A half-mile (800 m) to the south of the village, on the river Dove, is the fishing house of the famous angler Charles Cotton.

Near Hartington is the finest neolithic stone circle in the Peak District, Arbor Low.

[citation needed] Hartington Mill, now a private house, stands by the River Dove.

A little south of the village, overlooking the Dove, stands Wolfscote Hill (388 m at grid reference SK137583) which is a good viewpoint; it is now in the care of the National Trust.

Three miles (5 km) to the south-west of the village lies the small settlement of Hulme End; this marks the northern starting point of the Manifold Way, an 8-mile (13 km) tarmacked walking and cycling route that follows the route of the former Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway.

[3] Hartington was mentioned in the Domesday book as belonging to Henry de Ferrers and being worth forty shillings.