Visit Derbyshire where TV’s The Village is filmed

The Village

BBC1’s The Village – starring John Simm – is back on TV next Sunday, August 10.

The drama series is set in and around the Derbyshire village of Hayfield and if you’d like to take a break in the gorgeous countryside, Derbyshire Cottages has a choice of properties to rent.

The Village is created by Richard Moffat who says: “Sitting in Rosie’s Tea Shop in Hayfield listening to the ramblers, cyclists, fell runners and local people one gets such a strong sense of how the great beauty, power and strength of this landscape shapes the character of the people. The more time I spend up in Edale and around Hayfield and Glossop the more I love this rugged, beautiful, honest part of England.”

The drama in the 20th century. The first series, screened last year, covered the years 1914 to 1920. The second, starting for six weeks on Sunday, continues the story into the 1920s.

The cottages you can rent include:

Jumble Cottage, a mill-workers terrace which is now a modern bolt-hole for a couple. Double bedroom, country kitchen and an open fire in the living room. On the edge of the village, with the pubs and tea shops a few minutes’ walk from the front door. A week’s rental of the four-star cottage in September starts at £295.

Hayfield View is a spacious studio, the upper storey of a stone outbuilding within the owner’s grounds, and provides one huge open-plan living, dining, sleeping space featuring a king-sized bed, comfortable sofa, well-equipped kitchen and a separate shower room – perfect for a couple. A week’s rental in September starts at £285.

As well as walking Kinder Scout and the Pennine Way or cycling on the Sett Valley Trail, Hayfield’s attractions include the Country Show and Sheepdog Trials in September.

See www.derbyshire-cottages.info