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8. Bakewell and Chatsworth

Today’s walk was a circular 7.75 mile walk from Bakewell around part of the Chatsworth estate, before returning to the start. The map for this walk is OS Explorer OL24.
We were able to make an early start this morning, having stayed overnight in a B&B in Bakewell. We parked the car in a virtually empty pay and display car park next to Bakewell bridge. By the time we returned about 4 hours later, the car park was packed. As we went to leave, one family was ready to jump into our newly vacant space, and by the look on the driver’s face, it looked like we had made her day!
Back to the walk, we left the car park and headed right up Coombs Road, soon climbing out of the village. We crossed a golf course before entering a Manners wood. Part way across where the footpath crossed the golf course there was a bell and a notice advising walkers to ring it to alert golfers that they were passing!
The climb through Manners wood was quite a steep one, involving clambering over a fallen tree. We left the wood to walk across the wide open space of Calton Pastures. Today was a much greyer day with some threatening clouds overhead, but it was still perfect walking weather and there were brilliant views to be enjoyed within about half an hour of leaving the car from this vantage point.
We were then gradually descending and making our way towards Chatsworth House. We entered the Chatsworth estate and walked briefly alongside the River Derwent along plenty of other people enjoying a day out. From here we could look across the river and see herds of deer grazing. The hugely impressive Chatsworth House soon came into view as we walked across the park. Instead of crossing the bridge to visit the house, we stopped briefly to take it all in and continued on our way, away from the house and towards the village of Edensor.
During the 1800’s the entire village, bar one house, was completely moved from it’s original location on the estate on the whim of the Duke of Devonshire. Chatsworth House is the ancestral home of the line of Dukes of Devonshire and the incumbent of the time did not want to village to be able to be seen directly from the house. Now that is problem solving.
We walked through the small village and climbed again, walking very close to more beautiful herds of deer, who must be quite used to people as they did not seem spooked and seemed quite happy although we were respectful enough to keep our distance. The climb from here took us back to Calton Pasture where we picked up the path we had been on earlier. We descended this time through Manners Wood before crossing the golf course. Today was the final Sunday of golf’s Ryder Cup, so I was not surprised to see the course deserted, but I still could not resist ringing the bell.
This was a lovely walk, with a couple of decent climbs and plenty of splendid views and it was a fantastic way to end our short visit to Bakewell.

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