Take the Monsal Trail to Chatsworth

Service Description

Our Chatsworth Estate Tour starts from the Ashford Hotel in the chocolate box village of Ashford in the Water. A quick explore of the village provides a look at Sheepswash Bridge and the stone pen. The route then takes lovely minor roads out to Thornbridge Hall. The Monsal Trail is then joined to take an easy & leisurely route out to Bakewell. From the old Railway Station minor roads climb up high onto the moor with 360 views. The road then descends to pass Pilsley and the Chatsworth Farm Shop before dropping into Chatsworth Estate. A coffee maybe at the Stable Block may provide a half way rest before a cycle tour of the Parkland Estate. It is then departing home via Baslow, Hassop Hall and Great Longstone. All of these picture perfect villages offer great opportunities for photographs as well as refreshment. Thornbridge Hall and Station are then past and it is then only a short retraced route back to the Ashford Hotel. Distance - 18.1 miles Theme - Historic Sites Grade - Intermediate Blue Tour Duration - 4 hours Surface - Minor Roads, tracks, cycle routes, it may be necessary to dismount for a short section and negotiate a few steps on the trail. Refreshment Stop Options - Ashford in the Water, Pilsley, Chatsworth, Edensor, Hassop, Great Longstone, Tour Ref - 66