Peak District Bed and Breakfast
| country: | England |
| location: | 6 miles from Ashbourne, Peak DistrictSee map here |
| price: | From £38 per adult per night (sharing) on B&B basis. £45 single, 2 nights minimum stay. Special prices for longer stays. |
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| vouchers: | Gift vouchers can be used with this holiday |
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Peak District Bed and Breakfast
Our Peak District Bed and Breakfast is a long low traditional farmhouse. Built from local limestone, it has been added to over the centuries since the 1500's. Our guests have their own entrance, sitting room with television and video, dining room and staircase leading to 2 beautifully decorated en-suite bedrooms with wonderful views south over our lovely garden, and organic farm with grazing cows and sheep.
From March to November we take bookings of two nights or more at the Peak District Bed and Breakfast. From November to March, guests staying in our cottages sometimes book our B&B rooms on a room only basis to enable a couple of extra people to stay. We ask guests not to smoke in our house.
We take great pride in our farmhouse breakfasts , which are carefully and healthily prepared using local and organic produce where possible. Fruit, cereals and home-made yogurt feature along side a delicious traditional farmhouse breakfast (grilled rather than fried). Not forgetting our famous porridges!! Plus home-made bread, toasted with home-made jam - what more could you want to start your day?
Self catering accommodation: We have two beautiful self catering cottages for guests. Little cottage is a tranquil hideaway for two, warm and peaceful in its walled garden. The carefully converted Cottage by the pond sleeps six and has access for all, including those with wheelchairs. Both cottages have radios, DVD players, videos and we have a small video and DVD library so you can while away cosy evenings. For more information & availability please click here.
Meet the bees that produce our local honey; put on full Bee keeping gear, and actually see how the hives work, you'll hear the different buzzes, experience the wonder of locating the Queen and hear stories about the contribution Bees make to the Peak District landscape.
Alternatively our Bed and Breakfast is within easy reach of stately homes and gardens. Go shopping for 'Peak District Products'; local artisans, mill shops and factory shops of the Potteries, Royal Doulton, Wedgewood, Spode & Tutbury Crystal. We also have museums, caves & adventure parks.
Our Peak District Bed and Breakfast is a long low traditional farmhouse. Built from local limestone, it has been added to over the centuries since the 1500's. Our guests have their own entrance, sitting room with television and video, dining room and staircase leading to 2 beautifully decorated en-suite bedrooms with wonderful views south over our lovely garden, and organic farm with grazing cows and sheep.
From March to November we take bookings of two nights or more at the Peak District Bed and Breakfast. From November to March, guests staying in our cottages sometimes book our B&B rooms on a room only basis to enable a couple of extra people to stay. We ask guests not to smoke in our house.
We take great pride in our farmhouse breakfasts , which are carefully and healthily prepared using local and organic produce where possible. Fruit, cereals and home-made yogurt feature along side a delicious traditional farmhouse breakfast (grilled rather than fried). Not forgetting our famous porridges!! Plus home-made bread, toasted with home-made jam - what more could you want to start your day?
Self catering accommodation: We have two beautiful self catering cottages for guests. Little cottage is a tranquil hideaway for two, warm and peaceful in its walled garden. The carefully converted Cottage by the pond sleeps six and has access for all, including those with wheelchairs. Both cottages have radios, DVD players, videos and we have a small video and DVD library so you can while away cosy evenings. For more information & availability please click here.
special things to do and see at our Peak District Bed and Breakfast
At our Bed and Breakfast the garden is for all our guests to enjoy, with its table tennis, garden chess and draughts, sculptures, Swedish hot tub and cave, swings, ponds and stunning views. The farm trail is a lovely way to spend an hour or so; we have binoculars and wildlife books to borrow. In winter we have sledges to borrow too! Meet the bees that produce our local honey; put on full Bee keeping gear, and actually see how the hives work, you'll hear the different buzzes, experience the wonder of locating the Queen and hear stories about the contribution Bees make to the Peak District landscape. Alternatively our Bed and Breakfast is within easy reach of stately homes and gardens. Go shopping for 'Peak District Products'; local artisans, mill shops and factory shops of the Potteries, Royal Doulton, Wedgewood, Spode & Tutbury Crystal. We also have museums, caves & adventure parks.
travellers' tales
Seeing the farm and the animals and finding out about how they have converted to an organic farm was the most memorable part. (more)
rooms, food and facilities
Guests have their own entrance at the Bed and Breakfast, sitting room with television & video, dining room and staircase leading to 2 en-suite bedrooms.
