Picture Postcard Cottage, is over 500 yards old.
 
This cottage was heavily up-graded following purchase by the present owners in 2002. It is three bedroomed, each bedroom having a spacious en-suite and is between 500 & 700 years old. The original cruck beams are exposed! The spacious living room is heavily beamed (although not as old as the cottage itself), and has an Inglenook fireplace with imposing dressed stone surround, mullioned windows and walls well over two feet thick. Without doubt this is a most relaxing room. There are 4 televisions, one with full sky programmes (including sports and films) video and CD player, but who needs these – whether in summer of winter, just sit in the leather settees and soak in your historical surroundings.

The cottage benefits from fully controllable central heating,

The kitchen is top of the range, with gorgeous real granite sinks, gloss worktops, and of course with all necessary appliances, including fridge freezer, dish-washer, washing machine and micro-wave and is adjacent to the open plan beamed dining area.

Some limited outdoor seating area both at the front and the back of the property with flower borders. Most importantly housekeeping is our highest priority. In each cottage there are seven (!) personalised highly organised information folders, much praised, enabling guests to make the most of their stay. Weekly events lists are supplied between May and September.

Hartington is one of the most highly regarded villages in the Peak, famous for its creamery with shop selling genuine Stilton and other cheeses, geese pond, hall and fine old stone buildings. The approach down a long dale to the village from the main road really takes some beating. The River Dove is only a few hundred yards away and a very popular walk starts in the village, over some lovely meadows to the River, along the stretch known as Beresford Dale, which in turn leads onto Wolfscote Dale and the most famous Dale of the Peak, Dovedale.

There are numerous footpaths and bridle ways in the immediate vicinity, offering unrivalled walking in the best part of the White Peak. The highly popular Tissington Trail, which runs for 17 miles, is used by walkers, cyclists and horse riders, and is just 1 mile from the cottages. Two further trails, the High Peak Trail and the Manifold Valley Trail (both of similar distance), are within 2 miles. These three tracks are ideal for family cycling as is the network of quiet minor roads, which can be accessed at numerous points along the trails. These former railway lines have much else to offer, not least quality views, but also interesting viaducts, steam beam engines and other remnant of the past.

Hartington is located in that part of the Peak District known as the White Peak. This is the area of rolling countryside, dales, streams and rivers, limestone villages and dry-stone walls, which give the area so much character. Hartington’s central position within the White Peak is confirmed by its equal distance, namely 11 miles, from Buxton, Matlock, Bakewell, Ashbourne and Leek, all towns on the perimeter of the White Peak at different points on the compass.