For hundreds of years this handsome, 16th-century roadside pub has fed and watered weary travellers – although it’s mostly walkers these days, rather than carriages traversing the delights of Derbyshire’s Peak District. In the summer, dozens of window boxes spill over with blooms, but this is also a cracking winter boozer with open fires and comfy oak settles to lounge on. The menu stays close to home and the cooking is a notch or two above standard pub grub; expect the likes of thick-cut ham with duck egg, fat chips and homemade chutney or haddock in Bakewell beer batter, supplemented by blackboard specials such as local partridge with lentils or grilled fresh sardines on toast with caper oil. The Chequers’ Sunday roasts are legendary – so fill your boots after working up an appetite on the glorious moors.