For anyone happy to take on around 5-15km each day – with the occasional hill thrown in.
The season for this holiday is:
23 March 2025 - 31 October 2025
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This year there's all the more reason to visit the Peak District as Chatsworth celebrates Jane Austen's 250th birthday. There are a series of events planned, including talks, live opera, Regency-inspired afternoon teas, and an Austen embroidery workshop. |
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| mm | 71 | 57 | 62 | 59 | 58 | 58 | 52 | 62 | 58 | 60 | 70 | 73 |
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6 nights: 23 March 2025 - 31 October 2025
Start any day | End by latest date(s) shown above
| Starting | Price | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 23 - 31 Mar 2025 | £1205 | £500 |
| 1 - 30 Apr 2025 | £1240 | £530 |
| 1 May - 25 Jun 2025 | £1295 | £540 |
| 26 Jun - 30 Sep 2025 | £1335 | £565 |
| 1 - 25 Oct 2025 | £1240 | £530 |
| 3rd & 4th person discount | -£23 | |
| Single traveller supplement | £23 |
Included travel: transfer Beeley-Grindleford to collect car (if driving)
Please note: this holiday is not available to children under 12 years, nor are dogs permitted on Inntravel holidays
6 nights, staying at The Cavendish Hotel (5 dinners): 23 March 2025 - 31 October 2025
Start any day | End by latest date(s) shown above
| Starting | Price | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Mar - 15 Apr 2025 | £1380 | £560 |
| 16 - 30 Apr 2025 | £1410 | £575 |
| 1 May - 25 Jun 2025 | £1445 | £580 |
| 26 Jun - 30 Sep 2025 | £1475 | £605 |
| 1 - 25 Oct 2025 | £1380 | £575 |
| 3rd & 4th person discount | -£52 | |
| Single traveller supplement | £52 |
Included travel: transfer Beeley-Grindleford to collect car (if driving)
Please note: this holiday is not available to children under 12 years, nor are dogs permitted on Inntravel holidays
Room upgrades (£ per person per night)
| The Maynard, Grindleford | ||
|---|---|---|
| Superior: 23 Mar - 31 Oct 2025 | £19 |
| The Pilsley Inn, Pilsley | ||
|---|---|---|
| 4-poster 'farmhouse' double: 23 Mar - 31 Oct 2025 | £61 | |
| Comfortable double: 23 Mar - 31 Oct 2025 | £19 | |
| Spacious double: 23 Mar - 31 Oct 2025 | £36 |
| The Beeley Inn, Beeley | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spacious: 23 Mar - 31 Oct 2025 | £36 |
Room upgrades (£ per person per night)
| The Maynard, Grindleford | ||
|---|---|---|
| Superior: 23 Mar - 31 Oct 2025 | £19 |
| The Cavendish Hotel, Baslow | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spacious: 23 Mar - 31 Oct 2025 | £36 |
| The Beeley Inn, Beeley | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spacious: 23 Mar - 31 Oct 2025 | £36 |
Connecting travel options - via Chesterfield Station
| Outward route | Price per person |
Latest arrival time |
|---|---|---|
| taxi Chesterfield station to hotel (0h30) | £24-£25 | flexible |
| Homeward route | Price per person |
Earliest departure time |
|---|---|---|
| taxi hotel to Chesterfield station (0h25) | £20-£21 | flexible |
Connecting travel options - via Matlock station
| Outward route | ||
|---|---|---|
| not recommended in this direction |
| Homeward route | Price per person |
Earliest departure time |
|---|---|---|
| taxi hotel to Matlock station (0h15) | £13-£14 | flexible |
Connecting travel options - via Sheffield Station
| Outward route | Price per person |
Latest arrival time |
|---|---|---|
| taxi Sheffield station to hotel (0h30) | £20-£21 | flexible |
| Homeward route | Price per person |
Earliest departure time |
|---|---|---|
| taxi hotel to Sheffield station (0h40) | £31-£32 | flexible |
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This was an excellent trip with good, or better, accommodation and food throughout - not something we have found on most hotel to hotel walking holidays. The walks were exceptionally well planned; within a relatively small geographical area they provided a really wide variety in terrain and type of walking as well as very different landscapes and views. The notes were good and the transfers worked smoothly.
