Need to know
Rooms
15, including seven superior doubles and two special rooms.
Check–Out
11am, but if the hotel is quiet they can be flexible (subject to availability). Earliest check‑in, 4pm.
More details
Rates include Continental and cooked breakfast.
Hotel closed
On Christmas Day and Boxing Day, but open for lunch on Christmas Eve. The hotel also closes on Sunday after breakfast and reopens on Monday afternoon; the restaurant and bar are closed on Sundays and Mondays.
At the hotel
Free WiFi, massage by arrangement, access to a nearby gym and golf club, fly‑fishing, discounted entry to Chatsworth House (20 per cent off) and free entry to Haddon Hall. In rooms, flatscreen TV, open fireplace, Miller Harris bath products.
Our favourite rooms
Room 1 and Room 7 (both Superior Double Rooms) are cosy and overlook the garden; Rooms 12 and 15 (also Superior Double Rooms) are the quietest, at the back of the hotel, and have king-size beds. Special Room 5 is the most romantic, with a wooden four‑poster, but Special Room 3 has a beautiful antique bed that was originally from Belvoir Castle. Superior Double Room 6 is a big, light double with a super king-size bed.
Packing tips
Wellies, bait and fishing net. Boxset of Pride and Prejudice – this is where the cast stayed during filming.
Pet‐friendly
Well-behaved dogs can stay in certain rooms for £30 a night, but are not allowed in bar and restaurant areas. See more pet-friendly hotels in Peak District.
Children
Under-10s can't stay at weekends, and an unfenced river means the garden isn't child‑friendly. On weekdays, cots (£15) and extra beds (£50) can be provided, and chef will oblige with small portions or dishes ‘with chips’.