Chatsworth House Gardens

"Visited this beautiful home for the first time yesterday. I was with my elderly mum in a wheelchair. Positive: The house, which was in Christmas mode, was absolutely fantastic and every inch of it dressed for the season. The staff were polite and helpful when we needed help with lifts to other floors. Disabled parking was close by too which was handy. Negative: The paths to cafes, from the car park was extremely steep when pushing a manual wheelchair. I really struggled. Then the ground around the cafe areas were cobbled and uneven. I appreciate that this is original and under normal circumstances wouldn’t be a problem but with a wheelchair it was a massive problem and the wheels kept getting stuck within the broken slabs. So accessibility in these areas were very poor in my opinion. Signs are poor too and as we were there for our first visit we weren’t sure on where everything was. Lighting on the roads leading to outer car parks was poor too. Some of our party found it difficult to navigate finding their car in the pitch black. Our visit was made special by the fact that the house was wonderfully Christmassy."

"Nice place. Huge areas to explore. Can spend 4 hours+ venturing around. Accessibility is good for mobility scooter and wheelchair users, however sometimes you’ll be better off going on the grass periodically. Good for the family and of all ages. Have been before and will of course be returning."

"Extensive parking, excellent self service cafe a more relaxed table service restaurant, shop and toilets in the stables block. Unusual large scale sculpture exhibition in the grounds built from repurposed metal items and glassware. Amazing grapes in the greenhouses. Always something different to see."

"Beautiful gardens to stroll in. Loved looking at all the fruit, veg and flowers in the kitchen garden, and the more tropical plants in the glasshouse. Lovely walk up to the top of the cascade and on to the grotto and the pineum. The sculpture trail on the park is awesome. Really enjoyed the interactive ones"

"Spring in the Chatsworth gardens is always a highlight of the year. Always something different and this year is no exception. Loads of me plants in varying stages of blossom. Looking forward to see how things develop."