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The pudding is not the tart. Three Bakewell shops sell it, two say theirs is the original recipe, and the history does not hold still. What each one claims, and how to try them all.
Read guideMonday is market day twice over in Bakewell: stalls in the town centre and Bagshaws' cattle and sheep sales at the Agricultural Business Centre across the river. Times, and how to fit both in.
Read guideFrom the old Bakewell station to Headstone Viaduct over Monsal Dale: about 5.4km each way on the old railway line, with bike hire at Hassop Station and lit tunnels beyond.
Read guideBakewell has no railway station. The nearest is Matlock, with the TransPeak bus outside; from Sheffield it is the 218. Plus how to reach Chatsworth and Haddon Hall.
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