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Swadlincote, built out of the
fortunes made by clay and coal, is the home of
Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, where visitors can
explore the area’s industrial history, and the Ski
Centre, which offers skiing, snowboarding and
tobogganing all year round. It is also the setting
for the remarkable 18th century mansion Calke
Abbey. The National Trust only opened this
Baroque-style house to the public in 1989
declaring that it was ‘the house that time
forgot’. Many rooms and items had not been touched
or moved for at least a century. The Trust
repaired the property and returned all 13,000
items to their original positions without
redecorating the house. Nearby is Melbourne Hall,
one-time residence of novelist Lady Caroline Lamb
of Lord Byron fame.
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