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Bakewell - Photo:
Derbyshire Dales District Council
This pretty ‘olde worlde’
market town crosses the River Wye and lies at the
very heart of the Peak District. It has achieved
fame thanks to the Bakewell Tart which was
invented accidentally by a cook who should have
made strawberry tart but put jam on the top
instead. At one time there were plans to turn this
merry place into a spa town but most of the
springs have since run dry. The oldest house is
the Old House Museum dating from the 16th century.
