Hartington sits to the side of the Derbyshire/Staffordshire border and is known as the Gateway to the Dove. It also has claims to fame for its creamy Hartington Stilton Cheese as well as being the fictitious retirement home of Hilda Ogden!

Hartington is a traditional village with an old market square, duck pond and a local store with post office – not easy to find in this day and age!

Some of the holiday cottages in Hartington are amongst the oldest in the village with a wealth of well-seasoned oak beams and roses around the door charm. Hartington Cottages which are located in the centre of the village are said to date back over 500 years.

If you stay at a holiday cottage in Hartington you must take a short walk across the fields to Dove Dale, one of the Peak District’s most spectacular and frequently visited dales. After only a mile or so you will come to a narrow gorge where a spire of rock rises up from the river – this is Pike Pool which is overlooked by a quaint little tower folly on the cliff top above, being a surviving relic of Berresford Hall which was the birthplace of Charles Cotton. Whilst in a little copse of trees by the waters edge is the fishing house which featured in Izaak Walton’s famous 17th century book ‘The Compleat Angler’.

Just a short drive away from your holiday cottage in Hartington is Manifold Valley, approached by a long road tunnel into a secret dale packed with caves, caverns and oozing with history and geology. Your stay at a holiday cottage in Hartington could well be educational as well as enjoyable!

Some of the holiday cottages in Hartington are located a short drive away from the village, such as Swainsley Farm which is close to the Manifold Valley.

Just over the hilltop is Biggin-by-Hartington, a lovely little village where you can find Peakfield Lodge and Biggin Grange which are also listed under holiday cottages in Hartington. Biggin Grange dates back to the 14th century and was once a medieval monastic sheep farm belonging to Garendon Abbey.

History abounds if you stay at a holiday cottage in Hartington, but if you just want to enjoy the village as it is now, then a walk around the craft and gift shops, the little cheese factory shop or the pottery, followed by scones, jam and cream at one of the numerous tea rooms, will make your respite at a holiday cottage in Hartington complete.