Browsing local attractions within 5 miles of Toad Cottage & Oaker View Cottage

Chatsworth, Bakewell, Derbyshire, DE45 1PP, (4 miles, 7kms), Tel: 01246 565300, Email, www.chatsworth.org

Chatsworth is one of Britain’s best loved historic houses and estates, offering something for everyone, from famous works of art and the spectacular fountains in the garden to the finest shopping, food & drink and many miles of free walks.

Temple Walk, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, DE4 3PG, (3 miles, 5kms), Tel: 01629 580540, Email, www.gulliversfun.co.uk

With more than 40 rides & attractions aimed at children aged 2-13 years, Gulliver's provides the complete family entertainment experience. Fun & adventure with Gully Mouse, Dora the explorer, Diego and The Lost World.

Derby Road, Matlock Bath, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 3PD, (3 miles, 5kms), Tel: 01629 582365, Email, www.heightsofabraham.com

A unique hilltop Park set on top of a dramatic limestone gorge, amid great natural beauty. Journey in a state of the art cable car. Follow a guide underground to our spectacular showcaves. Explore over 60 acres of Wooded hillside.

Cromford to Dowlow, DE4 4LS, (5 miles, 8kms), Tel: 08 456 058 058, Email, www.derbyshire.gov.uk

The High Peak Trail is a 17.5 mile trail from High Peak Junction to Dowlow near Buxton. It lies a mile to the south east of Cromford village in the beautiful Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site.

Cycle Route: High Peak Junction, Cromford to Dowlow

Derbyshire, DE4 3AT, (2 miles, 3kms), Tel: 01629 761103, www.visitpeakdistrict.com

On the busy A6 road mid-way between Buxton and Derby, once famed for its hydros and spa treatments, Matlock is a bustling commercial centre for the Derbyshire Dales. Matlock is a good base for touring the many local attractions.

Derbyshire, DE4 3NR, (3 miles, 5kms), Tel: 01629 760645, www.visitpeakdistrict.com

Developed as one of the country's first tourist destinations, it retains much of the character and interest that impressed early visitors. 1.5 miles south of the town of Matlock, on the busy A6, Matlock Bath is set in the beautiful gorge.

Rowsley South Station, Off Harrison Way, Darley Dale, Derbyshire, DE4 2EQ, (0.6 miles, 0.9kms), Tel: 01629 580381, Email, www.peakrail.co.uk

Journey back in time and enjoy a nostalgic train ride on our preserved railway operating between Matlock and Rowsley South Stations.

Derbyshire, DE4 2LW, (3 miles, 5kms), Tel: 01629 813227, Email, www.visitpeakdistrict.com

A lovely stone built estate village on a steep hillside with stunning panoramic views over spectacular scenery. The Thornhill family of Stanton Hall built much of the village for its' estate workers and it is a very attractive place.

Nr Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 4HW, (5 miles, 8kms), Tel: 01629 583388

A tiny agricultural hamlet set in the remote White Peak uplands. Traces of a Roman road and the former route of the Cromford and High Peak Railway, now the High Peak Trail, run close to Aldwark.

Nr Youlgrave, DE45 1LG, (4 miles, 6kms), Tel: 01629 816558, Email, www.visitpeakdistrict.com

Alport is a small, quiet and attractive Derbyshire and Peak District village, situated just off the main road. Named after the portway road which ran through the settlement, the Saxon inhabitants of Alport, added the prefix`al` (old).

Ashover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S45 0JP, (4 miles, 7kms), Tel: 01246 345777/8, Email, www.hidden-gems.org.uk/hidden-gems/ashover-trail

One of the prettiest villages in Derbyshire with a 15th Century church. Ashover is home to a couple of ghosts, including the Laughing Cavalier who haunts the Black Swan. It's said that arrows for the Battle of Agincourt were made here!

Derbyshire, DE4 2NR, (3 miles, 5kms), Tel: 01629 813227, Email, www.visitpeakdistrict.com

A pretty village on the Chatsworth estate with some fine stone built houses and leafy lanes. 6 miles north of Matlock, at the southern end of Chatsworth Park, Beeley was originally a village for workers.

