Driving, Sheffield is half an hour, Derby a little more, and Manchester more like an hour. If only! Bakewell has no station these days: the nearest are 12 or so miles away in Matlock, Buxton or the mainline at Chesterfield. Well connected? John Ruskin bemoaned the coming of the railway to the unspoilt Peak District. You'll have to get used to the National Park cans and can'ts. Prices, alas, have risen substantially in recent years. The case against You'll be the size of a bus by the summer hols. Lovely for downshifters, retirees and gourmands wanting temptation on tap - or, indeed, those who are all three. Join the crowds and gaze from the bridges over the River Wye, says resident Ally Ling.
The views are breathtaking, with walks from the doorstep, and in summer, once the tourists have gone, it's a great place for an evening mooch and a pint.
There's even Bakewell pudding ice-cream at pretty little parlour Fredericks. There's no escaping treats here: a scrumptious farmers' market once a month a tempting range of restaurants, including the delicious Piedaniel's four excellent butchers the farm shop at nearby Chatsworth Estate and tea shops galore, selling Bakewell pudding (stodgier than the more familiar tart). What's going for it? Bakewell isn't banging the drum for its reinvention as the foodie capital of the Peak District - it's just going ahead and doing it.
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