Five Wells Campsite

Back to basics wild camping on a Derbyshire working farm
Chatsworth House and Ashbourne within a half-hour drive
In the Peak District National Park, between Bakewell and Buxton

If you’re looking towards the Peak District with a vision of gliding down trails or pottering around its towns, then cosy down on a working farm in the Derbyshire countryside. Five Wells Campsite is in a particularly intriguing spot with plenty of rural scenery… as well as being in the Peak District National Park, this site is next to the Five Wells chambered tomb, a Neolithic tomb that has been registered as a site of historical interest. If an active break is what you have in mind, then you’ll be off to a head start here, as the large field is surrounded by many splendid spots for a walk or bicycle ride, including the High Peak Trail and Tissington Trail (although, you might also like to consider a rewarding mile-long walk to the local pub). Let yourself in on the history of the nearby tomb too – there are more details and artefacts about this tomb in Buxton Museum. Conveniently, the site is well-situated for exploring two of the Peak District’s characterful towns, 15 minutes’ drive away from both Buxton and Bakewell (where you may get your hands on its famous baked goods). Of course, there are many cosy places to eat in in these towns, but there are also several pubs within 10 minutes’ drive and a café crossed with a book shop five minutes’ drive away. Those with a sweeter tooth can also hunt down ice cream shops in Pomeroy, five minutes’ drive away, or Tagg Lane in Monyash, 10 minutes’ drive away.

Campground type

Languages spoken

English

Nearby parks that are bookable on Pitchup.com

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable campgrounds.

Features

Portable toilet

Pop-up campground

Dogs allowed

Campfires allowed

Leisure on park

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Playground Recreation room/arcade TV room Takeout Tennis Watersports

Amenities on park

Bath available Car parking by site/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Free wifi Grocery store Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundromat Parent & baby washroom Payphone Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Restrooms Shower available Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue grills allowed Barbecue provided Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Hikers’ paradise Peaceful Remote location Spectacular scenery Wild camping

Utilities

Charging facilities Dump station Electric car charging point(s) No hot water Propane/gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

Farm Medium (26-50 sites) Pop-up campground

Nearby leisure

Cycle hire nearby Cycling nearby Mountain biking nearby

Location

Five Wells Campsite

Five Wells Farm

Flagg

Buxton

Derbyshire

England

SK17 9RB

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London GMT (GMT+00:00)

GPS

53.23332°N
1.8162°W

Nearest transport

Bus

4.4 mi Market Place

6 mi Buxton Road

Rail

4.4 mi Buxton Rail Station

5.5 mi Dove Holes Rail Station

6.9 mi Chapel-en-le-Frith Rail Station

Ferry

Airport

20.8 mi Manchester Airport Terminal 3

20.9 mi Manchester Airport

20.9 mi Manchester Airport Terminal 1

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

Once you’ve called by Buxton and Bakewell, there are many more Peak District towns that you may want to tick off your itinerary. You may want to let out your artistic side with arts and crafts in Leek (half an hour’s drive), rejuvenate in a Matlock (half an hour) spa or dally around the marketplace in Ashbourne (half an hour). Go where the fashionable society once lived too… Chatsworth House (25 minutes) has wildly decorated gardens, country house architecture and now a reel of activities for young and old, from picnicking in the grounds to a rope park and trampoline in the farmyard. What other prime spots are around? Well, there’s the gorge at Chee Dale (20 minutes), the cavern at Poole's Cavern & Buxton Country Park (15 minutes) or the six-kilometre hike past waterfalls, bridges and natural pools at Three Shires Head (25 minutes). To the north and down underground, at Speedwell Cavern and Blue John Cavern (both half an hour), you may tour mining caverns, see Blue John stone or take an underground boat trip.

Must see

Haddon Hall 6.9 mi

Chatsworth 8.3 mi

Lyme Park & Gardens (NT) 12.2 mi

Sir Richard Arkwright's Masson Mills 13.4 mi

Arkwright's Cromford Mills 13.8 mi

National Trust

Winster Market House 9.6 mi

Lyme Park 12.9 mi

Hare Hill 15.6 mi

Biddulph Grange Garden 16 mi

Nether Alderley Mill 17.7 mi

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

Wye Dale - Earl Sterndale - Chelmorton - Wye Dale 1.7 mi

Millers Dale - Chee Dale - Chelmorton - Taddington - Priestcliffe - Millers Dale 1.8 mi

Millers Dale - Flagg - Taddington - Millers Dale 1.8 mi

Miller's Dale - Monk's Dale - River Wye on Monsal Trail 1.9 mi

Miller's Dale - Peak Forest - Dam Dale - Peter Dale - Monk's Dale - Miller's Dale 2 mi