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Small is often beautiful and,
despite its size, Hartington is an important
tourist centre and was a key centre for lead
mining from medieval times until the 19th
century. It is also one of the few places where
Stilton, the ‘king of cheeses’, is made. A local
cheese dairy, opened in 1976 by the Duke of
Devonshire, made little headway but it was bought
some years later by one Thomas Nuttall whose
creamery now produces a host of different cheeses,
including Dovedale Blue and Buxton Blue. Pilsbury
Castle, which sits on a promontory guarding the
Dove Valley, is arguably the finest motte and
bailey earthwork in Derbyshire. |
The Duck Pond at Hartington - Photo:
Stephen Elwyn Roddick
CCL |
