Bakewell Station (Monsal Trail) Car Park - Peak District NP — Attraction in Derbyshire Dales

A beautiful (closed) station building is where this car park is situated, a five minute walk away from Bakewell centre. This car park is mainly attractive to walkers as it is a long stay car park and is right on the Mondale Trail and also the start of many fine walks. The easiest way of paying is by app- it says £6 a day, but then they add on handling fees, but that’s a rant, not a review. Bear in mind that although the car park is only a five minute walk away from the town centre, your walk back will take longer as it is up a fairly steep road. Go easy on the Bakewell pudding to speed up a bit on the return journey...

A good easy footpath which provides an enjoyable walk, cycle or run. Word of warning - if you plan to complete the footpath to "topley pike" with the intention of heading to Buxton - avoid. On the trail completion there is just a car park in the middle of nowhere. The main road to Buxton has no footpaths and is not safe to walk on. There is a continued footpath near a quarry which is terrible and overgrown and heads in the wrong direction for Buxton. There are bus stops which cater for a very limited bus service (2 hours...

Arrived here at 10.30am and parked in the appropriate place , I actually parked where it said small cars only cost £5.50 for all day which was reasonable as I knew it would be safe...only to to arrive back at my vehicle at 3pm to see Some T%AT had not followed rules and decided to park on the grass across my vehicle in a none parking space blocking myself and 2 others in! Will never park in this carpark again because nothing was done about the BMW Pr%!K owner that just thought sod everyone else I'm parking...