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DRIVE 16: Around the Peak District
PLAN YOUR DRIVE
Start/finish: Ashbourne to Matlock
Bath.
Number of days: 2–3, allowing half a
day for the Dovedale walk.
Distances: Around 97 km (60 miles).
Road conditions: The roads are in
good condition.
When to go: Peak District weather is
notoriously changeable, but from May
to September is usually when there is
the best chance of good weather.
Opening times: Museums and
attractions are generally open 10am–
5pm, but close earlier (or are closed
altogether) Nov–Easter. Shops are
often open longer. Churches are
usually open until dusk.
Shopping: For the area’s most famous
dish, try the Bakewell Pudding Shop on
Bridge St, Bakewell. Look out, too, for
David Mellor’s cutlery at Hathersage,
and Blue John, as pure stone or
jewellery, in Castleton and Bakewell.
Main market days: Ashbourne: Thu,
Sat; Buxton: Tue, Sat, Farmers’ Market
1st Thu of month; Castleton, Farmers’
Market, 1st Sun of month; Bakewell:
Mon, Farmers’ Market last Sat of month;
Matlock: Market Hall open Mon–Sat,
Farmers’ Market 3rd Sat of month.
Main festivals: Ashbourne:
Shrovetide Football Match, Shrove
Tuesday and Ash Wednesday; Buxton:
Festival of Music and Arts, Jul;
Castleton: Garland Ceremony, 29 May;
Bakewell: Bakewell Show (farming
show), 1st week Aug; Matlock: River
illuminations, end Sep.
Above Wild-garlic-lined steps off Lover’s
Walk, above Matlock Bath, see p175
KEY
Drive route
DAY TRIP OPTIONS
Tour the White Peak from Ashbourne
with its pub and church, go on to Ilam
for a walk in the prettiest of dales and
finish in the spa town of Buxton. Or, to
see the Hope Valley, try a hike in Edale
and then visit the caves at Castleton
before eating sweet treats at Bakewell.
History lovers should start at Bakewell,
buy a picnic and tour the grand house
and estate at Chatsworth, then visit
the medieval manor house Haddon
Hall and ascend the cable car at
Matlock Bath. For full details, see p175.
Below The High Street, Matlock Bath,
below the Heights of Abraham, see p175
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