Hartington, Derbyshire Peak District. A village close to the River Dove.

Hartington

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Local Geography:

Hartington is the major village on the central section of the valley of the Dove, and is therefore an important tourist centre, so it can be very busy at summer weekends. An old village which was granted a market charter in 1203, it has a long history and some nice buildings.

Hartington Duckpond

The village is centred around the village green, with its duckpond and car park. The entrance to Nuttall's creamery, the source of Stilton and Buxton Blue cheese, lies just off the green, and there is a cheese shop here which belongs to the creamery - a visit to this is almost obligatory.

Hartington Church

The church lies on a rise to the east of the green and is built of a attractively coloured local sandstone. It was mostly constructed in the 14th and 15th centuries and has a fine tower in Perpendicular style, but contains little of immediate interest. In the street below the church is the Old School House, dated 1758. The 17th century Hartington Hall is a fine building which stands on the hill opposite the church, on the road to Biggin, and is now a Youth Hostel.

Hartington has several pubs and shops and there is a public car park along the Warslow Road with public toilets opposite, next to Rooke's Pottery.

Hartington Photo Gallery - click on the images to enlarge- Click Here for a slide show

0 - Hartington - the old Town Hall	1 - Hartington - the cheese shop	2 - Hartington Market Place and village pump	3 - Hartington Youth Hostel
4 - Hartington village pond	5 - Hartington church	6 - Hartington pub	7 - Beresford Dale view
8 - Beresford Dale - the Ceslestial Twins	9 - Beresford Dale - Left Celestial Twin	10 - Wolfscote Hill view of Hartinton and the Upper Dove	11 - Hulme End
12 - Biggin Dale view	13 - Wolfscote Dale	14 - Wolfscote Dale	15 - Heron in Wolfscote Dale
16 - Hulme End railway station on Manifold light railway

Local places of interest
Arbor Low	Arbor Low is a Stone Age Henge (stone circle) monument in Derbyshire, situated close to Hartington and Youlgrave. It is the finest Stone Age henge monument in Northern England.
Ashbourne Church	St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne, is one of the grandest churches in Derbyshire with a fine array of alabaster tombs.
Manifold and Hamps Trail	The Manifold and Hamps Trail is a Staffordshire Peak District cycle track which follows the old light railway which once ran along the valley.
Thor's Cave	Thor's Cave is the most spectacular sight of the Manifold valley, Staffordshire, a large cave with a fine view, which was inhabited in the Stone Age.

Hartington, Derbyshire Peak District. A village close to the River Dove.

Hartington, Derbyshire is the major Peak District village on the central section of the valley of the Dove. It had a market from 1203, and now has a creamery which makes Stilton cheese.

Hartington

Local places of interest