Best Hotels near Peak District Mining Museum, Matlock

Needed convenient stopping point from Surrey to Chestefield, one night, for a funeral. Location ideal. Despite proximity to M1 itself, road noise was not excessive. Receptionist was really welcoming; gave me a choccie bar and bottle of water. You can stroll to the services for Mcdonald's or Costa - and WH Smith etc, (if open). . The overall decor is a bit 'tired' but everything was clean, bed fresh, coffee/tea facilities. Would have preferred the radio to be fitted by the bedside not table across the room (!). Freeview TV quite adequate for one night........ Bedroom was huge (guess it would double up as a family room at times) - and possibly I could have taken my dog with me, in which case the extra space was great. For functionality cannot fault.

It's so difficult to rate YHA hostels as they are just hostels, not hotels. Saying that, there are certain aspects that should still be excellent regardless of the age of the building or the price of the room. This was our second stay at this youth hostel. The first time, we were given a room on the first floor which was terribly noisy due to people in the bedroom above and the sitting room below. This time, we had a room on the second floor which was much quieter, although the walls between the rooms were very thin. There are several sitting rooms/communal areas plus a cafe/dining room for people who don't want to cook. We had breakfast there on one morning, and the food was very good. The self-catering kitchen/diner isn't really big enough considering how many people can stay here. There are only two sinks, and it was lacking some basic equipment such as a cheese grater when we stayed. Facilities on the second floor were less than adequate. The door on one toilet was broken, leaving only one other toilet, which had a door that was difficult to close. There was also only one shower left after someone got stuck in the second shower due to a faulty lock, and had to be rescued on our last day. Overall, this is a beautiful youth hostel in a lovely area, but not very well maintained as seems to be the case with a lot of YHA hostels, sadly.

I loved this hotel. The decor was tasteful, staff was extremely friendly. Rooms were cosy and clean. Had some drinks and snacks at their bar and the cocktails were really nice. Staff were attentive and polite. The dinner menu in the restaurant was really nice too. Breakfast became busy and I think the staff were struggling to keep up because I had to wait a while before glasses were stocked to get juice and milk was replenished for my tea. My only gripe about the room was lack of electrical sockets near the bedside tables to barge the phones. Would definitely stay here again.

Bit of a mixed-bag this one. I stayed in the twin room for 2 nights. The room oddly looks as though it’s been lifted and deposited direct from a Premier Inn (but smaller). It’s dark due to the use of dark purple and dark wood on almost everything. The bathroom is fresh and contemporary though. There’s a generous selection of teas and coffee plus biscuits. One of the reasons I chose the Fountains tearoom and B&B was because of the tearoom downstairs. I arrived, after a long tiring journey, at 3.30pm thinking I was just in time to grab a snack in the tearoom, however Iike a lot of visitors if you read the comments dating back years, I was told by a very offhand older member of staff the kitchen was closed. It closes at 3pm, so all the info and literature stating that tearoom hours are 9am to 4pm are misleading to say the least. (The owner later stated that ‘our staff have families to go home to’). When I asked I was also told that breakfast was from 9am, even though this staff member was now fully aware I was a guest, and I mentioned I needed to be somewhere by 10am the next morning. So the next morningI hung around to 9am and dashed down to breakfast to find other guests already eating breakfast, a (different) member of staff said guests were served from 8.30am! I complained by text to the owner who responded very quickly saying she’d look into it. The owner could not be faulted for responding to queries/complaints - the evening before I’d rung her asking how the heating worked as it was cold and she came out straight away to check the thermostat in the hall. The breakfast was prompt, hot and very tasty. Other negative points: The mattress had springs starting to poke up, the pillows were thin and lumpy (they’re cheap enough to buy for goodness’ sake). The thinnish duvet (no sheets apart from the fitted one on the mattress) only just covered the bed, so wouldn’t be great for larger visitors. I personally will not be staying again.

I came to stay at your hotel because my mother is sick in a nearby hospital. All I needed was a quiet place to sleep. When I arrived the reception staff couldn’t find my booking. The key card barely worked, having to be swiped at least 10 times to get into the room. The room clearly hadn’t been decorated since the 90s, which meant it lacked modern convinces like a plug socket near the bed to charge my phone, or more importantly air con. I had stupidly assumed being in the 21st century and charging not a small amount of money for the night, these would at least be standard. During the middle of this heatwave it was positively uncomfortable. I think I would have struggled to sleep just with that, but the noise made it pretty impossible. The hotel backs into a major road, as many do. But I have never stayed in one before where it sounded like I was sitting in the middle of the road. It was so load that despite the terrible heat I ended up closing the window. Not that easy as the window handle was missing! This unfortunately didn’t really make it any quieter. When the sleepless night was over I went for a shower to try and revive myself, but the water pressure was so low it was not exactly refreshing. All in all the place needs pulling down and starting again.

This was our first visit out to a hotel in a long time. I felt the hotel had made a good attempt to cover all the bases in terms of hygiene. I wish they had said there would be no robes and slippers in the premier room because I wouldn’t of booked it if I had known. However the service was excellent the room was clean, and the food we had in the bar area was really well put together, and I would certainly stay there again. Special mention goes to I think his name was Matt on reception!

Their bar and restaurant are very atmospheric. Environment is not bad too