Anne’s guidebook

Anne
Anne’s guidebook

Sightseeing and culture

Historic Houses, culture and lovely days out
Haddon Hall is beautiful and the gardens are lovely. Why not follow your visit with afternoon tea at the Peacock at Rowsley?
260 locals recommend
Haddon Hall
260 locals recommend
Haddon Hall is beautiful and the gardens are lovely. Why not follow your visit with afternoon tea at the Peacock at Rowsley?
Visit the house; try the farm and adventure playground; or go wild swimming in the River Derwent. Get some delicious food for tea from the Chatsworth Farm Shop
698 locals recommend
Chatsworth House
698 locals recommend
Visit the house; try the farm and adventure playground; or go wild swimming in the River Derwent. Get some delicious food for tea from the Chatsworth Farm Shop
Never mind the Puddings, go to the River and feed the ducks
375 locals recommend
Bakewell
375 locals recommend
Never mind the Puddings, go to the River and feed the ducks
A beautiful drive to Castleton (with Peveril Castle and caves to explore) via the spectacular Winnats Pass
10 locals recommend
Winnats Pass
Winnats Pass
10 locals recommend
A beautiful drive to Castleton (with Peveril Castle and caves to explore) via the spectacular Winnats Pass
In Buxton. Floor upon floor of amazing and beautiful second hand books in an eccentric building
6 locals recommend
Scrivener's Books and Bookbinding
42 High St
6 locals recommend
In Buxton. Floor upon floor of amazing and beautiful second hand books in an eccentric building
Check what's on at Buxton during your stay...there's a lot more than Opera
121 locals recommend
Buxton Opera House
Water Street
121 locals recommend
Check what's on at Buxton during your stay...there's a lot more than Opera
Check out the views from the narrow windows and play attackers and defenders
27 locals recommend
Peveril Castle
Market Place
27 locals recommend
Check out the views from the narrow windows and play attackers and defenders
Great garden centre; and good for a rest and a cup of tea during a walk taking in Chatsworth Park, Calton Lees and Edensor
Chatsworth Garden Centre
Great garden centre; and good for a rest and a cup of tea during a walk taking in Chatsworth Park, Calton Lees and Edensor
Beautiful. Pemberley in Pride & Prejudice. Have a go at the Lyme Park Park Run 9am Saturday mornings. "...one of the hardest Park Runs in the country" (Anne, January 2022)
Lyme Park
Lyme Park
Beautiful. Pemberley in Pride & Prejudice. Have a go at the Lyme Park Park Run 9am Saturday mornings. "...one of the hardest Park Runs in the country" (Anne, January 2022)
Really, really good.
12 locals recommend
Chatsworth House Farmyard & Adventure Playground
12 locals recommend
Really, really good.
Unique park beneath the town. a 3.5 mile walk from Little Hayfield via the Sett Valley trail
Torrs Valley
Torrs Valley
Unique park beneath the town. a 3.5 mile walk from Little Hayfield via the Sett Valley trail
Buxton is a Georgian Spa Town-Derbyshire's bit of Bridgerton! Why not explore the History of the Crescent visitor experience.
221 locals recommend
Buxton
221 locals recommend
Buxton is a Georgian Spa Town-Derbyshire's bit of Bridgerton! Why not explore the History of the Crescent visitor experience.

Food scene

Very nice for afternoon tea
21 locals recommend
The Peacock at Rowsley
Bakewell Road
21 locals recommend
Very nice for afternoon tea
Delicious veggie food and good coffee
6 locals recommend
Grasshopper Cafe
18 Castleton Rd
6 locals recommend
Delicious veggie food and good coffee
Recently featured in the Sunday Times
8 locals recommend
The Pack Horse Hayfield
3-5 Market St
8 locals recommend
Recently featured in the Sunday Times
Good food, friendly service
6 locals recommend
The Sportsman Inn
135 Kinder Rd
6 locals recommend
Good food, friendly service
"Good food and beer at the local pub" David September 2021
Lantern Pike Inn
45 Glossop Road
"Good food and beer at the local pub" David September 2021
A Tavola Gastronomia Siciliana
Albion Road

Activities

A wonderful lido experience
74 locals recommend
Hathersage Swimming Pool
Oddfellows Road
74 locals recommend
A wonderful lido experience
"truly scary-especially the cargo net jump" Anne January 2022
54 locals recommend
Go Ape Buxton
Green Lane
54 locals recommend
"truly scary-especially the cargo net jump" Anne January 2022
Combine walking up Mam Tor with a visit to Edale.......go by train
134 locals recommend
Mam Tor
134 locals recommend
Combine walking up Mam Tor with a visit to Edale.......go by train
Your local walk
Lantern Pike
Your local walk
Bring out your inner underground explorer; and buy Blue John earrings
90 locals recommend
Blue John Cavern
Cross Street
90 locals recommend
Bring out your inner underground explorer; and buy Blue John earrings
64 locals recommend
Monsal Trail
Monsal Trail
64 locals recommend

Cities

Use us as a base for University visits to Manchester & Sheffield
Sackville Street Building
60 Sackville St
Use us as a base for University visits to Manchester & Sheffield

City/town information

The city with the most trees
73 locals recommend
Sheffield
73 locals recommend
The city with the most trees
For Victorian architecture; museums, galleries, the Northern Quarter; Spinningfields shopping; eating and drinking
213 locals recommend
Manchester
213 locals recommend
For Victorian architecture; museums, galleries, the Northern Quarter; Spinningfields shopping; eating and drinking

Sightseeing

Pennine Way