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Bakewell Pudding Shop ( &   01629/812193; www.bakewellpuddingshop.co.uk).
Most visitors time their trip to coincide with the traditional market each Monday.
Bakewell is minutes from one of the greatest of English country houses,
Chatsworth House, which you may well recognize from the 2005 movie adaptation
of Pride and Prejudice (see below), and from nearby Haddon Hall ( &   01629/
812855; www.haddonhall.co.uk), another location for the movie. Home to the Man-
ners family since the 16th century, this atmospheric, fortified medieval manor can be
visited April to October (see website for specific days and times) and then also at
Christmas, for traditional decorations, Tudor music, carols, and candlelight tours.
Entry is £9.50 for adults, £5.50 for children aged 5 to 16. For a review of Lord Man-
ners' hotel, The Peacock at Rowsley, see p. 540.
Also at Rowsley, Caudwell's Mill ( & 01629/734374; www.caudwells
mill.co.uk) is a 19th-century roller flour mill where you can watch the machinery in
action; learn about the flour-making process; buy flour, oat products, and recipe
books; and enjoy fresh breads, cakes, cream teas, and other home-cooked fare in the
cafe. There are also crafts galleries in the yard. It's open daily 10am to 5:30pm; entry
is £4.50 adults, £2 children aged 5 to 15.
The southern section of the National Park has no large attractions, but Dove-
dale —National Trust-owned farmland—is good walking territory: High-
lights are the famous stepping stones across the River Dove, the Lion's Head Rock,
and the Dove Holes caves. The village of Hartington to the north is home to a
Stilton cheese factory and a famous little cheese shop, a real ale brewery, the tiny
Bereford Tea Rooms (also comprising the village post office and shop), and one of
Derbyshire's most famous youth hostels (p. 543). It's popular with walkers using
local trails, including the Tissington.
Chatsworth House HISTORIC SITE The “jewel of the Peak District”
is currently home to the 12th Duke of Devonshire, Peregrine Cavendish, but it was
his mother, Deborah Mitford (of the famous sisters) who was the driving force behind
transforming this once-ailing estate into the impressive visitor attraction and chari-
table trust it is today (she now lives on the edge of the estate). In addition to the
lavish interiors and art treasures, visitors can explore its superb grounds with their
fountains, modern sculptures, maze, excellent adventure playground, and a farmyard.
From horse trials to Christmas markets, there are reasons to visit year-round. You can
even stay on the vast estate (see “Manifold Farm” review, p. 542), and there are eater-
ies at the house and around the estate (see “Devonshire Arms” review, p. 540), plus
the famed Chatsworth Farm Shop at nearby Pilsley and the new Chatworth Butchers
& Delicatessen in Bakewell.
Chatsworth, 4 miles east of Bakewell. &   01246/565300. www.chatsworth.org. “Discovery” tickets to
entire site £16-£18 adults, £10-£11 children 4-15, but tickets to separate attractions available. House Feb
school break and mid-Mar-late Dec daily 11am-5:30pm; garden, farmyard, and playground have slightly
different hours.
EASTERN DERBYSHIRE
The Chatsworth estate came into the hands of the Cavendish family when it was
bought by royal courtier Sir William Cavendish, forebear of the current duke. You can
see more of the family's legacy a few miles east, at Hardwick Hall (Doe Lea,
&   01246/850430; www.nationaltrust.org.uk), built by William's third wife, Eliza-
beth Talbot (“Bess of Hardwick”) in the 1590s. Another splendid house—boasting six
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