Bakewell
Overview
Take a trip to Bakewell and discover this charming Derbyshire Dales town. You'll find great shopping, plenty of spaces to relax and the famous Bakewell Pudding confection.
What makes it special
- Explore Bakewell
Hostels nearby
Other things to do nearby
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Bakewell
7 miles Take a trip to Bakewell and discover this charming Derbyshire Dales town.
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Haddon Hall
This remarkable medieval house is surrounded by Elizabethan gardens and set in the rolling countryside of the Peak District.
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Haddon Hall in Eyam
8 miles This remarkable medieval house is surrounded by Elizabethan gardens and set in the rolling countryside of the Peak District. Visit the website
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Chatsworth House
Less than an hour drive away from each of our hostels in the Peak District.
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Watersports in Youlgreave
The River Derwent at Matlock hosts a grade 2 rapids course, with 35 permanent slalom gates in place and floodlights for darker evenings. Contact Matlock Canoe Club for details.
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Cycling in Youlgreave
The nearby Tissington Trail winds its way gently through beautiful White Peak countryside. Take the opportunity to visit historic Tissington village with its stately home, duck-pond and tearooms.
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Mountain biking in Youlgreave
Travel to Carsington Water for their gently undulating eight mile off-road trail around the reservoir, or take on one of the 'Dark Peak' routes for a full day of challenging mountain biking.
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Walking and Rambling in Youlgreave
If you're planning on staying at YHA Youlgreave, why not download a free map and get out exploring? All our self-guided walks start and end at a YHA hostel and are graded so that you can explore th
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Walking and Rambling in Ravenstor
The Monsal Trail is a disused railway line running from nearby Buxton to Bakewell that follows the course of the beautiful River Wye.
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Climbing in Youlgreave
Cratcliffe Tor provides some of the area's most popular grit-stone climbs.
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Climbing in Castleton
There's world famous grit-stone routes and bouldering a short drive away, the nearest crag is just 300 metres from the hostel.
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Walking and rambling in Eyam
If you're planning on staying at YHA Eyam, why not download a free map and get out exploring? All our self-guided walks start and end at a YHA hostel and are graded so that you can explore the area
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Mountain biking in Eyam
Ideally located on the edge of the White Peak (limestone) and Dark Peak (grit-stone), there's lots of different mountain biking terrains to discover.
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Arbor Low Stone Circle
The most important prehistoric site of the East Midlands, Arbor Low is a Neolithic henge monument atmospherically set amid high moorland. Some say that this is the finest Stone Age 'henge'
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Cycling in Ravenstor
There are many popular cycling routes near Ravenstor. The country's longest unbroken climb is near by in Castleton and there are many quiet country roads to explore in all directions.
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Climbing in Eyam
Eyam is a stone's throw from the famous Peak District climbing areas of Stanage, Froggatt, Curbar and Stoney Middleton.
