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Inglaterra · the United Kingdom
In the destination Peak District.
In the photo: Bakewell and All Saints Church.
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
Stone market town on the banks of the River Wye, the only one inside the Peak District National Park. It has a medieval bridge, a weekly market on Mondays and gives its name to the Bakewell pudding. Chatsworth and Haddon Hall are a few kilometres away, and the Monsal Trail starts at the town’s former station.
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The local experience
Home of the Dukes of Devonshire in a valley of the River Derwent, with baroque state rooms, an art collection, gardens with a cascade and fountains and an extensive park. It is about 6 km from Bakewell.
A medieval manor about 3 km from Bakewell, on the banks of the River Wye, with a great hall, a chapel with wall paintings and terraced gardens. It remained almost intact since the 17th century.
Bakewell parish church, high above the town, with an octagonal tower and spire, Norman elements and a collection of old carved stones, plus two Anglo-Saxon crosses in the churchyard.
A walking and cycling trail along the former railway of the Wye valley, with lit tunnels and the Headstone viaduct over Monsal Dale. It starts near Bakewell.
Ruins of a Norman castle on a cliff above the village of Castleton, with a tower from the 1170s and views over the Hope Valley. It is about 20 km from Bakewell.
