Locating Cressbrook Hall
 
Traveling North via the M1

Leave the M1 Motorway at junction 29 for Chesterfield and take the A619 to Baslow; go through Baslow on the A623 to Calver. Continue straight through the traffic lights to Stoney Middleton and stay on this road for approximately three miles until you see a left turn to Litton and Cressbrook. Go into Litton and left for Cressbrook (it is signed); down this road for approximately one mile until you see the CRESSBROOK sign; immediately after there is a sharp left hand bend and the road forks; take the right fork down a steep hill (20%) passing The Victorian Gardens on the right; about 200 yards down on the right there is a fenced gate house and a driveway with a sign 'Private drive no right of way'. Make an acute right turn down the drive and Cressbrook Hall is visible below and to your Left.

Traveling North Via the A6

Approximately 1 1/2 miles out of Bakewell on the A6 in the direction of Buxton turn right on the B6465 to Ashford-in-the-Water, then Monsal Head/Wardlow. At the Monsal Head Hotel turn left to Cressbrook. Go down the steep hill and along the valley. At the head of the valley see Cressbrook Mill on the left; fork left after the Mill, keep left up the very steep hill, passing a row of houses on the left. Approximately 300 yards up the hill on the left you will see on ornamental fence round a Lodge house. Turn left along the drive which runs in front of the Lodge and is signed 'Private no right of way'

Traveling South Via Manchester

Take the A6(T) and the Chapel-en-le-Frith bypass, then the A623 through Peak Forest. After the Tideswell cross-roads (Anchor Pub on the left) continue straight for 1/2 mile the turn right towards Litton and Cressbrook. From Litton follow the M1 directions above.


 
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