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Hartington Cottages

Knowl Cottage - 6 person picture postcard Peak District Stone cottage in the centre of the highly acclaimed village of Hartington, offering seclusion and peace. Cottage built over 500 years ago. Original crucks beams and some wattle and daub exposed. 3 spacious en-suites.

Totally upgraded in 2002 with little regard for expense, graded the maximum 5 Star by the English Tourist Board. Inglenook fireplace, mullioned windows, original beams exposed and much more character features. Walls are well over two feet thick and have a wonderful old style cottage feel in them.

Manifold and Dove Cottages are my 2 person cottages, both graded four star by the English Tourism Council, also totally upgraded in 2002. They are both one bedroomed, (one sleeping two with an en-suite, one sleeping three i.e. one double and if needed a single, giving the option of using as a twin bedroom) with a modern tasteful ambience. Both cottages have full sized bathrooms with showers over. They also have lovely and effective log effect stoves in the living room.

Both have fully controllable central heating. In the courtyard there is a barbecue and laundry room and provision for off-road parking of cars. There is some limited outdoor seating area with flower borders. Housekeeping is of utmost importance. In all three cottages there are seven (!) personalised highly organised information folders, much praised, enabling guests to make the most of their stay.

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. A footpath only yards from the cottage takes you down some lovely meadows to reach The River Dove which is where a very popular walks starts and takes you over some lovely meadows to the River, along the stretch known as Berefsford Dale, which in turn leads onto Wolfscote Dale and the most famous Dale of the Peak, Dovedale. Whichever way you travel you remain within the best and most attractive part of the Peak District with gorgeous dales and hills.

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.

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.