New Inns
A quiet Alstonfield inn on the Peak District edge
About this hotel
New Inns sits within a historic building in Alstonfield, one of the smaller Peak District villages south of Alton Towers, offering carpeted rooms with walk-in showers, streaming services and electric kettles for straightforward modern comfort inside an older property. The traditional restaurant serves British cuisine with a genuinely wide breakfast range, from continental to full English or Irish, vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free, useful for a family managing more than one dietary need. Guests can relax in the garden, terrace or outdoor seating area, and free on-site private parking removes any concern about village parking availability. Chatsworth House and Buxton Opera House both sit around twenty-four kilometres away, positioning Alstonfield as a genuine Peak District base rather than a waterpark-only stopover.
- Free parking
- Dietary-friendly breakfast
- Garden and terrace
- 20 km to Alton Towers
Our take
New Inns suits families building a longer Peak District trip around a single Alton Towers day, particularly those with more than one dietary requirement to manage across the group. It is a quieter, more rural option than the market towns closer to the park, which some families will prefer and others may find isolating without a car for every outing.
- ✓Confirm all dietary requirements ahead of your stay, since the kitchen already covers vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free breakfast options.
- ✓Plan for a car-dependent stay, since Alstonfield's village setting means fewer walkable options than a market town like Ashbourne or Uttoxeter.
- ✓Use the garden and terrace on a rest day between waterpark visits rather than driving further afield every day.
Why we love it
- Wide range of breakfast diets covered
- Free on-site parking
- Garden and terrace space
- Genuine Peak District village setting
Why guests love itFamilies staying at New Inns for a Peak District trip that includes an Alton Towers day frequently mention how easily the kitchen handled more than one dietary requirement across the group at breakfast. The garden and terrace get used often on rest days, since Alstonfield itself offers little beyond walking routes and countryside views. Families without a strong preference for village quiet sometimes found the twenty-kilometre distance to the park a bit further than they expected from a Peak District base.