One of the most visited beauty spots in the Peak District National Park, Monsal Head has a tiny cluster of guest houses and a hotel offering Bed and Breakfast in Monsal Head
Over a hundred years ago a visitor to the area who may well have stayed at a then primitive Bed and Breakfast in Monsal Head was so inspired by her visit that she wrote the following:
“And Monsal, thou mine of Arcadian treasure
Need we seek for Greek Islands and spice-laden gales
While a temple like thine of enchantment and pleasure
May be found in our own native Derbyshire Dales?”
Feel free to send us your renditions and writings after staying at a Bed and Breakfast in Monsal Head
The area around Monsal Head was originally known as Headstone Head. It was really with the arrival of the railway back in the 1800’s that the area acquired its new name. The railway viaduct in the valley below is one of Derbyshire’s mostfamous landmarks and was granted a preservation order in 1970. You will be extremely lucky to find availability and possibly pay a premium to have a view from the window of your Bed and Breakfast in Monsal Head down onto the dale.
From your Bed and Breakfast in Monsal Head it is a lovely walk down to the river and then either upstream to Cressbrook and an idyllic riverside path at Water-Cum-Jolly. Alternatively, you can walk downstream, passing a spectacular weir with cascading water before arriving at White Lodge car park at the side of the A6. The walk back up to your Bed and Breakfast in Monsal Head will be a bit of a climb though, but you may wish to reward yourself with a pot of tea from the tearoom at the top or a pint from the Stables Restaurant.
A short drive from your Bed and Breakfast in Monsal Head takes you to Ashford-in-the-Water, a picture postcard village with chocolate box pretty cottages and an ancient sheepwash bridge. A few miles drive north of your Bed and Breakfast in Monsal Head and you will leave behind the rich pasture and limestone walls of the White Peak and enter the more dramatic landscape of the Dark Peak with its gritstone escarpments and high moors.