Booking accommodation for a break exploring the wild moorlands, dramatic edges and secluded dales of the Peak District, its quaint market towns and limestone villages, doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice city-standard style and comfort. Britain’s first National Park offers grand spa hotels, characterful inns and elegant country houses. Forget drafty pubs and swirling Seventies’ carpets; kick off those boots at the end of a day’s hike and luxuriate in the Peak’s finest hotels.
The best hotels in the Peak District are:
- Best for ramblers seeking paradise: Losehill House Hotel & Spa, Booking.com
- Best for village charm: The Red Lion, Theredlionlitton.co.uk
- Best for a night at the opera: The Buxton Crescent Hotel, Booking.com
- Best for fine dining: Fischer’s Baslow Hall, Booking.com
- Best for contemporary cool: The H Boutique Hotel, Booking.com
- Best for the ‘to-the-manor-born’ experience: The Peacock at Rowsley, thepeacockatrowsley.com
- Best for the ‘compleat’ angler: The Charles Cotton Hotel, Booking.com
- Best for romance: Biggin Hall Country House Hotel, Booking.com
- Best for wellness in nature: Callow Hall Hotel, Booking.com
Neighbourhood: Edale
Eden or Edale? Both claim paradise. Losehill House is tucked into a tranquil corner of the dale fronted by wildflower meadows and backed by Win Hill. This is superb rambling country with the Great Ridge flanking one side of the dale and Kinder Massif the other. After a day of strenuous walking, relax aching muscles in the indoor swimming pool, sauna and outdoor hot tub. Finish the day with a meal in the award-winning restaurant overlooking England’s green and pleasant land – fuel for the body, food for the soul.
Price: Doubles from £299 including breakfast and dinner
Neighbourhood: Litton near Tideswell
Is there a Peak District village more lovely or a country pub more charming? In an area of steep-sided dales, ancient woodlands and flower-rich meadows, The Red Lion sits at the heart of Litton village, an upland settlement of limestone cottages straddling long leafy greens. Inside the atmospheric 18th-century inn, small rooms with low beams, thick stone walls and roaring log fires offer old-world charm and an intimate dining experience. Upstairs, there are two comfortable double rooms. Before turning in for the night, enjoy one of the Red Lion’s quality roasts and sample its fine ales, but…
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