Sheepwash Cottage

Stunning Peak District accommodation for up to six people

Within walking distance

Carsington Water is about 100 metres walk from the cottage and the circular path leads to the visitor’s centre, just 2 miles away, this has a cafe and restaurant and excellent play areas. The Miners Arms pub serves food and drink and is minutes away. The High Peak trail is a short walk up the nearby hills.

Wirksworth

Wirksworth is five minutes drive away, it has:

  • A Heritage centre
  • Various restaurants and cafes
  • A butchers, and a fish and chip shop.
  • A Tuesday morning market and a farmers’ market held the first Saturday of every month.
  • The National Stone Centre, in Middleton
  • A station on the Ecclesbourne Valley train line.
  • The Northern Lights cinema.
  • A leisure centre with a gym and climbing wall.
  • Access onto the High Peak Trail at Black Rocks.
  • The National Stone Centre, in Middleton.
  • Black Rocks Park Run

Matlock

  • The Arc Leisure Centre with soft play, 25m swimming pool and children’s pool plus a large gym.
  • Hall Lees Park, with wet play area, bandstand, skate park and tennis courts.
  • Peak Rail has a regular steam train running to and from Rowsley.
  • Matlock Bath: the Heights of Abraham is accessed by a cable car, a tourist centre where you can explore the 350 million year old lead mining caves.
  • Also in Matlock Bath, Gulliver’s Kingdom adventure park has over 60 rides and attractions.

Ashbourne

This market town is 20 minutes drive away, it has:

  • Market Square with a range of shops, cafes and pubs.
  • Antique and curiosity shops.
  • A leisure centre with a swimming pool and gym.
  • Access to the Tissington Trail an off road cycling trail.
  • The Elite cinema.
  • Ashbourne Recreation Ground Park Run
  • Home to the annual Shrove-Tide football match between the “Uppards and Downards” where hundreds of people participate to score in goals that are three miles apart.

Nearby

  • Cycle hire at Middleton Top or Parsley Hay on the High Peak Trail.
  • The Derwent Valley World Heritage Site and canal at Cromford.
  • The National Trust Museum of Childhood in Sudbury Hall, Sudbury.
  • Tissington has duck ponds, tea rooms, candle shop and a garden nursery and is next to the Tissington Trail which runs along the disused railway. The trail is a multi user route great for traffic free cycling and walking.
  • Chatsworth Hall, Haddon Hall, Bakewell and other Peak District villages are not far away.

More information on attractions in the area can be found on the Derbyshire Dales District and The Peak District National Park websites.