Baslow is a charming village on the edge of Chatsworth Park, surrounded by stunning countryside and offers some interesting shops and a variety of dining choices in the numerous pubs, restaurants, tea-rooms and hotels to suit everyone’s taste and pocket.  Bakewell just four miles away, famous for it’s puddings, also has numerous eating places.

 The Peak District, consisting of the white and dark peaks is renowned for its abundance of open moorlands and beautiful dales and is of huge interest historically and geologically.  Chatsworth House, Haddon Hall and Hardwick Hall are just a few stately homes open to the public.  Eyam, known as the Plague village, even boasts its own Hall, where the family still reside and this is also open to visitors.  Blue John mines in Castleton, where the rare fluorspar is found, provides an interesting visit with walk-in caves and there are a host of activities throughout the Peak District, ranging from walking, rock-climbing, abseiling, potholing, canoeing, hot-air ballooning, gliding, bike trails, horse-riding etc. to more gentle pursuits of craft shops, antiques, stately homes, lazy lunches, cream teas and, last but not least, admiring (and even participating in), Derbyshire’s unique custom of “Well Dressing”.

Derbyshire really does have something for everyone