Derbyshire Estates Explorer Tour

Service Description

From the roads servicing Peak Edge Hotel out tour joins tracks and minor roads to travel west towards Bakewell through magnificent Historical Estates. 360 degree views from the top of the moor offer vast landscape vistas and an abundance of interesting fauna and flora. Initially the route descends into the lovely Chesterfield village of Hollymoorside before joining quiet minor roads across the Moor. It is then an unsurfaced bridleways/tracks down into the Chatsworth Estate. The Derwent is crossed near Carlton Lees. It is then a superb climb on little used roads high into the Estate eventually revealing amazing views of parkland, Chatsworth House and its fountains below. A descent across Capability Brown parkland often between sheep and deer soon brings you to the House itself where a coffee could be taken or maybe wait until pretty village of Edensor is reached. It is then a climb up quiet estate tracks and a descent down into Bakewell for a pudding perhaps! Coombs Lane is followed from Bakewell out to Rowsley through wonderful gated farm tracks high above the Haddon Estate. At Rowsley you may wish to visit the Peacock Hotel (owned by the Haddon Estate) or spend some time at the Peak Village Centre (owned by Chatsworth) for a bit of retail therapy or a coffee. A short stretch of the Matlock to Rowsley Cycle Trail allows easy access to Darley Dale before once again climbing into Darley Hillside and back onto the Moor. This quiet route allows for a scenic return home for a well-deserved refreshment back at the Peak Edge Hotel. Difficulty - Black Advanced Tour Theme - Historic Sites Surface - Minor roads, tracks, bridleways (gravel and grass) cycle trails. Distance - 28.6 miles Time allocated - 6 hours Refreshment Stop Options - Peak Edge Hotel, Chatsworth, Edensor, Bakewell, Peak Village and Darley Dale Tour Ref - 38