The Cavendish Hotel at Baslow
Farmhouse fancy
Peak position
Resting peacefully in the Derbyshire Dales, the Cavendish Hotel at Baslow brings a design-forward flair and creative charm to its stately locale. Rooms are dressed with artisanal details and calming tones, a valley-framing terrace attracts resting hikers and an all-local restaurant serves plates of the Peak District’s finest produce. And then there’s the surrounding Chatsworth Estate – a manicured expanse that awaits your endless exploring.
Facilities
Habitaciones
28, including two suites.
Checkout
11am, and check-in is at 4pm. Both are flexible, on request and subject to availability.
Más detalles
Rates don’t include breakfast, but a Continental spread is available for £12.50 a person, or go all-out and add cooked options for £20.
Also
The Coach House’s two ground-floor rooms have been adapted for wheelchair use. There are three disabled parking spots (one near the front entrance and two by the Coach House), but please note that there’s a fairly steep ramp up to the car park and wheelchair access to the hotel is through the Garden Room to the rear. If you’re hoping to explore the National Park, the Monsal Trail is a scenic, wheelchair-friendly route.
Acceso gratis a internet
Restaurante en el hotel
Servicio de habitaciones
At the Hotel
Access to Chatsworth Estate; fruit and vegetable garden; and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: TV, radio, minifridge, tea- and coffee-making kit, free bottled water, bathrobes, hairdryer and bespoke bath products.
Our Favourite Rooms
All rooms admire Chatsworth’s expansive estate, but if you’re seeking something with an added layer of romance, we’d suggest the Splendid Suite for its four-poster bed, draped in locally made curtains, and enticing freestanding tub.
Packing Tips
Once the Salomans and walking poles are packed, chuck in a pair of binoculars and a copy of the Peak District Pathfinder.
Also
A small fee will gain you access to Chatsworth Health and Fitness Club, which is well-equipped with a gym (including personal and group training), swimming pool, and tennis and netball courts.
Niños
Welcome; there aren’t any special facilities to keep them entertained, but there are plenty of child-friendly events throughout the year around the Chatsworth Estate. Rollaways can be added to the Splendid Suite, Spacious Coach House and Townhouse Suite.
Gallery
Food & Drink
Top Table
Bag one of the six coveted spots at the Gallery Restaurant’s Kitchen Table to watch the chefs in their element.
Código de vestimenta
Tweeds, checks, wool tailoring and hedgerow-inspired brights all nail the countryside chic brief.
Hotel Restaurant
Both eateries at the Cavendish are helmed by lauded chef Adam Harper, who has worked hard to ensure menus highlight the Peak District’s top-quality ingredients. At the accoladed Gallery Restaurant, everything that’s been used to whip up your rouille-paired trout has come from the Ladybower Fisheries up the road, marinated meats from David at Chatsworth Beef and Lamb, and most fruit and veg is grown minutes away, in the Estate's gardens. Buttermilk scones, homemade cakes, finger sandwiches and a lengthy list of teas are also available every afternoon. The Garden Room dishes its equally fresh fare in a brasserie-style setting, where rich terracotta reds and farmhouse features are wrapped in Chatsworth Estate views.
Hotel Bar
Classic cocktails, fine wines, craft beers and local spirits are poured at the Bar & Lounge, where a gentle fireside crackle and flickering orange hue creates a cosy, convivial setting. In the summer, take your tipples alfresco and admire the estate’s arcadian sprawl.
Last Orders
Breakfast is 7.30am to 11.45am in the Gallery Restaurant. Both restaurants serve lunch and dinner between noon and 9pm, and afternoon tea at the Gallery Restaurant is 12.30pm to 5pm. The bar pours from 11am to 11pm (noon to 10.30pm on Sundays).
Room Service
Dishes from the Garden Room’s menu can be delivered to your door between 7.30am and 9pm. For late-night snacking, there’s an after-hours sandwich menu.
Planes
Manchester is your closest international airport, a little over an hour away by car. If you’re landing in one of London’s hubs, there are connecting flights up to Manchester. Private transfers can be arranged for an additional charge.
Trains
There are three options: Grindleford is the nearest station and has plenty of connecting routes around the UK. But if you’re coming from the capital, we’d suggest getting a direct train from London St Pancras to Chesterfield, which is a slightly further 20 minutes away. Private transfers can be arranged from both stations, as well as Matlock, for an extra cost.
Automobiles
The Peak District has an impressive public transport network, so you’ll be fine without a set of wheels. If you do decide to drive, there are 13 free-to-use car parks around the National Park (33 paid) and free private parking just outside the hotel, with two electric-vehicle charging spots.
Worth Getting Out of Bed For
Start off wandering around Chatsworth Estate, set a short walk from the hotel. Staff can arrange private tours of the House’s millennia-spanning artefacts; or stick to the great outdoors and roam its 105-acre gardens, take to its riverside trails, fly fish in its waters and visit furry residents at the farmyard. The towns of Baslow, Bakewell, Buxton, Edensor and Matlock are also on your doorstep, and from the latter’s Masson Hill, cable car rides whisk you over the Derwent Valley’s undulating landscape.
The Cavendish Hotel’s main attraction is its Peak District setting, and with hundreds of miles to explore it’s unlikely you’ll tire of this rolling scenery. Hiking and cycling are the most popular ways to see the sights, but the almost-nine-mile Monsal Trail – running from Blackwell Mill to Bakewell – is also primed for horse riders. The fairly-flat Tissington Trail stretches 13 miles between Parsley Hay and Ashbourne; and if you’re up for a challenge, the River Derwent’s 55-mile stretch hits most of the National Park’s hotspots, and has plenty of pubs along the way, for a pint-sipping pitstop or two.
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