An Elizabethan masterpiece.

Hardwick Hall

It was the formidable Bess of Hardwick who first created Hardwick in the late 1500s. In the centuries since then her descendants, farmers, gardeners, builders, decorators, embroiders and craftsmen of all kinds have contributed and made Hardwick their creation.

We want you to enjoy Hardwick and in the process discover the lives, loves and adventures of the creators of Hardwick.