Coventry to Chatsworth House

By car

Take the A6 north through Derby, Belper and Matlock to Rowsley, then the B6012 through Beeley into the park; Calton Lees car park is the first you reach.

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 Coventry, 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.