Location

Earl Sterndale is a peaceful village in the Upper Dovedale Valley in the glorious Peak District National Park. A centre for walkers with the peaks of Chrome Hill and Parkhouse Hill and the Staffordshire moorlands, this is a fantastic, peaceful retreat.

Earl Sterndale is 2 miles from the A515 with spectacular views, just 5 miles from the spa town of Buxton, where there is a good range of amenities and facilities. The famous Georgian crescent has recently restored and there is also the Buxton Festival in July. There are beautiful gardens and historic buildings such as the Buxton Playhouse with year round cultural events. Several Peak District market towns are within easy reach including Bakewell, Ashbourne and Leek. Chatsworth House is just beyond Bakewell within half an hour’s drive.

The Peak District offers a huge range of activities and attractions. It has many traces of the early industrial revolution such as the mills at Cromford in the Derwent Valley and there are cycle trails following the old railway tracks where you can hire bikes, nearest one at Parsley Hay. The pottery museums at Stoke are well worth a visit and also to the south Alton Towers is only half an hour away.

There is plenty of scope for climbing on the gritstone edges to the north and the Roaches to the west and high level hill walking as well as less ambitious lower level rambling.