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- £698 per week
- £100 per night
- 6 Guests
- 3 Bedrooms
- 1 Bathroom
- 1 Pet
Features
Nearby activities
- Walking
- Cycling
- Golf
Special Features
- WiFi
- Countryside views
Beds & bedrooms
- Bed linen provided
- 2 double beds
- 2 single beds
Appliances
- Dishwasher
Bathrooms
- 1 WC
- Towels provided
- Shower
Families
- Family friendly
- Travel cot
- Highchair
Outdoors
- Garden or courtyard
- Private parking
- Rural location
Accessibility
- On one level, no stairs
- Walk-in shower
- Ground floor bath/shower room
- Ground floor WC
- Ground floor bedroom
Important - please note
House Rules
- Check in: 16:00
- Check out: 10:00
Description
Ellencroft is a lovely single storey cottage in a very peaceful location at the end of a private drive and surrounded by rolling countryside. It provides lots of comfortable accommodation, the extensive lawned garden is great for ball games and the 'Croft' with its field and wild orchard is perfect for picnics and children's adventures.
The views are wonderful across the garden to the adjoining fields, often dotted by woolly sheep.
This is a brilliant location with all of the Peak District's attractions like Chatsworth House, Haddon Hall and the Derwent Dams just a short drive away. But you might be tempted by some of the more local attractions. Bolsover's magnificent castle or beautiful Hardwick Hall should be on your list. Sheffield and Meadowhall are close to hand with theatres and shopping, and it's not that much further to picturesque Clumber Park and Robin Hood's Sherwood Forest!
INSIDE THE PROPERTY:
Lounge: with patio doors to the garden, views across to the fields, comfortable seating, TV, DVD player, Freeview and WiFi.
Kitchen Diner: with quality units, five burner hob, double oven, microwave, fridge and dishwasher; dining table and chairs with views of the garden and fields.
Bedroom 1: Master bedroom with double bed and similar views.
Bedroom 2: a second double bedroom.
Bedroom 3: with twin beds.
Shower Room: with power shower in spacious cubicle with grab rails, WC and basin.
OUTSIDE:
There is a large patio terrace with garden furniture, extensive lawned garden, and access to the 'Croft' with its field and wild orchard.
Parking for up to four cars is available to the front of the property.
Bed linen and towels are provided.
Central heating and power are included.
A cot and high chair can be requested.
One dog is welcome.
Smoking is not permitted.
Nearest pub - Hundall 750 yds. Nearest village shop - Dronfield 2.5 miles. Nearest supermarket - Dronfield 3 miles.
Location
APPERKNOWLE NEAR CHESTERFIELD
Apperknowle is a picturesque village clinging to the side of the Drone Valley as it makes its way down towards Chesterfield. This is lovely rolling countryside with incredible views out towards the Peak District. There are no local shops in the village, just two great pubs. The Travelers’s Rest is famed for its incredible selection of pork pies and cheeses. The Miners Arms in nearby Hundall pulls a mean CAMRA pint.
In many ways you have the best of all worlds while you are there. Chesterfield with its famous Crooked Spire church, colourful market square and all the facilities of a local town is just a ten-minute drive. The Peak District starts on the edge of the town and you can soon be in Bakewell, visiting Chatsworth House or exploring the lovely villages and countryside. Places like Chatsworth and Haddon Hall are really well known but there are lots of other visitor attractions such as the National Tramway Museum, the National Stone Centre, Carsington Water and the Heights of Abraham.
Turn the other way and the famous Dukeries area of Nottinghamshire is there in front of you. Renishaw Hall, gardens and vineyard are well worth a visit. Hardwick Hall is a wonderful Elizabethan house created by Bess of Hardwick in the 1500’s. Or how about exploring Clumber Park, storming the battlements at Bolsover Castle or joining Robin Hood’s Merry men in Sherwood Forest.
Local pubs: The Travelers Rest in Apperknowle. The Miners Arms in Hundall. The Devonshire Arms in Middle Handley.
CHESTERFIELD
Chesterfield is a great place in which to base your holiday, being on the edge of the Peak District National Park but also close to the Dukeries in Nottinghamshire, with their links to Robin Hood’s Sherwood Forest and much, much more. The town has a lovely cobbled market square, the Crooked Spire Church, lots of independent and the usual high street shops, supermarkets, a multiplex cinema and a few nightclubs as well.
A 15-minute drive will get you to Chatsworth House, Haddon Hall, Bakewell’s famous Monday market and then off into the real Peak District, with its beautiful valleys, sparkling rivers, picturesque villages, with many a country pub and countryside walks galore. Caudwell’s Mill in Rowsley is just a little place but one of our favourite stops, with its ducks on the river, vegetarian café, craft workshops and, of course, the old water powered flour mill.
Look the other way towards Nottinghamshire and there is just as much to see and do. Bolsover Castle stands proud on its ramparts, peaceful Clumber Park is worth a visit, Hardwick Hall is not to be missed, pretend you are Robin Hood at the Major Oak or, if you are into heritage railways, there is the famous Barrow Hill Roundhouse.
Local pubs - The Lamb Inn in Holymoorside, the Bulls Head in Holymoorside and the Red Lion at Stonedge.
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