With walks from the doorstep, views of Peak District hills, a peaceful garden, breakfast feasts and restful bedrooms, it's no surprise that Underleigh wins so much praise.

Both culture and nature are on your doorstep at Maggi and Gerard Heelan's 'excellent B&B guesthouse' just five minutes' walk from the Opera House in this splendid Peak District spa town.

This Victorian gothic mansion might appear a little forbidding, but step inside and you are overwhelmed by a warm ambience and beautiful interiors, while some guests choose to sleep in the woods in a timber-lined 'hive' or treehouse.

Reopened in 2024 after a £1.6 million refurbishment, this former coaching inn in a picture-perfect village is a pleasing mix of original beams, exposed stone and smart decor, with well-appointed rooms, a friendly atmosphere, and a restaurant serving pub classics alongside more inventive dishes.

A rustic aspect belies the rather smart interiors at this pub on the Chatsworth estate serving pub classics and more imaginative fare.

An ideal base for exploring the Peak District, this sympathetically updated 16th-century coaching inn offers a wide choice of rooms at very reasonable price, and a menu of locally sourced dishes to please all tastes.

With views over the Hope Valley and Peak District walks from the door, this hotel and wedding venue offers a wide choice of smart bedrooms named after the Australian cricket team who stayed here in 1937.

An olde-worlde pub in a Chatsworth estate village combines with a modern brasserie, while individually styled bedrooms are spread between the inn and three cottages.

This former shooting lodge, in a lovely Peak District setting beside the Derbyshire Wye, offers appealing accommodation, with some rooms opening onto a patio, and food of a high order in the restaurant.

With onsite brewery, boutique-style bedrooms in the main building and a converted barn, and a menu of superior pub grub, this 300-year-old village inn amid rolling Derbyshire countryside has been sensitively updated for the 21st century.

In a splendid, Grade I listed crescent, this spa hotel blends Georgian elegance and contemporary comforts, with a restaurant serving modern British cooking, and drinks and light bites dispensed in the bar.

This old pub in a tiny rural village had stood empty and rotting for years when it was rescued and revived. It now has smart bedrooms in a converted piggery, and exceptionally good food.