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Landscapes of the Peak District

Baslow, Hathersage & Castleton
 
Explore the dramatic beauty of Britain's first National Park on this self-guided walking holiday, with luggage transported. Stay in three typical Peak District towns, enjoy panoramic views across the moorland, and visit Chatsworth House and its beautiful gardens.
Landscapes of the Peak District. 6 nights
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Landscapes of the Peak District. 6 nights
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Holiday information

 

A walking holiday in the Peak District

The contrasting landscapes of the High Peak, from the ordered parkland and manicured gardens of Chatsworth House to the straggling rocky escarpments that line the heather-clad moors of Britain's first National Park, make for a very inviting few days’ leisurely exploration. Staying in three traditional market towns, this holiday provides opportunities to explore both the region's grand country homes and brooding moorland, and allows you to discover the essence of this unique and diverse area.
After visiting Bakewell and Chatsworth, our route follows the River Derwent towards the moors and a series of striking and dramatic gritstone 'edges'. Returning to the river and the charming market town of Hathersage, you then head off to your final destination in Castleton, taking in stunning views from the hills as you make your way to the geological gems of Mam Tor and the Blue John Mines.
 

Improved itinerary coming soon!

We are currently revamping this holiday for 2021. If you would like us to let you know when the revised itinerary is finalised, please contact us.
 
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Itinerary

The key to Inntravel holidays is flexibility. You can start on the day of your choice, and are free to add extra nights.
  • The average maximum daytime temperatures and monthly rainfall relate to the nearest weather station and are intended as a guide only.

    The weather in the Peak District can be unpredictable, so pack for all weathers.
    Average temperatures and rainfall
      Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
    °C 6 6 9 12 15 19 20 20 18 14 9 7
    mm 71 57 62 59 58 58 52 62 58 60 70 73
  • Arrival in Baslow
    Night 1: at The Devonshire Arms (the first of two nights here).
    As your first night’s accommodation is on the day of travel, Day 1 is your first day of walking.
  • Choice of walks from Baslow: 6km or 17.5km (4 or 11 miles)

    Linear walk to Chatsworth: 6km (4 miles), 2hrs
    For your first day, you can enjoy a short stroll along the river through the deer park and spend your day visiting Chatsworth House and exploring its extensive gardens and landscaped grounds. Chatsworth is the seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, and dates from the late 17th century. Today it is one of Britain’s best-loved country estates and now houses famous works of art, a working farmyard and a spectacular cascade, as well as shops and places to eat. We thoroughly recommend you visit the house (pay locally).

    Circular walk via Bakewell: 17.5km (11 miles), 6hrs
    Alternatively, you could continue on to Bakewell via the pretty estate village of Edensor, where each house is built in a different style – when the village was re-sited, the busy Duke of Devonshire simply ordered ‘one of each’ when it came to choosing the architectural design of the houses! The market town of Bakewell, the ancient ‘capital’ of the Peak, is famous for its puddings (don't let the locals hear you call their famous culinary dessert a 'tart’) so makes a great lunch stop, before winding your way back to Baslow.
    Circular walk via Bakewell: 17.5km
    Chatsworth House
  • Baslow to Hathersage: 12km (7.5 miles), 4.5hrs
    Your route to Hathersage begins with a climb through bracken to reach the first of the moodily magnificent gritstone ‘edges’ that characterise this region, enjoying an easy walk along Baslow, Curbar and Froggatt Edges with tremendous moorland views on your right and the wooded river valley on your left. A direct descent through woodland takes you to the village of Grindleford where you rejoin the Derwent to follow its banks to Leadmill Bridge for two nights at The Plough Inn on the outskirts of Hathersage.
    Baslow to Hathersage: 12km
    Cattle on Baslow Edge
  • Circular walk from Hathersage: 16.5km (10.5 miles), 6hrs
    For your day in Hathersage, we suggest a circular walk passing through beautiful pastureland before climbing ‘Jacobs Ladder’, a rocky path that leads up to the rugged Stanage Edge, popular with climbers. Pass medieval North Lees Hall that inspired Charlotte Bronte to write Jane Eyre after visiting the area in 1845, before traversing the Edge through a landscape of sheep, bracken and abandoned millstones with far-reaching views across the stunning Hope Valley before returning to your inn.
    Circular walk from Hathersage: 16.5km
    Hathersage Moor
  • Hathersage to Castleton: 17km (10.5 miles), 6.5hrs
    From Hathersage you have a gentle stroll through farmland and woods beside the River Derwent to the village of Shatton. Leaving the river behind, you rise to the summit of Win Hill which rewards with spectacular views over the Upper Derwent Valley and Ladybower Reservoir which was famously used by Lancaster bomber pilots while training for the Dam-buster raid – the film was also shot here in 1954. From Win Hill, you drop down to then ascend Lose Hill. The day ends with a descent into the town of Castleton for two nights at Dunscar Farm.
    Hathersage to Castleton: 17km
    On the route from Hathersage to Castleton
  • Circular walk from Castleton: 11km (7 miles), 4hrs
    For your final day we suggest a walk which enables you to complete the horseshoe of hills which surround Castleton. The walking is on well-trodden, clearly marked paths and affords the opportunity to visit one or two of the the famous Blue John caves en-route (named after the blue and yellow, or bleu-jaune, mineral discovered here) and Peveril Castle, dating back to the time of William the Conqueror, at the end of the walk.
    Circular walk from Castleton: 11km
    Peveril Castle
 

