The Cavendish Hotel at Baslow

The Cavendish sits at the edge of Baslow village on land belonging to the Chatsworth estate, and the connection is more than nominal — furnishings and pictures have been drawn from the great house itself. The view from the front rooms is straight out over estate parkland.

It is a small hotel rather than a grand one, with a couple of dozen bedrooms, a garden room restaurant and a more relaxed dining option alongside. The style is comfortable English country house without the stiffness that sometimes accompanies it.

Chatsworth House and its gardens are a walk away across the park. The wider Peak District — Stanage Edge, Bakewell, the limestone dales to the south — is immediately accessible, which makes this a practical base as well as a comfortable one.