Eating and Drinking

There are two village pubs in Darley Bridge and both serve food: The Three Stags Heads  (see a sample menu) and the Square and Compass. Other walkable pubs are The Church Inn in Churchtown and Barringtons in Two Dales which has a restaurant.

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A short drive to just the other side of Winster, is the Miners Standard  - see website for pub meal menu. It has a large carpark.

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If you like local craft ales, then you could consider visiting the Thornbridge Brewery and perhaps include the Thornbridge Experience or visit the Peak Ales brewery at Chatsworth.

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There are various cafes in nearby Two Dales, for example the Whitworth Terrace Cafe, the Tall Trees Coffee Shop and Restaurant at the Forest Garden Centre and Joni's.

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The Shalimar Indian restaurant is at the other end of Darley Dale, just over two miles away. It also has a takeaway. There is another Indian restaurant nearby, in Matlock: Maazi.

There is a Chinese takeaway in Matlock (Cantonese Wok) and a wide range of other eateries, restaurants (for example Stones) and bars.

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For fish ‘n’ chips, there is the Darley Dale Fish Bar. 

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For fine dining, reserve a table at The Peacock in Rowsley or at Fischer's at Baslow Hall.

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The nearest general food shops are the community-owned Winster village shop and the Coop in Darley Dale. The nearest major supermarkets are in Matlock (Sainsbury and M&S Foodhall). Chatsworth Farm Shop has a wide range of fresh produce.

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There are also a number of local markets. We recommend Bakewell Market on Mondays. It has a wide variety of stalls and holds a farmers market too once a month and frequent livestock markets - check dates here.

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Peak Village is a shopping outlet centre at nearby Rowsley. It has a large free car park and is walkable along the Derwent Valley Heritage Way at 3 miles. There is Denby Pottery outlet store there (though you may prefer to travel a little further afield to visit the Denby Factory for a pottery tour).

For Post Offices, please see: Two Dales PO and Winster PO. 

The nearest fuel stations are BP (which also has a Spar) in Darley Dale and Sainsbury in Matlock. See: fuel map. 

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You are welcome to use the outside socket (Level 1) by your parking place (we have a Type 2 charge lead you can borrow) if you let us know and cover the cost of the electricity.