Fellside Cottage

01/01/2025

Happy new year!
Greetings from the Dales.
Looking forward to welcoming guests old and new in 2025.

10/12/2024

Follow some of the famous faces that have walked the Dales using these routes featured in the excellent BBC series ‘Winter Walks’ series

Follow in the footsteps of the BBC Winter Walks series and immerse yourself in the idyllic winter landscapes of Northern England.

14/11/2024

A lovely circular walking route from Hebden up to old lead mines and across to top of Grassington, through the village, then back along the river from Linton falls to swing bridge. 14 km.

26/10/2024

Christmas in Dales?? Special rate £795. Contact me to book

05/08/2024

Lovely walks along River Wharfe and also up Simon’s Seat

20/06/2024

Celebrity watch! Dan Walker and Helen Skelton

03/05/2024

We have a couple of weeks free this summer …see

In the heart of the beautiful Yorkshire Dales National Park, in the picturesque village of Appletreewick boasting two award winning pubs - Sleeps 5+1

01/05/2024

Summer season is opening up

We are pleased to let you know that Barden Field car park and barbecue area will be opening this weekend.

The car park will be open on weekends and bank holidays until the end of August.

Due to the limited spaces available, we do advise pre-booking your tickets online.

https://boltonabbey.ticketsrv.co.uk/tickets/162

23/03/2024

Our Fellside Cottage local:

24/02/2024

Favourite swing bridge up and running again.

We acted swiftly to repair Hebden Suspension Bridge after a supporting cable snapped during the recent storms 🌬️

We know this is an important crossing on the River Wharfe and we are pleased to say it is now open.

📸 Paul Beal

08/02/2024

The famous (it’s been on national TV!) ferret racing at our local…

12/01/2024

Our local has an international reputation…for its ferret racing:

There's an annual event in a tiny Yorkshire Dales hamlet that's so special the Wall Street Journal even wrote about it! It takes place at the historic The Craven Arms in Appletreewick. (Ask a local to say it for you - it definitely isn't pronounced Apple Tree Wick!)

As you step from the traditional flagstone floor bar and into the cruck barn, the quirkiness of the occasion is hard to miss, with a judge in bowler hat and white coat, the pub landlord wearing a farmers’ smock and an array of handlers, young and slightly less young, watching proceedings. What is it? The annual ferret-racing championships on 7th February
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Place a bet with the pop-up bookie who donates all the proceeds to the local fell rescue group and watch the action unfold as the ferrets race along a there-and-back drainpipe loop suspended from the ceiling.

One year I tweeted about it and it got shared and shared until a Wall Street journalist heard about it, and booked his trip for the following year, leading to an article in the Wall Street Journal!

If you miss out on this year's ferret-racing, it's still worth a wander to the Craven Arms at other times of the year. The pub describes itself as a "little Yorkshire pub with quite a bit more" and that's definitely accurate. It's one of the cosiest and most traditional-feeling in the area, but the Cruck Barn is what makes it truly remarkable.

Cruck framed buildings used to be quite common in the Dales but few remain. In 2006 Robert and David set out to build a barn that looked like it was 500 years old, the first of its kind to be built since Tudor times. They used traditional materials and methods so you'll see the heather thatch, and oak trusswork.

Look at it from the outside behind the main pub building as well as from the inside and you'll marvel at the craftsmanship and attention to detail. They used locally sourced sheeps wool insulation, stone found on site and then plastered using a traditional mixture of lime, sand from the river and horse har for strength. The oak came from nearby trees, which were split to create the distinctive frame of the cruck, upon which the roof rests.