Wardlow is a linear village where properties have been established on either side of a main street. These include pretty little holiday cottages in Wardlow, character houses and the occasional working farm.

Views from holiday cottages in Wardlow may well be towards Hay Cop which is a conical shaped hill, thought to be the remains of an extremely extinct volcano, or across to Eyam Edge where the Barrel Inn at Bretton is sited on the ridge top and commands panoramic and distant views.

Surrounding the holiday cottages in Wardlow is typical White Peak countryside with vast stretches of dry stone walls, criss-crossing this upland plain and containing a patchwork of fields of pasture where livestock happily graze.

Holiday Cottages in Wardlow may well have been former miner’s cottages as this area was rich in lead ore and was exploited for its minerals in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is still possible to see the remains of old workings in the occasional hillocks, mounds, hollows and capped shafts.

Should you be staying at one of the holiday cottages in Wardlow at the end of August and beginning of September you may well be in time to see the village Well Dressing next to the church. Well Dressing is an ancient Derbyshire custom not to be missed and involves erecting a colourful framed and floral picture over the village well.

There are many wonderful walks in the vicinity of holiday cottages in Wardlow including a path by the side of Wardlow Hay Cop which is known as The Pingle. This takes you down to Cressbrook Dale where in late spring the sides of the valley are covered with orchids and cowslips.

At the top of Cressbrook Dale, close to Wardlow Mires and the holiday cottages in Wardlow is Peter Stone or Gibbet Rock as it is also known. Thought to have been named after the dome of St Peter’s Basilica in Rome, this was where criminals were gibbeted centuries ago, including it is said a local highwayman known as Black Harry.

Only a few minutes drive from holiday cottages in Wardlow will take you to the lovely market town of Bakewell or Tideswell which contains a large parish church known as the Cathedral of the Peak. However a few miles in the opposite direction fromholiday cottages in Wardlow and you will arrive at Buxton which is said to be the cultural capital of the Peak District