The Monsal

About The Monsal

The Monsal occupies one of the most photographed spots in the Peak District, standing above the Monsal Head viaduct with views down into Monsal Dale that draw walkers and day-trippers by the hundred on a fine weekend. Beneath the main pub and cafe, the property offers a small number of rooms for overnight guests, giving those who stay the rare chance to have the view largely to themselves once the day's visitors have gone home.

The building functions primarily as an inn and cafe, serving food and drink through the day to walkers arriving from the Monsal Trail, which passes directly below, and the site includes the Stables Bar for evening drinks. Rooms are simple rather than luxurious, in keeping with the pub's role as a walkers' waypoint as much as a destination hotel, but the location more than compensates for anyone touring the trail on foot or by bike.

Monsal Head sits around four miles from Bakewell along the A6 and B6465, making it a workable base for exploring the wider Wye Valley, with Ashford-in-the-Water and the Monsal Trail's cycle hire at Hassop Station both close by.