The Pilsley Inn

About The Pilsley Inn

The Pilsley Inn, known for years as The Devonshire Arms at Pilsley, sits in one of the estate villages on the Chatsworth land near Bakewell. It is owned and run by the Chatsworth Estate as part of its small collection of places to stay, and was renamed after a refurbishment. The building is stone-built and low-ceilinged, and it still works as the village pub as well as an inn.

Accommodation runs to 13 individually decorated bedrooms, all en suite, in categories from cosy doubles up to farmhouse and family rooms. The style is country without being fussy: painted panelling, estate fabrics, decent beds and modern bathrooms. Some rooms are in the main inn and others in an adjoining building, and a few can take a third bed or a cot for families. Free wifi and free parking are included.

Downstairs, the bar pours locally brewed ales and a short wine list, and the restaurant serves pub cooking built around beef, lamb and game from the estate along with produce from the Chatsworth farm shop, which is a two-minute walk up the lane. Sunday lunch is busy and worth booking. There is a small outdoor seating area at the front that catches the afternoon sun.

Chatsworth House and garden are about 1.7 miles away, reachable on foot through the park, and Bakewell is three miles south. Haddon Hall, the Monsal Trail and the eastern gritstone edges are all short drives. The inn suits people who want to be on the estate without the price of the bigger hotels, walkers who like finishing at a bar with a fire, and families visiting Chatsworth for a couple of days.