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BarlowBarlow, in the Peak District, is one of the less well-known but typically pretty villages of the area. Not long ago, this was a true mining community, with at one time as many as fourteen pits and the same number of open-cast coal mines in and around the village. Nowadays, though, the village has been transformed. Just four miles north west of Chesterfield and four and a half miles from the southern boundary of Sheffield, Barlow is a rural haven on the B6051. Situated along the road, there are a good number of self catering holiday cottages available here and it proves to be a fine base for exploring the area, as well as a peaceful and interesting location in its own right. Barlow is especially captivating for fishermen. This is largely because one of the old mining sites has been transformed into the Barlow Trout and Coarse Fisheries, with four peaceful yet abundant lakes and a freshwater brook providing relaxing sport for aficionados. The facilities here are first class with the trout lakes re-stocked weekly and, because of the hard standing paths and roads, even after heavy rains the area remains mud free. Day tickets are readily available and disabled access is second to none. There are even self catering holiday cottages on the 50 acre site available for the truly ‘hooked’. Barlow is old enough to have been mentioned in the Doomsday Book and the village church, St Lawrence’s, dates nearly as far back – to the mid 1100s. The only official ancient monument is at the village’s highest point, Bole Hill – a restored pinfold; an old pound where stray animals were kept until collected by their owners. The village pump, dating from 1840, stands directly opposite one of the village’s three wells which are ‘dressed’ every August in one of Derbyshire’s very special Well Dressing Feasts. The true beauty of the village, though, is not in its historical monuments but in its almost tangible rural charm and the superb vistas it offers across the countryside of North Derbyshire. People who choose a self catering holiday in Barlow in the Peak District, as opposed to Hotel accommodation will be delighted to know that there are several fine pubs in the village for those nights when you don’t actually want to self cater! The Trout Inn, located on a bend in Valley Road, is especially noted for the quality of its food, as is the Peacock Inn, parts of which are of seventeenth century construction. Additionally, there are the Old Pump, the Three Merry Lads and the Hare and Hounds. People tend to choose their favourite according to how far it is from their hotel. Hackney House Antiques, between the Peacock and the church, has a delightful tea shop next to it which will prove to anyone who needs convincing that you don’t have to be in Devon or Cornwall to get a good cream tea. It might be situated on the edge of the Peak District National Park but, with its close proximity to the shops and amenities of Sheffield as an added attraction, Barlow is certainly a place worth staying in. |
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