The double room (sleeps 2): The sunny, blue and yellow double room has a lovely canopied bed and old polished pine furniture. A selection of books to browse and a tea tray by the window lead many a guest to while away an afternoon sitting, reading on the wide sill of the mullioned window. There is a small flat screen TV. The en-suite shower has a fish theme, reminiscent of Izaak Walton, our famous local angler.
The family bedroom (sleeps 3): The comfortable family room with its mullioned window and traditional shutters has a comfortable double bed and a single bed, with another single available. You will see Sue's artwork and embroidery on the walls and tables. You will also find books, a tea tray and a small flat screen TV. The en-suite shower has a garden theme.
Family friendly: We have cots and high chairs for younger visitors. If you are a family party and want to book both our B&B bedrooms, children and babies are very welcome. However, we can only accommodate children over three years old if just one room is being booked. We have a cottage ideal for families too, please see here.
Please note we strive to be 'allergen free' so are unable to accommodate pets.
By Rail: The nearest mainline railway station is Derby which is 18 miles away.
By Road: Take the A515, north from Ashbourne towards Buxton, after 1 mile turn left (signed to ‘Ilam Thorpe Dovedale’), Continue 5 miles to Ilam, at T junction turn right, continue 1 mile up the steep hill.
The double room (sleeps 2): The sunny, blue and yellow double room has a lovely canopied bed and old polished pine furniture. A selection of books to browse and a tea tray by the window lead many a guest to while away an afternoon sitting, reading on the wide sill of the mullioned window. There is a small flat screen TV. The en-suite shower has a fish theme, reminiscent of Izaak Walton, our famous local angler.
The family bedroom (sleeps 3): The comfortable family room with its mullioned window and traditional shutters has a comfortable double bed and a single bed, with another single available. You will see Sue's artwork and embroidery on the walls and tables. You will also find books, a tea tray and a small flat screen TV. The en-suite shower has a garden theme. Family friendly: We have cots and high chairs for younger visitors. If you are a family party and want to book both our B&B bedrooms, children and babies are very welcome. However, we can only accommodate children over three years old if just one room is being booked. We have a cottage ideal for families too, please see here.
Please note we strive to be 'allergen free' so are unable to accommodate pets.
how to find our Peak District bed and Breakfast
By Air: Manchester, Nottingham East Midlands and Birmingham are the nearest airports.By Rail: The nearest mainline railway station is Derby which is 18 miles away.
By Road: Take the A515, north from Ashbourne towards Buxton, after 1 mile turn left (signed to ‘Ilam Thorpe Dovedale’), Continue 5 miles to Ilam, at T junction turn right, continue 1 mile up the steep hill.
highly commended
This tourism business was Highly Commended in our 2009 Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourism Awards - organised by responsibletravel.com in association with The Daily Telegraph, World Travel Market and Geographical Magazine, of the Royal Geographical Society. Since 2004, the Awards has recognised individuals, companies and organisations in travel making a big commitment to the culture and economies of local communities and helping to conserve biodiversity.
how this holiday makes a difference
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We are an organic dairy farm in the heart of the Peak District National Park, we have initiated many local sustainable projects and believe passionately in the strength of our local community. We try to live by organic principles; buying local food, using local services, reducing our environmental impact and that of our guests. We believe that it is up to us as farmers to be open about how farming works and why buying local helps everyone.
We nurture our great crested newts. We have hares on the farm. We feed birds and have a huge charm of goldfinches that over winter with us, we also have linnets, fieldfares, winchats, owls, pied wagtails, wrens, wheat ears, skylarks and many more. We have installed owl and bat boxes. To celebrate the millennium we planted an avenue of native trees, each one dedicated to a family who had stayed regularly over the last ten years. Overall we have planted about 1000 trees on the farm since 1984. We look after and maintain our traditional stone listed buildings. We do most of our building work, but where we do employ, we employ local people. We insulate well and use eco friendly paints where possible eg Sikkens paint has just been used on all the farmhouse window frames. Most of our outside lights are solar powered with PIRs- because we want to appreciate the real darkness and beauty of the stars. We and our guests separate and recycle paper, cans, plastic, glass and we compost vegetable waste. We grow much of our own food and give surpluses to guests. We only print when necessary and then use recycled paper and we recycle our print cartridges. All paper goods are recycled, loo rolls, kitchen rolls, tissues etc. Rain water is collected, half goes into a storage tank for use, and half feeds a pond with great crested newts. Most of our toilets are dual flush, we are engaged on a programme of changing the remaining three to dual flush also. We are restoring a traditional stone hay barn at present and will use grey water for toilets there. The waste water from the farm is partially cleaned by a small plantation of goat willows. |
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