Location
- The training courses are held in Chesterfield unless specified otherwise
- Avanced bookings only
- Chesterfield is in Derbyshire (UK) about 7 miles south of the city of Sheffield in South Yorkshire
- Full directions are supplied with the course booking
Plan your road journey
- Plan your journey and work out how long it’s going to take you and which route to take at the AA website
- Click on ‘Get Route’ and input your own postcode and Chesterfield
- Traffic reports - updated every 3 minutes, showing traffic delays, road works, speed limits, maps, and weather. Frixo traffic reports can also be viewed on a mobile phone or pda
Rail travel information
- East Midland Trains run direct trains from London St. Pancras to Chesterfield
- the service also runs south from Leeds
Airport information
- Nottingham East Midlands airport is around 45 minutes' drive south of Chesterfield on the M1 (34 miles)
- Robin Hood airport at Doncaster is about 60 minutes' drive north east via the M1 and M18 (36 miles)
- Leeds Bradford International airport is approximately 75 minutes' north west via the M1 (57 miles)
- Birmingham airport is about 90 minutes' drive south via the M1; then just one mile from Junction 6 of the M42 (71 miles)
- Manchester airport is only 46 miles away but it will take around 90 minutes by car as there is no direct route by motorway
Accommodation information
These are suggestions and not recommendations. I have never had the need to stay at any of these hotels!
- The Sheffield Park Hotel (originally called Sheffield Moat House Hotel) offers 4-star facilities and is on the A61 dual carriageway from Sheffield into Chesterfield
- Ringwood Hall Hotel is an AA 3-star hotel. It is a Georgian Grade II listed manor house with its own leisure complex on the A619 Chesterfield to Staveley road
- Abigail's Guest House is in a residential area close to the centre of Chesterfield
- Anis Louise Guest House offers bed and breakfast in a residential area 5 minutes from the centre of Chesterfield
- Ibis Hotel is at the junction of the A617 and A61 in Chesterfield town centre
- The Chesterfield Hotel is a 3-star Victorian hotel with its own leisure complex right opposite the railway station
- Hornbeam House is an AA 4-diamonds Victorian style B&B in semi-rural Hasland, Chesterfield; offers evening meals
- The Sandpiper Hotel is an AA 3-star hotel on the B6057 from Sheffield to Chesterfield (via Dronfield)
- Premier Travel Inn is just off the A61 dual carriageway from Chesterfield to Sheffield
- Travelodge on the A61 dual carriageway from Chesterfield to Sheffield
- Ravencar Farm offer bed and breakfast in Marsh Lane on B6056 from Eckington
For more accommodation choices visit Chesterfield.info or Smoothound
One thing to consider when booking bed-and-breakfast-only accommodation and especially if you are a lady travelling on your own, where will you eat in the evenings? Be safe, and be comfortable.