Historic house · near Baslow · Derbyshire

Chatsworth House

Chatsworth House is a country house. It stands 1.9 km south of Baslow. Officially, it is a Grade I listed building.

Photo: Chatsworth House, Rprof (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

1.9 km

south of Baslow

How well known

Top 2%

#94 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 18–20°C

In brief

Historic house near Baslow

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#94 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (30 Wikipedias). About ↓

Just outside Baslow

Chatsworth House is 1.9 km south of Baslow. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Baslow has 18 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Month by month

In Baslow, June to August bring the warmest days: highs of 18–20°C.

Jan6° / 1°78 mm

Feb7° / 1°79 mm

Mar9° / 2°69 mm

Apr12° / 4°64 mm

May15° / 6°63 mm

Jun18° / 9°73 mm

Jul20° / 11°84 mm

Aug20° / 11°79 mm

Sep16° / 9°73 mm

Oct13° / 6°96 mm

Nov9° / 4°107 mm

Dec7° / 1°107 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Baslow, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Baslow. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Baslow’s full climate →

About

Chatsworth House

There are Wikipedia articles on it in 30 languages. A short trip away is Haddon Hall, 4.6 km off, the first of 35 within 15 km.

Baslow’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 30 languages
Town: 1.9 km south of Baslow
Official site: chatsworth.org

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Around Chatsworth House, mapped

On this map, Chatsworth House is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

Which town is nearest

Home to 3,985 people, Darley Dale is the largest of these 8. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.

1 · 1.9 km north of it

Baslow

1,172 people · 8 places to visit

2 · 3.8 km south of it

Rowsley

267 people · 8 places to visit

3 · 3.8 km west of it

Bakewell

3,275 people · 7 places to visit

4 · 4.2 km north of it

Calver

1,073 people · 9 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Chatsworth House is	People	Places to visit
Baslow	1.9 km north of it	1,172	8
Rowsley	3.8 km south of it	267	8
Bakewell	3.8 km west of it	3,275	7
Calver	4.2 km north of it	1,073	9
Great Longstone	6 km west of it	790	6
Froggatt	6.3 km north of it	185	8
Darley Dale	6.9 km south of it	3,985	17
Eyam	7.5 km northwest of it	611	8

Make a day of it

More to see nearby

A visit can add 4 historic houses, 2 museums and a heritage railway, from 35 places within 15 km.

1Historic houseHistoric houseHaddon Hall4.6 km away 2

MuseumOld House Museum4.8 km away 3

Historic house · National TrustEyam Hall7.7 km away 4

Historic houseRiber Castle12 km away 5

Historic houseBarlow Woodseats Hall7.5 km away 6

Heritage railwayPeak Rail11 km away 7

MuseumEyam Museum7.9 km away 8

Theme parkGulliver's Kingdom13 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Asked about Chatsworth House

Where is Chatsworth House?

Chatsworth House is 1.9 km south of Baslow, Derbyshire.

What is Chatsworth House?

Country house in Derbyshire, England.

When is the best time to visit Chatsworth House?

June to August are the warmest months in Baslow, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Chatsworth House a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Chatsworth House?

Within 15 km: Haddon Hall (4.6 km), Old House Museum (4.8 km), Eyam Hall (7.7 km) and Riber Castle (12 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Chatsworth House: Rprof, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Old House Museum: Elisa.rolle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Eyam Hall: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Riber Castle: AxG at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Barlow Woodseats Hall: Neil Theasby, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Peak Rail: Beryl Allcoat, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Eyam Museum: Alan Heardman, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Gulliver's Kingdom: PLTRON, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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