Additional Notes

In the family we also have a number of cottages, sleeping 2,3 and 4 persons up at our non-working farm a mile up the road, between Hartington and Biggin (See our web site for details of these cottages www.cotterillfarm.co.uk). 

At Cotterill Farm there is a modest fleet of bicycles for hiring out at roughly one half of the cost charged by the commercial hire organisations just to guests at Cotterilll farm and to guests staying here in Hartington, and there is also an impressive electric bike (new in summer 2011) worth £1600 available for hire

In all cottages, here at Hartington and at Cotterill Farm there are ten(!) information packs, which have been highly praised by our guests. In addition to containing the more usual but extensive brochures produced by the various organisers of the tourist attractions, we set out in a very personalised way extensive ideas prepared by ourselves over many pages on what to do in the immediate area, and much other information, as well, is given. All the Tourist Board inspectors visitng (they make annual visits) have indicated they are the best they have ever seen, and immodestly we do claim that they are amongst the best in the country.

Those leaflets that are professionally produced by the (mainly) commercial tourist operators are stored in order of proximity to the cottages, so at a glance it can be appreciated how much travelling might possibly be involved in seeing something that has caught our guests' eyes. The advantage of these information packs is that they ensure that our guests have plenty of ideas of what to do, most usually say that they had never appreciated how much there was in the area, (even regular visitors to the Peak have said that), and many of my guests have commented that with the benefit of the information given they have been able to give their cars a holiday too, hardly (if at all) moving them all week. (In addition, weekly events lists are provided between May and the end of October  in advance of our guests' arrival to enable our guests to perhaps plan in advance particularly on the first couple of days of their stay with us what they might wish to do)

We like to think  that it is the extensive ideas, events lists and information we provide and the quality and attention to detail both in the furnishings and the much praised housekeeping as well as  their wonderful location  that have ensured that  there are a particularly high number of repeat visitors to our cottages. In other words it's a very professionally run set-up!

Hartington Market Place

The village duckpond

Hartington Church