Lambs Glamping

A 10-minute drive from the site, Curbar Edge is a top pick for outdoor days: walkers often take the circular route from Curbar Gap over the high ridges of Curbar and Froggatt Pinnacle before descending to the Derwent Valley: a six and a half-mile trek that pleasingly ends at the pub. Rock climbers, meanwhile, can tackle Curbar Edge's 200-odd paths. For easier ambles at ground level it's a 15-minute drive to the Linacre reservoirs, an area of woods and lakes covered in paths and inviting picnic spots. Castleton, half an hour away, is the hub for some of the Peak's best-known trails and attractions, like the Blue John Caverns and the ascent of Mam Tor. If poking round other people's houses appeals, it's 20 minutes to 16th-century Chatsworth House, with a massive art collection, grand gardens, petting zoo and playground, and half an hour to its smaller medieval counterpart Haddon Hall. If you're heading that way it'd be a crime to miss out the pretty market town of Bakewell (20 minutes) on the River Wye: the Monday markets draw the crowds, and you can always escape them afterwards to the peace of the Monsal Trail, a former railway line now giving hikers, bikers and horse riders some of the best views around. For more pulse-racing kinds of pedalling it's 40 minutes to the Dark Peaks Estate and its array of mountain biking trails. If you fancy a city fix after all that fresh air, it's the same distance to Sheffield for its Millennium Gallery, Metalwork Museum and Ale Trail.