Chatsworth House
The great house of the Peak, twenty minutes away: the house, the garden, the farmyard and the park.
Out of the village
What's within an hour
The village sits in the middle of the Peak District: the great houses, the caverns, the trails and the theme parks are all day trips that still get you back for dinner by the lake.
Haddon Hall
England's best-preserved medieval manor, on the road into Bakewell.
Bakewell
Market town of pudding fame, fifteen minutes over the hill.
Matlock
The nearest town: shops, pubs, the park and the river, five minutes away.
Castleton
Caverns, Mam Tor and the Winnats Pass, at the head of the Hope Valley.
Mam Tor
The shivering mountain: the Peak's most famous ridge walk.
Heights of Abraham
Cable cars over the Derwent gorge at Matlock Bath, caverns at the top.
Blue John Cavern
The mineral found nowhere else on earth, mined under Castleton.
Poole's Cavern & Buxton Country Park
A show cave under Buxton's woods, with Solomon's Temple above.
Crich Tramway Village
Vintage trams running through a period village, twenty minutes south.
Peak Rail
Steam trains between Matlock and Rowsley, ten minutes from the door.
Carsington Water
Sailing, cycling and watersports around the reservoir.
Matlock Farm Park
Animals, riding and play for younger guests, just up the road.
Gulliver's Kingdom
The theme park at Matlock Bath, built for under-tens.
Alton Towers Resort
The big one: fifty minutes away for a day of rides.
Tissington Trail
Thirteen traffic-free miles for bikes and prams, from Ashbourne.