Ellerkeld Check dates

What can we book?

Pitches, bell tents and cabins

All four are on the same farm, so choose by how you like to sleep and how far you want to walk to the showers. Prices are per night for two adults in a pitch, or for up to four in a bell tent or cabin.

Looking out of a tent door at knee-high grass, a sleeping mat and a rucksack in the porch
In June the long grass comes right up to the edge of the mown oval.

18 pitches · T1 to T18

Tent pitch

£24 a night for two adults

Eighteen pitches mown into the long grass of the bottom meadow, each with its own fire basket. Bring rock pegs as well as the usual: there is limestone not far under the grass.

Six by the river, six in the middle with the view up the dale, six by the barn.
Check dates for a pitch
Swaledale valley floor: walled meadows with stone field barns
The view down the dale from the yard is walls and field barns like these.

6 pitches · V1 to V6

Van and caravan pitch

£34 a night for two adults

Six level gravel hardstandings in the yard, each with a 10 amp hook-up and room for an awning. The yard is level, so no ramps needed.

All six are in the yard, a minute from the barn.
Check dates for a van pitch
A bell tent on a timber deck at sunset, door open, bunting across the front
A 5 m bell tent on its deck: one centre pole, cotton canvas, guy ropes all round.

3 tents · Bell tent 1 to 3

Bell tent

£95 a night for up to four

Three 5 m bell tents on timber decks: a double bed, two singles, rugs, lanterns and a fire basket. You bring towels, food and a torch; we have done the rest.

In the paddock east of the yard, on decks, out of the wind.
Check dates for a bell tent
Inside a pine cabin: an armchair with a striped blanket and shelves of jars
Pine inside, a chair by the stove, shelves for your food.

2 cabins · open March to November

Cabin

£120 a night for up to four

Two timber cabins under the ash trees with a wood stove, a kitchenette and a bunk room. The showers and loos are a short walk away in the barn.

At the east end of the meadow, under the ash trees.
Check dates for a cabin

How much will it be?

Prices for a night

StayA nightIncludesExtrasMinimum
Tent pitch£242 adults, a fire basket£8 adult, £5 child (4 to 15), under 4s and dogs free1 night, 2 at weekends from May to September
Van pitch£342 adults, 10 amp hook-up£8 adult, £5 child, dogs free1 night, 2 at weekends from May to September
Bell tent£95Up to 4, beds made up, first night's logsDogs free2 nights
Cabin£120Up to 4, bedding, wood stove, powerDogs free2 nights

A barrow of logs is £8. Lifts from Kirkby Stephen station are £15 each way. You pay when you arrive, by card or cash.

What's in the price?

Every stay includes

When are you open?

1 April to 31 October

The cabins open a month either side, 1 March to 30 November. What the field is like depends on the month you come.

Want to see where each pitch is?

Look round the field first.

The site map shows every pitch, the barn, the river and what the meadow looks like from April to September.

See the field map