Guides and planning help for Bakewell, written from what we found on the ground.
Bakewell Without a Car: Buses, the Trail and a Compact Town How to do Bakewell without driving — Transpeak and the Sheffield buses, a compact market town on foot, the… Read more → 
Bakewell Bridge and the Wye: The River Through the Town Bakewell's thirteenth-century five-arch bridge, the Derbyshire Wye — not the Welsh one — the weir, the… Read more → 
Haddon Hall: The Medieval House Two Miles South of Bakewell Haddon Hall, the Manners family's medieval manor on the Wye — not Chatsworth, two miles south of Bakewell on… Read more → 
When to Visit Bakewell: Markets, Houses and a Peak District Year The best time to come to Bakewell — May and September without the crush, Monday market, the agricultural… Read more → 
Parking in Bakewell: The ABC, Monday Market and Where Not to Leave the Car Where to park in Bakewell — Agricultural Business Centre, Granby Road, Market Place, the old station, Monday… Read more → 
Bakewell Pudding and Bakewell Tart: The Difference, and Where to Eat Both What separates a Bakewell pudding from a Bakewell tart, the competing origin stories, and where in Bakewell… Read more → The Monsal Trail: Walking and Cycling Bakewell's Old Railway A complete guide to the Monsal Trail — the route from Bakewell to Blackwell Mill, the four tunnels, the… Read more → Day Trips From Bakewell: The Peak District and Beyond Where to go from Bakewell — Chatsworth, Eyam, Castleton's caverns, Matlock Bath, Buxton, Cromford Mills… Read more →