Accommodation

All of your three bases offer a warm welcome and comfortable accommodation.
What's included
  • 6 nights
  • 3 picnics
    6 breakfasts
  • luggage transported
  • route notes and maps
  • transfer back to first accommodation to pick up car
 
Reviews

If you've experienced this holiday first hand, why not write a review?

We are keen for as many customers as possible to review their holiday. To make it easier to do so, we include a specific review section on our post-holiday questionnaire, and this is what we publish here, unedited. Read our full review policy >

All 9 reviews
  • Tom, London
    26 September 2020

    Great selection of walks in very picturesque countryside. Very friendly and helpful hosts and efficient luggage transfer arrangements. Would be useful to have alternative options in the case of rain making some stone paths slippery and dangerous when wet.

  • Linda
    15 September 2020

    Without a doubt the Peak District is an amazing place to visit and you are spoilt for choice with the amount of beautiful walks. Letting Inntravel plan a route, arrange accommodation and baggage transfers definitely takes the strain out of the holiday and we were left to enjoy the lovely accommodations and what they offered (two were Inns offering good quality food and the one in Castleton has many choices to eat out in the town). It would have been good if Inntravel could share the GPX files for the suggested routes. Clearly Inntravel has these files as they shared the ascent/decent proile which was generated from electronic mapping. In future we would choose a company that would offer this.

    Inntravel
    response

    Thank you for your comments on the Peak District holiday, we're pleased that you enjoyed walking in this lovely area. We are aiming to provide gpx files for our walking holidays in the future, and are in the process of collecting & creating the gps tracks for this - the elevation profiles in our notes do indeed come from electronic mapping software, but the data used for these does not need to be as accurate as a gpx file used for following a route on the ground; we are currently undertaking this process of ensuring the tracks are accurate.

  • Jean and Steve
    12 September 2020

    What a great week in the Peak District. The walks covered a variety of countryside and the views we had were fantastic, particulary along Stanage Edge. Suprising amount of wildlife and birdlife - apart from lots of deer we were also lucky enough to see a stoat at Stanage edge and also hares.
    Some good restaurants to visit are Il Lupo in Baslow -  a lovely Italian and pre-booking is a must, in Hathersage we went to Bank House (best meal of the week) and in Castleton do try 1530 restaurant. 

    Another great Inntravel trip.

  • Anon
    22 October 2019

    Really enjoyed the day out at Chatsworth. We asked in the Devonshire Arms for the discount vouchers mentioned in the Inntravel notes but they said they did not do them anymore as the same discount was available on line. No discount is available on line other than free car parking!

    Very good evening meal at Rowleys at Prince of Wales pub in Baslow. We pre booked and were glad we had.

    Excellent evening meals at Plough Inn.

    We would recommend the George Pub in Castleton. We ate there both evenings. Again, pre booked.

    Treak Cliff Cavern where Blue John is still mined was an interesting visit.

  • Mr J Farmer
    Bromley
    22 July 2019

    Make sure you take the time to read the route notes before beginning the walk. It is best to leave the car at the final destination. 

  • Anon
    06 July 2019

    When staying in Baslow, I would recommend eating at Il Lupo which was excellent.

    The evening meals at the Plough were also very good.

  • anon
    06 July 2019

    Beautiful scenery, lovely part of the country.

  • Mr R Parkinson
    London
    08 April 2019

    This was our first Inntravel holiday in the UK and it was as good as any in Italy. The landscape was spectacular, especially the Edges, and Castleton was a magical place, a little like Delphi. Staying at Dunscar Farm during lambing was wonderful.

  • Mrs Tadcaster
    19 September 2018

    This was our first Inntravel experience and will not be our last. Every aspect of the holiday was first class. The guide notes were very reliable and we walked through stunning countryside on routes that we may not have selected ourselves. It was everything a walking holiday should be.
 

