Manchester to Chatsworth House

By car

The A623 through Stoney Middleton and Calver to Baslow, then follow the signs for the house.

Sat nav DE45 1PP. Parking is £7.50–£10 a day a day, free for one car if you have booked house, garden or farmyard tickets online. There is no electric-vehicle charging on site. Open directions from your location.

By train and bus

From Manchester Piccadilly, travel to Chesterfield (or Derby for the Matlock branch), then finish by bus or taxi; no station is within walking distance of the house.

• Grindleford, 5 miles from the house: Hope Valley line (Sheffield to Manchester). A walkers' station; Chatsworth is a long walk or a short taxi ride.
• Matlock, 7 miles from the house: End of the Derwent Valley line from Derby. Onward by bus through Rowsley and Beeley.
• Hathersage, 7 miles from the house: Hope Valley line. Bus or taxi onward.
• Chesterfield, 8 miles from the house: Mainline station (East Midlands Railway, CrossCountry, Northern). Onward by bus or taxi, roughly 25 minutes.

Buses serving the house or Baslow, as listed by the estate: 218 (Sheffield–Bakewell), 170 (Chesterfield–Bakewell), 6.1 (Derby–Bakewell), 160 (Matlock–Chatsworth). Check timetables with the operators before relying on a Sunday service.