A hill farm in Swaledale
Open the door. The rest can wait.
Three wood-warm cabins on a working sheep farm, with the fells at the end of the garden.
Sample farm stay. Your cabins, dates and facts replace every line.
Arriving
Your first afternoon.
Arrive any time from four. Here is how it goes.
- 16:00The gate opens. The code arrives by text that morning.
- 16:30Boots off in the boot room; the stove is laid.
- 17:30A walk to the top field before the light goes.
- 19:00Supper hamper at the door, if you ordered one.
The Byre
from £140 a nightSleeps two. A wood stove and a bath by the window. Two nights or more.
MoreHigh Barn
from £210 a nightSleeps four. Two bedrooms and a long kitchen table. Three nights or more.
MoreThe Bothy
from £120 a nightSleeps two. The smallest, and the closest to the fell. Two nights or more.
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The farm's year
Come for the season you love.
- SpringMarch to MayLambing in the top barn, wild garlic in the lane, long light evenings.
- SummerJune to AugustHay making, swimming in the beck, suppers outside.
- AutumnSeptember to NovemberApples in the orchard, the first fires, deer in the woods at dusk.
- WinterDecember to FebruaryFrost on the fields, stove-warm cabins, the clearest stars.
A slow day
Nothing planned. Everything near.
Walk from the door, borrow a map from the boot room, or help with the morning feed. Supper hampers come from the farm kitchen if you would rather not cook.
- Walks straight from the cabin
- Help with the morning feed
- Supper hampers from the farm kitchen
Ready when you are