Just spent 5 days at chatsworth, having never been up to this area before. The wardens manage the 1pm arrival well as the road is so narrow.   The site was lovely, clean and tidy shower block and never a queue. We were given a magic key to unlock the door in the wall to chatsworth estate.  I felt like a little girl again and it was lovely.  The wardens were lovely and especially the lady warden who told me about the walk upto the tower and woods. I went in search of it and saw magical old trees, the tower and the aqueduct It was all so beautiful but a lot of walking to the top, Ted my dog and I were exhausted.   We went to Bakewell which wasn't up to much but Buxton was lovely. We also went to Chesterfield shopping which was nice and had a maket on.   Sadly, the night before we were due to leave, we were busy packing up, and one male warden stopped his tractor and told us our dog should be tied up on the pitch all the time.  He didn't say please and we were bit suprised as we have been to many sites and not one has ever asked for our dog to be tied up.  Our dog doesn't wander and was on his pitch.  It's not really a holiday if you have to tie your pet up is it.  We never complained about all the pooh on our pitch when we arrived, or the weeds, or the dog that constantly barked in the next block.  Perhaps we should have done.  Yes chatsworth house is a beautiful place, but expensive for familes for a day out.  We won't visit again, we will continue going to cirencester burford, and malvern, where dogs are welcome