Black Swan Hotel, Kirby Stephen

Voted one of the top 10 pubs with a garden in England. This award winning pub is situated in an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the conservation village of Ravenstonedale. Perfect for walking the Howgill fells or touring the Lakes and Yorkshire Dales, this family run hotel offers excellent home cooked food, wines and ales, along with great coffee and gorgeous home-made cakes and scones. The hotel is ideally located to enjoy local walks, relax in the lovely riverside garden, with resident red squirrels, play the nearby 9-hole Riverside golf course (loan clubs available) or enjoy a game of tennis on the village court (rackets available). Free wireless broadband access is also available in the bars and lounge. A selection of single, twin, double, superior double rooms and suites which can accommodate Z beds for children. The rooms are tastefully decorated and all have flat screen TV's with Freeview and DVD players. Extra large towels and hand made organic toiletries.

A Victorian stone built inn with open fires and original features. Guests can choose to dine in a choice of two restaurants or in the bar. The Black Swan offers a range of traditional choices which use local produce when possible. This includes cheeses from Cotherstone and other local farms and meats sourced both from local farms and specialist suppliers. All food is freshly made and special diets/allergies, along with vegetarian menus can be catered for. There is a comfortable bar area which serves local cask ales and other refreshments. There is a very large garden area for guests to enjoy in the warmer months either for dining or for relaxing. The Black Swan opened a Village Store in July 2007 with the help of HRH Prince Charles’s charity ‘Pub is the Hub’. What once was a bedroom is now a shop offering residents, locals and visitors essential grocery items, produce, stationery, gifts and crafts, sourced locally. Organic soaps and toiletries, made by a local farmer’s wife, which are used in the hotel bedrooms, are on sale in the shop to take home along with cakes, jams & preserves from local suppliers and cards, books and calendars painted and produced by local artists.

Facilities

• 19th century buildings
• Breakfast Included
• Parking (free)
• Historic Property
• Free broadband access (wired)
• Shared gardens
• Tennis court
• Children's highchairs
• Woodland walks
• Restaurant
• Continental breakfast (included)
• Cooked breakfast (included)
• Lunch available (at additional cost)
• Dinner available (at additional cost)
• Bar
• Recommended walks
• Pub (walking distance)
• Museums (a short drive)
• Historic houses
• Gardens
• Golf course (walking distance)
• Tennis courts (walking distance)
• Recommended restaurants (a short drive)

Arrival information

Check In: 3.00pm Check Out: 10.00am Directions: From the M6 Exit the M6 at J38, Tebay. Follow the A685 east towards Kirkby Stephen. After about 6 miles, shortly after passing Newbiggin-on-Lune, Ravenstonedale is signposted to the right. Take this road which leads into the village. After passing the King’s Head on your right, take the next right turn. Pass the village school on your right and keep left to find the Black Swan Hotel on your right after another 200 metres. From the A1: Take the A66 west from Scotch corner to Brough. Turn south at Brough on the A685. Follow the A685 through Kirkby Stephen. About 4 miles past Kirkby Stephen, Ravenstonedale is signposted left. Turn left on to the minor road and left again after 200 metres. Pass the village school on your right and keep left to find the Black Swan Hotel on your right after another 200 metres. Nearest Train Station: Kirkby Stephen which is about 3 miles away.