Applegate House Bed and Breakfast, Bakewell, Derbyshire UK, Local Attractions

Welcome to the Derbyshire Dales

Picturesque unspoilt villages, bustling market towns, stone circles and ancient packhorse bridges; great houses and fine medieval churches - heritage is abundant in the Derbyshire Dales and the Peak District, and Bakewell is an ideal centre from which to explore it all...

Local Attractions

Bakewell, an ancient market town in the Derbyshire Dales, is in the Peak District National Park Conservation Area.

Bakewell is just two and a half miles from Chatsworth House, one of the great stately homes of England; the ancestral seat of the Dukes of Devonshire, set in 105 acres of landscaped gardens.

Haddon Hall, an unspoilt medieval and Tudor manor house is just a mile and three-quarters from Bakewell.

Red House Stables and Carriage Museum, a working carriage museum which offers local sightseeing tours, is less than five miles away.

• Medieval church within walking distance with Anglo-Saxon crosses in graveyard

• Next door to Bakewell Old House Museum, dating from 16th century; the oldest house in Bakewell, it houses the town's facisnating social and local history collection.

• Near to Bakewell Golf Course

• Fly fishing nearby at Rowsley

• Horse riding

• Local cycle hire

• Walks and trails nearby

• Swimming pool in the town

• Bakewell and other towns and villages are famous for their well-dressings in the summer months

• Cattle & Store market every Monday

• Farmers' Market every month

The following attractions are only a few miles away:

Hardwick Hall (National Trust);
Sir Richard Arkwright's Cromford Mill;
Matlock and Matlock Bath;
The Heights of Abraham;
Gulliver's Kingdom;
Carsington Reservoir;
Crich Tramway Museum;
Caudwell's Mill
National Stone Centre
Eyam Museum
Wirksworth Heritage Centre
Sudbury Hall
Tissington Hall
Market town of Chesterfield with its famous
'Crooked Spire;

Call 01629 812001 to book your room at Applegate House