Chatsworth Park C&MC site Baslow Bakewell Derbyshire DE45 1PN ///trembles.enjoy.residual
After leaving Whitchurch Marina we headed for Chatsworth and our first C&MC site of the tour, Chatsworth Park C&MC Site. The first thing to point out is make sure you set your satnav with the CAMPSITE post code not the Chatsworth Park post code, as you could end up going around the grounds in circles for quite a while! (not that we made that mistake, of course!)
The site is lovely! The grounds are immaculately kept as, we find out later, they all are, and really well laid out. The pitches are a good size, and there are quite specific instructions on how to locate your vehicle on your allotted pitch.
On arrival you are issued with wristbands for the shower blocks, and a key to a “secret gate” located at the end of the site, which gives free, direct access to the grounds of the Chatsworth estate. From the gate it is an easy, short walk to the nice little town of Baslow. We recently discovered that, as C&MC members you entitled to a discount at The Wheatsheaf, Baslow, on production of your membership card! Unfortunately we found out too late to benefit ourselves, but hopefully someone else can.
One night on the site cost us £26.00 for a gravel pitch with EHU, for one van with two adults. The site has gents and ladies shower blocks, and an extra unisex WC for use when the shower blocks are full or being cleaned, all of which were fully open when we were there, with a wristband entry system. There is a laundry and pot wash area, and reception and small shop, carrying basic necessities. You can refill your water tanks, and empty both grey and black waste tanks.
They were not allowing visitors on the site, but we were there on Kevs birthday, and were able to arrange pick up and drop off with a local taxi firm with no problem. Overall the site is lovely, the access to the estate grounds is a huge bonus, and there are two good pubs, the Wheatsheaf www.wheatsheafpubbaslow.co.uk, and the Devonshire Arms www.devonshirebaslow.com (one of three pubs with the same name in a five mile radius! Make sure you get the right one!)
