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Peak District Holiday Cottages

There are lots of cottages in the peak district and after a visit to the peak district you will soon understand why.

I can think of no better way to enjoy a holiday than to spend a week in one of the 100s of the beautiful peak district cottages. Being on the doorstep of some of the most beautiful scenery in the UK. The Peak District has some lovely cosy cottages that are full of character and have their own individual history. When you take a stroll out of one of the many stunning Peak District Cottages and close the gate behind you, you will take a glance around and the wow factor will take your breath away.

The fresh air and rolling hills of the Peak District is enough to make you feel refreshed and invigorated, ready to take on the challenges of the day-to-day life you left behind.

The Peak District is spoken of with an immense pride from those who live in Derbyshire, because of the obvious great beauty and the innocent untouched rugged hills the Peak District north of the Peak District area and the south of the peak district having the more gentle rolling hills being slightly easier for walking for all ages and members of the family.

There is a certain personality and character to the Peak District cottages that you don't seem to find anywhere else. The rural pride of the cottage owners is plain to see. The owners are very proud of their cottages in the Peak District and make every attempt to keep the original personality that is probably over 100 years old. When you step into one of the 100s of Peak District cottages you will smile when you feel instantly at home, kind of like when you are looking to buy a new house and you know when you have found the house that is right for you.

Because of the history of the Peak District there is a varied choice of holiday cottages to choose from. You could choose to stay in a of the gorgeous converted barn, or a very high quality converted chapel or you could stay in the many peak district cottages that are connected to working farms, the list goes on. Basically the owners of the holiday cottages know that people will go to the Peak District and stay in one the beautiful Peak District Cottages, because of all the things it offers, visually very nearly perfect and emotionally invigorating. Consequently the Peak district cottage owners try there very best to ensure that their Holiday Cottages offer an extension to the absolutely stunning areas where they are positioned.

The choice of cottages in the Peak District is quite daunting with so many cottages to choose from and there is a Cottage for all types of persons, families and their needs. The private holiday owner knows the area is the big attraction and confirmation that some of the best things in life are free. The stunning landscape of the Peak District offers stunning views, lakeside activities, walking, cycling, mountain climbing, horse riding, gentle strolls, fishing, hand gliding, paragliding and many more activities besides.

The Peak District area has so much to offer the holidaymaker with the beautiful quaint towns and villages such as Bakewell, which is a market town in the Peak District and is steeped is history and has the added convenience of being central to the Peak District National Park. Bakewell has plenty to offer any holiday visitor, such as the many specialist shops, restaurants and the medieval buildings to gaze upon, for example there is the famous Chatsworth and Hadden Hall. One of these classic buildings is the Rutland Arms. It looks over the towns square and the story has it that Jane Austin one stayed at Bakewell in 1811 and in the film Pride and Prejudice Elizabeth Bennet stopped at the Rutland Arms when she met Mr Bingley and the Darcys.

The main historic claim that the Rutland Arms has is that it was the place where the famous Bakewell Pudding was first made by a chef who worked there in 1859 and the story goes that it was a mistake. Just for reference the locals have no recollection of the Bakewell tarts.

You can purchase the infamous Bakewell pudding in many establishments throughout the town and each one promoting theirs as being the original recipe.

The first market was in 1254 and just as today is held on a Monday.

Castleton has plenty of the traditional Peak District Cottages that would easily belong on an old tin of chocolate biscuits or the final picture of a 1000 piece jigsaw. The village of Castleton in the Peak District has 4 caves that you can visit. The Speedwell Cavern, Treak Cavern, Peak Cavern and Blue John Cavern.

Treak Cavern and Blue John Cavern have the soft yellow and blue fluorspar named Blue John. This was first mined in 1770 and was used for vases, clocks, fancy ornaments and jewellery.

The Peak Cavern is where the village river stems from and is the only cavern that is normally closed during the winter due to flooding. The mouth of the cave is the biggest in Britain and the traditional rope makers used to work and live there. The Peak District Cottages type cottages which the they lived in have been taken down now but some of the rope walks can be seen. The cave itself attracts cavers from all over the country just to see the cave.

The cave named speedwell cavern is especially different because the pit is bottomless and is only able to be reached by a small boat along a canal, which is underground.

Ashbourne is positioned on the bottom of the Peak District but is ideal if you would like a day out at Alton Towers while you are visiting the Peak District. The manifold valley, Dove dale and for the cyclists and walkers to the area, there is the Dissington Trail nearby. I am sure that all the holiday cottages will cater for any cyclists and walkers and their needs. Ashbourne is based on the gently slopes of the Henmore valley and is very picturesque with the buildings being mainly of a Georgian build. The market days are Saturdays and Thursdays.

Hathersage is a small town in the Peak District that highlights all the character of the Peak District and is positioned in the north east of the Peak District National Park on the Derwent valley and around 13 miles north-east from Buxton and is on the main road out of the Peak District towards the city of Sheffield. The town has very good shopping facilities and there are plenty of holiday cottages in the town that you could stay in whilst visiting the peak district.

