Building Exercise

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Offcote Grange Team

If you’ve ever worked in a company with departments of people who work together on a regular basis, you’ve probably already heard mutterings of planning a team building day. Team building may seem like a quick and easy way to try and make people get along, but there’s definitely more to it than that.

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Making Time for You: Why You Deserve to be Pampered

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Offcote Grange Team

Everyone needs a break from everyday life every now and then; whether it’s to break the monotony of working life, or just to get away from it all and have time away from your usual surroundings.

Many people feel like they have to earn a break, but here at Offcote Grange, we think that anyone should be able to indulge in a pamper. That’s why we have a range of pampering breaks available – to help you unwind and de-stress at your own leisure!

So, why should you allow yourself to be pampered?

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How to Choose Your Wedding Venue

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Offcote Grange Team

Picking the perfect wedding venue can be an overwhelming task. The pressure of making the right decision, the need to choose a location where you can take spectacular pictures for your album, the stress of making sure your guests will not only fit in the venue but enjoy themselves as well… all of this can make you feel anxious. Still, under all those nerves is the enthusiasm of planning and organising your wedding, which makes choosing the right venue an exciting moment as well!

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