Fischer's Baslow Hall

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This 1907-built manor house, 4 miles northeast of Bakewell, has a magnificent Michelin-starred dining room showcasing British produce (Derbyshire lamb, Yorkshire game, Cornish crab…) along with vegetables from its kitchen garden. Six sumptuous floral bedrooms are in the main house, with another five in the adjacent garden house (doubles including breakfast from £260, including a three-course dinner menu from £367).

Its Kitchen Bench tasting table (lunch/dinner £75/97) lets you watch the gastronomic wizardry up close.

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