Hathersage used to be a much dustier place mainly due to the chimneys that used to throw out loads of thick black smoke. The industry of wire and button drawing has finished now and the mills have been adapted to other less dusty uses. The beauty and character of Harthersage is how the past has left its mark on the buildings giving the small town a personality and a feeling that you wouldn’t get from a modern town.

The larger than life character of little John friend of the infamous Robin Hood was supposedly born at Loxley which is around 7 miles away and spent a lot of his life in Hathersage. He was allegedly buried in a 10 ft grave in Hathersage and a 30†thigh bone was taken out of his grave.

Charlotte Bronte was supposedly stayed in the Vicarage in Hathersage with her friend Ellen Nussey and is understood that Charlotte Bronte based the place named Morton on Hathersage in the novel Jane Eyre. It is more than a coincidence that the title Jane Eyre may have been connected to the Eyre Family who were Lords of the manor for around 800 years.

A resident named Robert Eyre stayed in the North Lee Hall which is still in Hathersage and was said to have built 7 houses for each of his seven sons and they were each visible to each other.

Hathersage is proud of its open swimming pool which is open in the main months of the summer. There are several public houses in the town and a hotel and a couple if inns including the Little John Inn.

Tideswell has The Cathedral of the Peak named St Johns the Baptist is in its boundaries and is a building that you simply must visit whilst in the area. The village of Tideswell has some cottages that appear to be placed in a miss-match fashion creating very narrow little lanes and walkways, but this adds to the personality of the village.

During the famous plague of London the disease was moved to the Derbyshire Peak District area via piece of cloth that was infested with flees and was a carrier of the plague. This piece of cloth left its mark in the village of Eyam and made sure that Eyam was going to be remembering for a very long time. Nowadays Eyam is more renowned for its lovely cottages and quaintness.

There is a lovely little village named Parwich in the Peak District where time appears to have stood still and the pace of life there reminds us to take time to see where we are not where we want to go and stop being curious what is around the corner. There is a single Pub in the village green and a duck pond to sit next to and let the world rush past by. The Peek District Cottages here offer visitors peace and quiet, calmness and just a sample of the life in the country.

Monyash is in the heart of the Peak District and is one of the most attractive villages in the Peak District. Monyash is nearby the Lathkill dale which has the untouched quality of the past. One of the reasons the village of Monyash has survived is mainly due to the existence of the impervious bed of clay in the area that holds the water for those who stay there.

There are over 100 beautiful stone cottages in the Peak Cottage Village and surround the church, mere pond and the village green. There is a village pub and a cafe to rest your weary legs.

The industry was lead mining and created employment for most of the village residents since 1739 and would go as deep as 730 feet below the surface. The water drainage was always a problem and this made it difficult to mine. There isn't a lot left of this now but there is lead mine that has been kept for tourism and has visitors in the nearby village of Sheldon.

There are plenty of tearooms in the Peak District village of Hartington. You can sit and enjoy a cup of tea next to the village green attracting tourists to the area in there thousands. The Peak District Cottages of Hartington are well and truly the type of cottage that you dream of when getting married.

Hartington has a thriving community and there is a stone carved village water pump that can be seen on the village green. Now the water supply to the pump has been displaced to the village.

The attractive landscape of Hartington is manmade with the trees being planted in an organised manner and the stoned walls were made to separate owners land.

In the Peak District Water supplies to the area was always a problem due to the Limestone soaking up the water. This made it difficult for sheep and cattle to be farmed. Meres were built to try and hold the water for the cattle and sheep to drink. The railway was used to bring water to the area when there were droughts in the peak district.

Charles cotton has had a local pub named after him because he was born in the Beresford Hall. Charles Cotton introduced Issac Walton to the beautiful area of the Peak District and between them they wrote a book that is a popular book for the angler called the Complete Angler.

The very famous Stilton Cheese is made next to the Village of Hartington. The Duke of Devonshire started the Creamery in the 1880s. Thomas Nuttall ran the Creamery in the 1900s because he wanted to get away from the foot and mouth outbreak in the vale of Belvoir in Leicestershire. Just for reference the creamery today uses 9000 litres of milk every day and produces 1000 Knuckles of Stilton cheese every day, (large round shaped cheeses)

Hartington has a great network of walkways in the village and one of these walkways is the walk along the stunning Beresford Dale. The rocks along the dale are unusually formed and there are several caves nearby.

The Peak District Cottages in Elton are based on farmland and have the attractions of seeing the results of unusual rock movements as the Robin Hoods stride and stone circles.

Astonefield has a quite a few Peak District Cottages in this very attractive village and the village seems to attract walkers to the area. Probably due to the location and the convenience of the pathways from the village.

Peak District Cottages in Winster are kept just as they were hundreds of years ago the traditional beamed ceilings and stone fireplaces still intact. The village has plenty of character with the narrow alleyways and nooks and crannies that are synonymous with the Peak District.

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London Tube Journey Time - Willesden Green -> Bond Street?

How long would it take on the tube to get from Willesden Green to Bond Street (or some other station around central London) - that's on the Jubilee line, at around 9.45am (for example).

Would it take much longer at peak times?

Plan on taking 30 minutes.

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