Park your car in the car park and walk round the village at your leisure.
1) The Green - here are the stocks and a display map giving the history of the village.
2) Eyam Hall - was built 1671. It has been the home of the Wright family for the past 325 year. It is open to the public from Easter to the beginning of November. The tour of the hall is most interesting and there are craft shops and a cafe in the courtyard open all the year round.
3) Plague cottage - was where the plague began, carried here in a bale of cloth from London. There is a plaque on the cottage which tells its history.
4) The parish church - dedicated to St. Lawrence has been used for worship since Saxon times. In the church yard is the tomb of Catherine Montpesson who was the wife of the vicar at the time of the plague. It was he who encouraged the villagers to isolate themselves but sadly his wife was one of the last people to die from the disease in Eyam.
Each year the plague commemoration day is held on the last Sunday of August and traditionally a vase of roses is placed on Catherine's tomb. This coincides with the well dressing ceremonies.