My only irritation was that, having booked a holiday with Inntravel, I was bombarded with emails promoting other Inntravel holidays. I'm not made of money (or time)!
This was a very enjoyable holiday where we met up with friends made on a previous Inntravel holiday. The walk was well described and through lovely countryside. The visit to Chatsworth House and gardens was a bonus.
A very enjoyable walk at this time of the year through fresh green countryside. The variation of scenery from riverside walks, moorland and gritstone edges with the bonus of the splendour of Chatsworth House and Park was excellent. The gardens at Chatsworth were beautiful with a glorious display of iris, peonies and roses in bloom. We found the plague history at Eyam museum interesting together with the different styles of architecture of the Chatsworth estate villages. Bakewell seemed very busy after the peace of the country walks but it was worth visiting for the pudding. We appreciated the fact that the evening meals were available without us having to find somewhere to eat at the end of each walk and that they were all very good quality. An excellent holiday.
This was an excellent trip with good, or better, accommodation and food throughout - not something we have found on most hotel to hotel walking holidays. The walks were exceptionally well planned; within a relatively small geographical area they provided a really wide variety in terrain and type of walking as well as very different landscapes and views. The notes were good and the transfers worked smoothly.
My only irritation was that, having booked a holiday with Inntravel, I was bombarded with emails promoting other Inntravel holidays. I'm not made of money (or time)!
This was a very enjoyable holiday where we met up with friends made on a previous Inntravel holiday. The walk was well described and through lovely countryside. The visit to Chatsworth House and gardens was a bonus.
A very enjoyable walk at this time of the year through fresh green countryside. The variation of scenery from riverside walks, moorland and gritstone edges with the bonus of the splendour of Chatsworth House and Park was excellent. The gardens at Chatsworth were beautiful with a glorious display of iris, peonies and roses in bloom. We found the plague history at Eyam museum interesting together with the different styles of architecture of the Chatsworth estate villages. Bakewell seemed very busy after the peace of the country walks but it was worth visiting for the pudding. We appreciated the fact that the evening meals were available without us having to find somewhere to eat at the end of each walk and that they were all very good quality. An excellent holiday.
Enjoyed the holiday, most particularly Chatsworth, both inside the House and the grounds outside. Could easily spend two days there - and basically did over days 3 and 5. Well worth paying £6 to go on a conducted tour of the House.
The views from Curbar Edge and Baslow Edge were breathtaking and the mossy forest around Padley Gorge was magical. Chatsworth House and grounds were fantastic as was our stay at The Cavendish Hotel.
When we weren't lost or confused, we really enjoyed the hikes. The food at the hotels was great and the staffs so helpful and nice. We didn't encounter anybody who wasn't super friendly and accommodating. We loved Chatsworth Estate. On the second day, we took the free walking tour through the gardens; it was wonderful. We were the only people on it, so we had a private guide, who was awesome. You should advise travelers to take advantage of this tour, which is offered 3 times a day. We didn't know about it until we saw a sign the day of our first visit. It would be helpful to know about this ahead, so you can plan your house visit to fit it in.
Personal highlights: All in all amazing and beautiful. Loved walking the extensive grounds of Chatsworth. Enjoyed the beautiful walk from the Maynard. Loved getting tea and treats at the Edensor Tea Cottage. Really loved the 2nd hotel.
Tips/improvements:
Make sure the connection taxi actually shows up. It's a terrible way to start a trip, just standing there and repeatedly calling the taxi company with no avail. I wish we could have gone just a teeny bith farther north to see some slightly more epic scenes.
Maynard food was bad and they didn't provide facial tissue.
Going to Bakewell on Market Day is not great - very crowded and the sounds of livestock bellowing is a little disturbing.
After several holidays abroad with Inntravel this was our first one in the UK. As usual all the arrangements worked smoothly. The hotels were of an excellent standard, each with their own plus points but all staff were helpful and friendly. We particularly enjoyed the Cavendish in Baslow and the Millstream in Bosham. In Baslow the Italian restaurant Il Lupo was very good but the portions are large. Walks in the Peak district were good and varied and we loved having time to explore Chatsworth. The weather was unexpectedly hot for June.
