Hotels in Hognaston

Hotels in Hognaston itself are scarce — this is a one-pub village, not a resort — so most visitors looking for a proper hotel stay base themselves nearby in Ashbourne, Wirksworth or Matlock, all within a short drive and each offering a decent choice of coaching inns, boutique B&Bs and small independent hotels. What Hognaston does offer is a handful of characterful rooms above the Red Lion Inn, the 17th-century pub at the heart of the village, which suits anyone wanting to wake up in the quiet of the countryside rather than in a town centre.

The appeal of staying in or near Hognaston is really about location: you're a couple of miles from Carsington Water, with its watersports centre, cycling and walking trails, and close enough to Ashbourne and Wirksworth for a wider choice of places to eat and things to do of an evening. If a full-service hotel with leisure facilities is what you're after, Matlock and the wider Derbyshire Dales have larger options, generally a 20-30 minute drive away. For most visitors, though, the draw of this part of Derbyshire is the surrounding countryside rather than the accommodation itself, so a comfortable, well-placed base is usually all that's needed before heading out to explore the dales, the reservoir and the old lead-mining villages that dot this stretch of the White Peak.