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Market town in Derbyshire, England
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Bakewell is a historic market town in Derbyshire, with a population of 3,400 in 2024. It's the only sizable town in the Peak District National Park, and the park headquarters are here. It's best known for Bakewell pudding and Bakewell tart, but the big attractions are Chatsworth House and Haddon Hall a few miles out.
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All Saints Church was founded in 920 AD and has two Saxon crosses in the churchyard.
Small museum in a Tudor house, later converted into mill-workers cottages.
A splendid medieval hall, expanded piecemeal over the centuries and restored in the 20th century to its Tudor look. It's spawned several novels and plays, focussing on its Tudor owner Dorothy Vernon (1544 -1584) who supposedly eloped - there's no evidence she did.
Massive, spectacular late-17th-century home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, full of fine art and antique furniture. You view the state apartments and some 25 of the 125 private rooms, plus grand gardens designed by Capability Brown. It's inspired multiple books (starting with Pride and Prejudice in 1813), films and TV sagas.
The hall dates back to the 12th century but was rebuilt in the 1870s in cod-Jacobean style. Much of the furniture comes from the demolished Clumber Hall in Sherwood Forest. It was a teacher training college from 1945 but refurbished as a family home from 1997. The Italianate gardens are sometimes closed off as a wedding venue.
Good menu range beyond the inevitable pudding. Touristy but slick service.
Coffee shop, great place to try the tarts.
Dog-friendly cafe.
Good range of light bites.
Small friendly cafe opposite the Co-op.
Rave reviews for this classy French restaurant.
Mixed reports for this Indian restaurant by the bridge.
This village inn near Chatsworth gets great reviews for its food. They also have rooms.
Very central, with good food and comfy rooms.
Dog-friendly pub, so-so meals. They have rooms, and camper vans can stay overnight in the car park.
Friendly pub with good grub.
Trad pub in a 300 year old building.
Dead centre of town, a charming hotel of character with good dining.
Smart central hotel, large peaceful rooms.
Central pub with rooms, indifferent food.
Comfy rooms in a pub by the river bridge.
Eight self-catering cottages in converted farm buildings 2 miles from Bakewell.
Stylish hotel on the Chatsworth Estate, a 30 min walk to the House. Great comfort, service and cuisine. Assistance dogs only.
Gorgeous hotel in an Edwardian manor, great style and cuisine. No dogs.
Hotel in a 17th-century manor house, part of the Haddon Hall estate. Occasional lapses in the cuisine but mostly to a high standard.
By car
Buxton is at the junction of A6 (the old London-Manchester-Carlisle coach road), A515 from the Midlands, and A537 from Cheshire.
By train
The railway closed in 1968 when Dr Beeching finally paid heed to Ruskin. Chesterfield is the nearest station, but Sheffield has more trains and better onward transport.
By bus
SY Bus 218 runs every 30 min from Sheffield Interchange, taking an hour via Baslow. M-F alternate buses run via Chatsworth House, Sa Su they all do.
The town is compact and walkable, and the bus gets you to Chatsworth.
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