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