Staying in a Bed and Breakfast in Butterton will put you on the fringe of the Staffordshire Moorlands, but with the secretive White Peak Manifold Valley just a two minute drive away. Here you can walk along the Manifold Waywhich is a disused railway line that runs beside the river through scenic countryside and beneath limestone crags and ancient caves
From your Bed and Breakfast in Butterton you will be able to explore the countryside by either driving along quiet country lanes or walking through fields and pasture or along old packhorse routes. One such ‘Casey’ or ‘Causeway’ led from Warslow to Froghall, at a time when long lines of packhorses carried coal from the pits around Foxt.
The Dukes New Road in Butterton was so called because it was improved by the Duke of Devonshire who owned the mineral rights at the nearby disused Ecton copper mines. This route was used to transport ore to Whiston after 1770. To stay in a Bed and Breakfast in Butterton could easily be a history, geology and geography lesson wrapped up in one, as this area is steeped in fascinating facts.
Your Bed and Breakfast in Butterton will certainly be in a very rural location, but you may need to cross the village ford where a brook trips and falls over the road in the same way that it has been doing for centuries.
Pretty little cottages surround your Bed and Breakfast in Butterton, as this certainly is a quaint and quiet little village where the only sound at night will be the owls hooting as the countryside goes to sleep.
Be sure and bring your rucksack and pedal cycle when you stay at a Bed and Breakfast in Butterton as you will be surrounded by wonderful paths and cycle tracks with tea rooms and country pubs to feast in. And be sure to leave yourBed and Breakfast at Butterton with a sample of Hartington Stilton as the local cheese factory is only a short drive away.