Holiday Cottages Derbyshire

Here's what you can see and do when staying at one of our Derbyshire cottages.

Situated at the southern tip of the Pennine chain 'the backbone of England', the Peak District is an upland area of Derbyshire lying between the great conurbations of Yorkshire and Lancashire. From rolling farmland, limestone dales and gritstone moorland, there are few areas in England with such varied landscape within just a few miles. Travelling north through Derbyshire you first reach the limestone plateau - here, hedges and fields give way to drystone walls and deeply incised, verdant river valleys and dales dotted with typical Derbyshire cottages - this is the White Peak. Continuing north eventually brings you to the Edges - the start of high gritstone moorland which sits in an arc across the top of the limestone. This is the Dark Peak - a wild and barren landscape punctuated by weathered tors towering over heather moorland. It is an area which changes dramatically with local weather and light conditions, but one which has a powerful, stark beauty.

When staying in one of our holiday cottages Derbyshire attractions are close to hand including some of England's finest climbing, caving, walking and cycling country and Britain's first National Park. The Peak District is also steeped in history and has a fascinating cultural heritage such as the World Heritage Site of the Derwent Valley Mills, Chatsworth House - seat of the Dukes of Devonshire and among Britain's finest stately homes - the medieval Haddon Hall, seat of the Dukes of Rutland and Hardwick Hall. Renishaw Hall is a beautiful 300-acre park with eight acres of the most important Italianate gardens in England, and a house full of treasures large and small collected over many centuries by the renowned Sitwell family.

If you are staying at any of our Derbyshire holiday cottages there are many bustling Derbyshire market towns and picturesque villages to explore such as the spa towns of Buxton and Matlock, Bakewell with its 13th century five-arched bridge, the 14th century church in the village of Tideswell, sometimes dubbed the 'Cathedral of the Peak', the picturesque village of Castleton overshadowed by the Norman Peveril Castle plus the caves producing the unique semi-precious mineral, Blue-John and the little Derbyshire village of Eyam is known for its self-imposed quarantine during the Plague of 1666.

The National Forest is perhaps England's most ambitious environmental project. In the very Heart of England, across parts of Leicestershire and Staffordshire as well as Derbyshire more than 200 square miles of countryside are being transformed, blending ancient woodland with new planting to create a new national forest. In just ten years, seven million trees have been planted. In this ever-changing landscape, as the woodland cover spreads and the Forest grows, one thing is guaranteed - there is always something new to see whilst enjoying a break at one of our many Derbyshire holiday cottages in the Forest. So, why not browse our selection of holiday cottages in Derbyshire to find something that catches your eye?

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