6 walks near Bakewell and Chatsworth House

Bakewell and Chatsworth House attract thousands of visitors to the Peak District every year. You can enhance your trip by taking a walk in the beautiful countryside that surrounds these two iconic locations.

Across the Bridge from Chatsworth House by Simon Bull (Image: Archant)
Chatsworth estate
This walk affords the opportunity for far-reaching views over a Peak District panorama fashioned long ago by glacial melt, but embellished more recently by the forward planning of landscape architect Capability Brown and gardener/architect Sir Joseph Paxton.
Click here to view the walk around the Chatsworth estate

Baslow village (Image: Gary Wallis)

Baslow to Chatsworth circular
This circular walk takes the rambler through several districts or ‘ends’ of Baslow: West End at Bubnell, Bridge End and Nether End – where the entrance to the leafy deer park of Chatsworth is to be found
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The Swiss Cottage within the grounds of the Chatsworth Estate (Image: Archant)
Calton Lees and Beeley
This scenic walk around Chatsworth Park and the estate village of Beeley follows quiet riverside paths and woodland tracks with a dash of hilltop hike and the chance to call in at the House along the way.
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Russian Cottage (Image: Archant)
Bakewell and the Russian Cottage
Bakewell? Chatsworth? Edensor? Monsal Trail? This walk has it all. Head out from Bakewell and follow a section of the Monsal Trail. Pass by the Russian Cottage, a gift to the 6th Duke of Devonshire in 1855 by Tzar Nicholas of Russia.
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A view of Lathkill Dale from above (Image: Archant)
Bakewell and the River Wye
Bakewell straddles the River Wye and sits snugly between the rolling limestone hills of the White Peak and the dramatic escarpments and moors of Dark Peak gritstone. This lovely walk takes us along beautiful Lathkill Dale and back to the town
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Sheepwash Bridge, Ashford in the Water  (Image: Sally Mosely)

Ashford-in-the-Water and Monsal Head
The walk starts in the pretty village of Ashford-in-the Water, just a mile and a half from Bakewell. Cross fields, over stiles, along old walled paths as well as through a long, lit tunnel on the famous Monsal Trail, providing an impressive approach into a stunningly beautiful Derbyshire Dale.
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All the routes were correct at the time of publication, over time access to certain parts of the walk may be subject to change. We advise you to acquire a recent OS map of the area you plan to visit and confirm there are no major changes.