The Sussex Downs was a completely new area for us, very interesting and quite mixed walking. The Weald and Downland Museum was wonderful followed by the excellent walk to The Trundle with great views of Goodwood. The Yew trees in Kingley Vale were very impressive and unexpected. The walk on Chidham Peninsula was also very good with lots of activity on the water to see.
We found it very useful to have the GPX files to download before the holiday.
INNTRAVEL NOTE: These customers combined our two walks Chatsworth & The Peak District and South Downs to the Sea
Chatsworth and the Peak District was our first Inntravel holiday and it won't be the only one! We had a wonderful vacation, right from the beginning. The booking process was easy and responses to questions were helpful. The inns that were booked were all charming with good food, and in great locations for the walking that was planned daily. The routes chosen by Inntravel were as described, and beautiful! And the route notes were very well done, easy to understand and follow. The Chatsworth area is just beautiful and we can't recommend this trip highly enough. Inntravel does it right and we are already thinking about which holiday we will do the next time we are in England!
An excellent opportunity to visit Chatsworth at length, have some good walks and enjoy very comfortable hotels.
The Devonshire's properties were both excellent, with great meals, and hospitality. The walking routes were beautifully varied and interesting. Chatsworth House was beyond our expectations.
Both walking trips (Fife's Coastal Corner and Chatsworth & The Peak District) were absolutely wonderful and filled with walks that offered breathtaking scenery and variation. The accommodations were generally excellent and staff were extremely friendly and attentive. Meals were of excellent quality at all hotels.
The "Black Book" directions continue to be excellently detailed but would say they do require a very literal interpretation (lest you take the bridge on your left that the notes mention but neglect to say 'ignore it for the moment'!). Do always take your OS maps with you to provide further orientation (i.e. if from abroad and not using an app)
These were our 4th and 5th excursions with Inntravel and we will continue to highly recommend this company to anyone who will listen!
Personal highlight was Eyem although I was aware of the history of the plague outbreak visiting the museum and seeing just how bad it was. Added poignancy with passing a 17th century cottage which one family had lived in and also passing two headstones at the start of the walk from Eyem. Lockdown with Covid brought it home.You might like to add to the notes that if you look at the boundary stone and lift your gaze to the farm up on the hillside beyond there are graves in the farmyard with headstones reading Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday etc (from a local).
The 3rd time I've booked with InnTravel and once again the attention to detail and planning were top notch. The hotels chosen by InnTravel were wonderful and luggage transfers went without a hitch. A lovely relaxing holiday.
An excellent mix of specatacular Peak District scenery and the fascinating house, garden and parkland of Chatsworth. Every day was a delight.
We thoroughly enjoyed this holiday as everyone we met in the hotels and elsewhere were so friendly. We stayed at The George but we called into The Maynard for a drink whilst it raining. We were welcomed by Vicky the manager who wanted to check that we were being looked after as there was a wedding on and they were very busy.
The terrain in this part of Derbyshire was an eye opener: the Edges and Padley Gorge were amazing. It was a lot softer and greener with trees and hedges than we had realised. Direct access from The Cavendish to Chatsworth and the day spent there with the pass was excellent as it gave you more than one day to explore.
The walks gave us varied views of the Peak District from riverside meadows to high rocky edges and a not to be missed opportunity to visit Chatsworth. On the whole the accommodation was good if not excellent.
We greatly enjoyed our first visit to the Peak District with excellent walks, friendly people and comfortable accommodation en route. A good Inntravel choice for people wanting to enjoy this kind of walking holiday without being too challenging!
Travelling with Inntravel was a delight. The provided notes are extensive, up to date and very useful. Transfers were seamless, the hotels were very good. Any questions I had were answered reasonably fast. Would recommend with enthusiasm!
We enjoyed very good weather (not too hot!) for this holiday. We have never been to Derbyshire before when it hasn't rained. The hotels were all good but would recommend a room upgrade at Pilsley. Our favourite walk was from Eyam to Pilsley - wonderful clear views across Derbyshire from the Edges - a reward for the haul up from Froggatt Bridge.
The Cavendish hotel is very special so would recommend this upgrade and being able to enjoy Chatsworth House and gardens on three days meant we saw every bit of it without having to squeeze it all into one day. We had perfect weather for walking and enjoying the fabulous views, so think we were incredibly lucky.
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