Baslow

Flanked on one side by the rolling acres of Chatsworth Park and on the other by Baslow Edge, the setting of this old stone village is unrivalled. Baslow has thatched cottages, a tiny toll cottage on a hump-backed bridge, a curious church clock, fine Restaurants and pubs, and shops that city-dwellers would envy. The village stretches out its fingers along the banks of the Derwent and up the hill to the east. Walkers and climbers love the surrounding gritstone ‘edges’ with landmarks which include traces of prehistoric occupation, a Nelson’s column, a memorial to the Duke of Wellington and the legendary Eagle Stone with its tough challenge to young men of marriageable age.