Nearby Peak District Towns

Tideswell sits at the heart of the Derbyshire Peak District, making it easy to combine a visit to the Cathedral of the Peak with the region's best-known market and spa towns:

• Bakewell

  8 miles south-east of Tideswell

  Set on the banks of the River Wye, famous for its medieval five-arched bridge, Monday market, All Saints Church (with Anglo-Saxon crosses), and traditional Bakewell Pudding.

• Buxton

  8 miles west of Tideswell

  England's highest market and thermal spa town, celebrated for its Georgian and Victorian architecture — including The Crescent, the Devonshire Dome, Buxton Opera House and Pavilion Gardens.

• Castleton

  6 miles north of Tideswell

  Nestled beneath Mam Tor and Peveril Castle in the Hope Valley, famous for its four show caverns (Peak Cavern, Speedwell Cavern, Blue John Cavern and Treak Cliff Cavern) and Blue John stone.

• Chapel-en-le-Frith

  8 miles north-west of Tideswell

  Historically known as the "Capital of the Peak", with a cobbled market place, historic stocks and direct rail links towards Manchester and Buxton.

• Matlock & Matlock Bath

  16 miles south-east of Tideswell

  The county town of Derbyshire on the River Derwent, near the dramatic limestone gorge of Matlock Bath and the Heights of Abraham.