Pilsley
Pilsley is a small village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England.

Pilsley is a small village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England. At the 2011 Census the population of the civil parish was 152. It is close to Chatsworth and most of it belongs to the Chatsworth House estate.
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Worth seeing in and around Pilsley
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Chatsworth House
Chatsworth House is a stately home in the Derbyshire Dales, 4 miles north-east of Bakewell and 9 miles west of Chesterfield, England. The seat of the Duke of Devonshire, it has belonged to the Cavendish family since 1549.
2.2 km · country house in Derbyshire, England · Wikipedia - 02Bakewell Bridge
Bakewell Bridge is a Grade I listed stone arch bridge spanning the River Wye in Bakewell, Derbyshire. The bridge is also a scheduled monument.
3.1 km · Grade I listed bridge in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England · Wikipedia - 03Bakewell Castle
Bakewell Castle was in the town of Bakewell, Derbyshire. It was a motte and bailey castle.
2.9 km · motte-and-bailey castle in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of St Peter, Edensor
St Peter's Church, Edensor, is a Grade I listed Anglican church in Edensor, Derbyshire. St Peter's is the closest parish church in the Church of England to Chatsworth House, home of the Dukes of Devonshire, most of whom are buried in the churchyard.
1.4 km · Grade I listed church in Derbyshire Dales, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Church of All Saints, Hassop
The Church of All Saints is a Roman Catholic parish church in Hassop, Derbyshire. Built in 1816–17, the architect was Joseph Ireland.
2.2 km · Catholic church in Hassop, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Hassop Hall
Hassop Hall is a 17th-century country house near Bakewell, Derbyshire, which was operated as a hotel until it closed on 29 September 2019. It is a Grade II* listed building.
2.3 km · country house in Hassop, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Bakewell Old House Museum
The Bakewell Old House Museum in the town of Bakewell in Derbyshire is a typical 16th-century yeoman's house that now houses a museum. It tells the story of the house as well as the lives of people from Bakewell and this part of the Peak District.
3.5 km · Grade II* listed building and museum in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08All Saints Church, Bakewell
All Saints' Church, Bakewell, is the parish church of Bakewell, Derbyshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building.
3.5 km · Grade I listed church in Bakewell, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Lumford Mill
Lumford Mill was a historic cotton mill at Bakewell in Derbyshire, England. In 1777, Richard Arkwright leased a stretch of land by the River Wye from Philip Gell of Hopton.
3.5 km · mill building in Hassop, Derbyshire Dales, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Baslow Hall
Baslow Hall is a Grade II listed building in Baslow, Derbyshire.
2.2 km · Grade II listed house, now hotel, in Baslow, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Pilsley
- Airports
- Manchester (MAN), 44 km · East Midlands (EMA), 50 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 70 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Pilsley69 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · £8–10
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Pilsley26 km · quickest by road, 47 min · £3–4
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Pilsley73 km · quickest by road, 1h 36m · £8–11
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Pilsley
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Pilsley. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inRailway stations at for the town or (1.5 miles S) for the scenic Derwent gorge area, the Heights of Abraham attraction, caves and cable car service.
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Next door to Pilsley
Pilsley is 20 km from Sheffield, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Bakewelltown and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England3.5 km
- Calvervillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England3.6 km
- Edensorvillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England1.4 km
- Curbarvillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England3.8 km
- Hassopvillage and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England2.2 km
- Rowlandvillage and civil parish in Derbyshire, United Kingdom3.1 km