There are many suggestions in the Welcome Pack in your room, but we have an easy option – take a three minute stroll to the Castle Hotel (we often do). A sample of its menu is in the Welcome Pack. Food is served in the restaurant or the bar, both of which are open from 7 p.m.

Otherwise there are three other eating places in the village and at least four in neighbouring Tutbury. Five miles away in Burton there are countless possibilities and it would be an unusual village in the surrounding area if it did not offer several venues for eating. The range in the Burton and South Derbyshire area is enormous.

There are three venues half a mile to the north of us. The Kestrel (not pictured) and The Railway Tavern (see picture on right) are pubs with restaurants. The Salt Box café (see below) is a traditional roadside eating place that has a deservedly widespread reputation for the quality of its food. The range of that food is what you would expect from a traditional roadside eating place – but don’t forget the quality. You will be in good company judging by the standard of the business people’s cars lined up outside at lunchtime. It closes at 7 pm in the evening. (The time the Salt Box opens is irrelevant, because you’ll be eating breakfast at DoveVale.co.uk.)

The Cross Keys in Tutbury

The Eastern Palace Indian Restaurant (also in Tutbury)

The Foresters Arms at Scropton

The Kings Head Pub and Thai Restaurant at Hilton

FROM FURTHER AFIELD

Two pub restaurants representing the vast choice available in South Derbyshire and East Staffordshire.

The Bell at Anslow

The Vernon Arms at Sudbury