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
We absolutely loved our stay in the barn. The location and views are stunning and we thought it was a really lovely touch to have a designated private garden area for us to use during our stay - we had breakfast outside in the sunshine which was delightful :)
Everything was as described and was thoughtfully set up to have everything we needed for a comfortable stay. We were grateful for the absence of WiFi so we could really switch off and enjoy each others company :)
Emma and Karen are lovely, friendly hosts, and were really helpful with directions and local recommendations.
Thoroughly enjoyable stay, we are very keen to return when we are next in the area :)
Absolutely loved staying here for a night, but I really wish I’d booked more. The hosts were welcoming, knowledgeable and absolutely faultless. We had dinner at the property and it was homemade which was a lovely touch, alongside homemade tomato sauce with the fries! We absolutely loved our stay away, thank you both
The Byre at Crackpot Cottage is quite simply glorious. The description prepared us for the off-grid experience, but what Emanuela has created here with the fire pit for the Byre, the eco friendly outside bathroom and the cosy fire - set in the most impressive countryside with curlew calls to wake you in the morning and great home-cooked food available to order- 10/10!
The barn at Crackpot Cottage was the perfect glamping experience. The hosts were very friendly and proactive in helping us to find the location and ensuring that we had everything that we needed. The barn itself is lovely and cozy with a beautiful outdoor space. We had some homemade pizzas which were reasonably priced and delicious.
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