FAQs

If you have any questions relating to this or any other Inntravel holiday, our friendly travel experts will be happy to help. You might also find our General FAQs section helpful.
  • If your holiday plans go awry because of Coronavirus, rest assured that we’ll do right by you. Since the start of the pandemic, our flexible booking policy and prompt issuing of refunds to customers who prefer not to defer their holiday have earned us high praise in the national press.
  • We sincerely hope that your holiday experience will be as enjoyable as it would have been before the pandemic – walking holidays are ideal in these times of social distancing, and we’re not operating holidays if the key highlights can no longer be delivered – but, naturally, there will be some changes to ensure your and other people’s safety, not least taking tests before and after your holiday for many destinations.
    Your holiday experience: what to expect >
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  • We’ll send you route notes and maps 2-3 weeks before your holiday. The route notes not only contain directions to get from hotel to hotel, but also include practical information about places of interest and eateries along each route, plus cultural information about the area. If/when you are moving between hotels, you leave your luggage in reception as you leave, and it will be transferred ahead to your next accommodation, meaning that all you need to take with you are a camera, sun cream, drinks, food and waterproofs.

    For more detailed information, see our walking holidays in Europe page.
  • Yes, absolutely. Over the years, we have arranged a great many walking holidays in the UK for customers living in the USA, Canada, Australia and beyond.

    If you've never travelled with us before, it's worth reading the web pages which explain how we can cater for customers who live outside the UK. The main thing to bear in mind is that our tour operator's licence doesn't allow us to book flights that originate outside the UK, and nor are we able to book rail travel in the UK, so we can't make travel arrangements for you, other than pre-arranging taxis between the local railway station and the accommodation – see the ‘prices & travel’ section for the options available.

    For practical information about travelling to the UK, see the 'what do I need to know about travelling to England, Scotland and Wales?' question.
  • Since our holidays are self-guided, we recommend calling us for a chat about your plans before making a booking, especially if it’s the first time you’ve booked with us.
    The price panel shows the supplement for a single room and also the single traveller charge (this covers (luggage) transfers and other costs which are usually shared between two people).
  • Once you’ve decided on your exact itinerary (our travel experts will be happy to offer advice), you need to provide us with your party’s details, either by phone or via our booking form. At this point we also ask you to pay a deposit so that we can secure a room for you immediately on confirming availability with the hotel(s). If it turns out that we can’t secure the accommodation for the holiday you’ve requested, or offer an acceptable alternative, we’ll refund your deposit promptly and in full. After booking your accommodation and other key elements, we'll then book your travel (or you can do so if you’re making your own arrangements) and send you a Booking Confirmation and Invoice.

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  • Yes, it’s something we insist on, even for holidays in the UK. The vast majority of holidays go smoothly, but when things go wrong, it can be expensive to put them right. Buying a new pair of walking boots after your suitcase is stolen mightn’t seem so bad, but the bill for being airlifted down from a mountain with a broken leg or flown home while still recovering from an illness or accident can cost tens of thousands of pounds.

    You don’t have to take out our recommended travel insurance policy (if you live outside the UK you’ll definitely need to make your own arrangements, as the policy is only for UK residents), but you do need to make sure that you’re covered for medical emergencies – including falling ill with Covid-19 while on holiday – and repatriation. We also recommend that you are covered for other eventualities, such as cancellation and loss of luggage and passports.

    We'll ask you for the details of your policy (insurer, policy number and medical emergency phone number) so that we can help out if the worst happens while you are on holiday. It's up to you, though, to check that your policy covers the activities you'll be doing on holiday and that it is adequate for your own individual needs; we don't check alternative policies.
  • We are happy to take bookings for families of teenagers if they walk regularly, love the outdoors and are comfortable with the distances and ascent/descent involved, but please note that the bedrooms at most of the accommodation we use will normally only sleep a maximum of 3 people, and sometimes only 2.

    At the request of some of the accommodation providers on this holiday, we are unable to accept bookings for children aged under 12.
  • Unfortunately not. The Inntravel team includes many dog owners, but the extra considerations – such as whether taxi firms accept dogs for transfers to the start of walks, whether routes cross private land on which dogs are not allowed, and proximity to a vet’s – would add another layer of complexity to what are already quite complex holidays.
  • As a minimum, you will need a passport to enter the UK; requirements vary according to your nationality. It is your responsibility to ensure you are in possession of the correct travel documents, with the correct validity. You’ll need to check requirements on the website of your own country’s government or that of the British government. Our essential travel information page provides links to websites where you can find out about the applicable requirements, along with general official travel advice.
     
    English is the most widely spoken of several official languages; in Wales, for example, Welsh has equal status. The currency is the British pound (Scotland issues its own bank notes, but Bank of England notes can be used in Scotland and vice versa). The UK follows Greenwich Mean Time during autumn and winter, but switches to British Summer Time (GMT + 1) from late March until late October.
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