Legend has it that Charlotte Bronte started writing Jane Eyre at this ‘handsome’16th-century coaching inn. Our inspector liked the ‘smart and inviting’ public areas, the ‘relaxed, casual’ ambience, and ‘immaculately clean, temptingly comfortable’ bedrooms, in a warren of corridors. They range from singles to a ‘sumptuous’ suite with four-poster and freestanding bath. One trusted reader who knew the inn of old found it ‘excellent’ after two makeovers; owners Longbow Venues (see Ashford Arms) ‘have done a great job’. Another had issues with the service (‘a bit on the slow side’, our inspector noted). From a long menu of locally sourced dishes, a goddess salad, wood-fired pizza and raspberry Pavolva were ‘freshly prepared and excellent’. Overall, ‘perfect for exploring the Peak District’, and, reader, you can marry there. (Peter Anderson, and others)