Derbyshire, DE4 2BL, (3 miles, 4kms), Tel: 01629 583388, Email, www.birchovervillage.com

Magnificent rocky scenery surrounds this gritstone village that has some intriguing features waiting to be discovered. The winding lanes that climb up the hillsides to Birchover reveal some fascinating secrets.

Derbyshire, DE4 2AY, (2 miles, 4kms), Tel: 01629 583388, Email, www.visitpeakdistrict.com

An attractive, historic former lead-mining village set in steep-sided converging limestone dales. Up in the hills 2 miles south-east of Matlock, Bonsall has a harming atmosphere all of its' own.

Derbyshire, DE4 2NF, (2 miles, 4kms), Tel: 01629 813227, Email, www.visitpeakdistrict.com

A tiny hamlet 2 miles south of Bakewell near to Haddon Hall. After crossing the River Wye the narrow lane passes by the farms at Congreave and leads up to Stanton Moor, and that's it!

Derbyshire, DE4 3QF, (4 miles, 6kms), Tel: 01629 583388, Email, www.visitpeakdistrict.com

Richard Arkwright as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. Arkwright built the world's first water powered cotton mills here and pioneered the factory system.

Derbyshire, DE4 2SD, (0.4 miles, 0.6kms), Tel: 01629 583388, Email, www.visitpeakdistrict.com

Situated alongside the A6 between Bakewell and Rowsley, many pass through the village and miss out on some little gems. The original part of the village is centred off the A6, around the church of St Helen's and close to the river Derwent.

Derbyshire, DE4 5GB, (4 miles, 6kms), Tel: 01773 841485, Email, www.visitambervalley.com

Dethick is a small village comprising of a church, a farm and a few other buildings. The village dates back many centuries. The family of Anthony Babington, a keen supporter of Mary Queen of Scots, inherited the estate from the Dethicks.

Derbyshire, DE45 1PH, (5 miles, 8kms), Tel: 01629 813227, Email, www.visitpeakdistrict.com

A very pretty estate village set within Chatsworth Park with some beautiful houses and cottages. Visit Edensor (pronounced Ensor) in high summer with blue skies and flowers in full bloom and you could be on a chocolate box cover!

Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 2BW, (4 miles, 6kms), Tel: 01629 583388, Email, www.visitpeakdistrict.com

High up on the limestone plateau, there are some stunning views from this small village. Elton developed around lead mining and agriculture and both are still in evidence. Mining may have gone, but the surrounding area is rich in remnants.

Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 3NN, (2 miles, 3kms), Tel: 01629 761252

Eyam Moor is the location for one freestanding and two embanked stone circles.

Derbyshire, DE4 4HU, (4 miles, 7kms), Tel: 01629 583388, Email, www.visitpeakdistrict.com

A small hamlet at a junction of roads set in the limestone country of the White Peak. 3 miles west of Cromford, most peoples pass through Grangemill on the way elsewhere on one of the five roads that all meet here.

Nr. Youlgreave, Derbyshire, DE45 1LN, (4 miles, 7kms), Tel: 01629 813227, Email, www.visitpeakdistrict.com

A tiny, remote hamlet set in glorious dales scenery. Gratton is really a group of scattered farms and isolated cottages set in narrow lanes the between Elton and Youlgreave. Some of the buildings are surprisingly grand.

Bakewell, Derbyshire, DE45 1LA, (4 miles, 6kms), Tel: 01629 812855, Email, www.haddonhall.co.uk

Haddon Hall is conveniently situated on the A6 between Bakewell and Matlock, Derbyshire. Open 12 noon – 5pm.

Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 3AP, (2 miles, 3kms), Tel: 01629 761377, Email, www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/leisure-a-culture/parks-a-open-spaces/hall-leys-park-matlock

Hall Leys Park is officially one of the best in the UK after being awarded its fourth consecutive Green Flag Award in July 2011.

Cromford, Matlock, DE4 5HN, (5 miles, 8kms), Tel: 08 456 058 058, Email, www.derbyshire.gov.uk

Nestled in the Derwent Valley it was the hub of transport activity, now a true haven of heritage and wildlife. The junction is literally the junction of the Cromford Canal and the High Peak Trail.