CRACKPOT COTTAGE
OFF GRID WILD GLAMPING
IN BEAUTIFUL SWALEDALE
"A lovely couple who live an ecologically sound life....If more people lived like this, the world would be a better place." Sam
Welcome to Crackpot Cottage - Wild Glamping
IN THE HEART OF THE YORKSHIRE DALES - DARK SKIES RESERVE - BIRD WATCHING HEAVEN - EXTRAORDINARY VIEWS - STUNNING WALKS - FIREPIT
Adjacent to the Coast To Coast, The Pennine Way, The Swale Trail and The Herriot Way
Crackpot Cottage is the ideal place to experience the beautiful Yorkshire Dales.
There is plenty to do, walk and cycle in Swaledale but if you fancy going a little further afield we are only 30/40 minutes away from very renowned sites in Wensleydale such as Castle Bolton, Penhill, Aysgarth Falls, Wensleydale Creamery, Hawes, Hardraw Force and Jervaulx Abbey.
We are a family-run smallholding. We grow our own fruit and vegetables and our hens provide us with fresh eggs daily.
We have two glamping venues in our grounds.
Situated in a small hamlet between Reeth and Gunnerside, we are surrounded by the most stunning Swaledale walks, including the renowned Muker - Keld circular and Gunnerside Gill. A gentle evening stroll from Crackpot Cottage will also take you to the outstanding Crackpot Falls or Summer Lodge cave and tarn.
For walkers and cyclists and all of our guests if requested we are able to provide extras services such as packed lunches, safe indoor bike storage, e-bikes battery charging and pick up/drop off.
Staying with us is not only a choice of accommodation but a unique and special off grid experience!
Our glamping venues
Log Cabin - Off Grid Wild Glamping
The log cabin sleeps 2. Compost toilet and basic washing facilities are outside next to the cabin in a small secluded woodland.
The cabin has exclusive use of the picnic area just adjacent, which has a fire-pit/barbeque to satisfy any cooking needs glamping style!
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Beds: 1 double
From
£80.00
The Barn - Off Grid Wild Glamping
The barn sleeps 2. Compost toilet and basic washing facilities are outside next to the byre in a small secluded area.
The barn has exclusive use of the garden area just adjacent, which has a firepit/barbeque to satisfy any cooking needs glamping style!
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Beds: 1 double
From
£70.00
Walkers & Cyclists Info
Walkers and cyclist are very welcome here at Crackpot Cottage!
Being very keen walkers and cyclists ourselves we understand your needs and have put together a series of extra services to facilitate your stay.
Click below for a list of services and prices.
Green Living
At Crackpot Cottage we spend much of our time finding ways to be as self sufficient as possible, whilst keeping mother nature happy.
And so we build and dig and plant and harvest, and return what we don't need for ourselves back to the land (or give it to the hens!).
We have plenty to keep us busy, rain or shine (mostly rain!), whatever the season such as:
vegetable garden
fruit trees
hens
lots of flower beds and lawns
plenty of hedges and natural fencing
composting
and the list goes on.......
Here we share with you our triumphs and failures, and all the hard work and attention our land needs.
Reviews
Dreamy log cabin stay with very welcoming hosts! Lovely remote location with chickens for company and had an amazing evening drinking homemade Crackpot Cottage sloe gin whilst playing dominos :)
Ema and Karen are just fantastic! We had a two night stay here and it was perfect. They were both so welcoming and friendly from the moment we arrived to when we had to leave. The cabin is secluded, clean and had everything we needed. Evenings were spent at the fire pit watching the sheep and listening to the chickens chattering to themselves. The homemade pizza and cheese were also very tasty!
Would recommend this place to anyone, very relaxed and welcoming atmosphere by Emanuela and Karen. The tranquillity of the place is great and the food by Emanuela was fantastic. Keep doing what your doing!
Emanuela and Karen were perfect hosts. We got a warm welcome and a little tour of the cabin and surrounding area. The cabin has everything you could want or need for an off grid trip. Breathtaking views of the moors are the perfect backdrop. We decided to order some of Emanuela’s homemade pizza and arancini which came with a glass of red wine. It was delivered to the cabin and was absolutely delicious. We also ordered breakfast which was handmade bread with bacon and eggs from their chickens and a generous amount of coffee. Emanuela makes her own cheese, gin and other items such as ketchup. We decided to buy some chilli cheese as a memento of our trip. I can’t fault it at all, they have a perfect set up and our trip was so fun and relaxing. Thank you both for being so warm and just the loveliest couple.
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