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YHA Kettlewell
Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 5QUOverview
The multi award-winning Kettlewell Hostel is super friendly with hearty homemade food and great social areas. It is perfect for families, individuals and groups alike. With a range of private rooms or great value dorm beds, it is a wonderful base for exploring the Yorkshire Dales.
The Kettlewell Hostel has been part of the YHA network for over 75 years and is an absolute gem! Set in a charming Yorkshire Dales village with plenty of great walks, friendly pubs, stunning views and some world class cycling routes close by, it is a real home from home, just perfect for an active break.
A really great place to base yourself for a few days' walking, Great Whernside and Buckden Pike are within a few hours' hike, as well as a week's worth of varied walking right from the front door. If cycling is more your thing, we are on Tour de France and Tour de Yorkshire routes and provide the perfect base for those looking to get some big climbs under their belts! We also have a great bike shed for storing your cycling equipment too.
Why guests love YHA Kettlewell
Accommodation at YHA Kettlewell
Bed in a shared room
Dorm rooms have multiple beds and shared with other people who may not be travelling together. They are usually more affordable than private rooms as you'll be booking a bed rather than the whole room. A ‘dorm bed’ is a bed in a room that is shared with other guests of the same gender.
A typical shared dorm room includes bunk beds, under bed storage box for each bed and a wash hand basin with hand soap. There is a USB charging point / shaver point and light. Individual reading lights are also available to use.
Children aged between 12 and 15 can stay in dorm rooms as long as they're accompanied by an adult of the same gender.
Shared shower and toilet facilities are located near to the room. None of our rooms have en-suite facilities.
Private rooms
Want some privacy? With a private room, you'll be booking the whole room for your stay.
All private rooms have an under bed storage box for each bed, and a wash hand basin with hand soap. There is a USB charging point / shaver point and light. Individual reading lights are also available to use.
Shared shower and toilet facilities are located near to the room. None of our private rooms have en-suite facilities.
Hire the whole place
Planning an overdue get-together or celebrating a birthday/anniversary? Looking for a base for your group's next adventure? Make your special occasion extra special with YHA Exclusive Hire.
You can hire the whole building at YHA Kettlewell and, with sole use of the property, come and go as you please. This property is a great location for discovering the wonderful surroundings on either bike or foot. Booking well in advance is advisable, especially at weekends.
Food and drink at YHA Kettlewell
Things to do around YHA Kettlewell
Wensleydale Creamery
The perfect destination for fans of cheese - including Wallace & Gromit! See the cheese being made and then try a sample. Visit the website
Walking and Rambling in Kettlewell
Walkers are in for a treat! With YHA Kettlewell being pretty much at the foot of Great Whernside, a great day's walk is up, round the back of the house and over the top to Starbotton and back in
Mountain biking in Kettlewell
Mountain and cyclocross bikes are welcome on all the bridle ways in the area, have a look at the map (available in reception) as there are so many great routes to chose form.
Cycling in Kettlewell
For Cyclists, we are on the Tour de France route and the area is really popular with road cyclists. We have a large secure bike shed and concreted metal hoops in the floor so make sure that you bri
Climbing in Kettlewell
For climbers we have one of Yorkshire's Big Three limestone crags, Kilnsey Crag (the other two being Gordale and Malham). This is mostly higher grade sport climbing but there are some very good
Running in Kettlewell
This is a simply amazing area for fell running. A popular winter route is night running over Great Whernside, only for the experienced, but with a clear night, there is really nowhere better on
Watersports near Kettlewell
The trout farm and shop down at Kilnsey Park Estate makes for a really good day out for any aspiring fisherman. See the Kilnsey Fishing website
Bolton Abbey
Take the steam train from Embsay or park at the Abbey for a stroll and picnic by the river.
Hostel facilities
- 24-hour access
- Ambulant accessible
- Breakfast
- Coach parking nearby
- Contactless payments
- Cycle store
- Dining room
- Evening meals
- Free on-street parking
- Free parking on premises
- Games
- Garden/grounds
- Group meals
- Highchair
- Intermittent mobile coverage
- Large garden/grounds
- Library
- Licensed bar
- Minibus parking nearby
- Near bus stop
- Outdoor seating
- Packed lunch
- Self-catering kitchen
- Shared drying room
- Shared lounge
- Sole use
- WiFi
Hostel need to know
Reception opening hours: From 08:00 - 10:00 and 16:00 - 21:00.
Food and drink: Breakfast is served to guests daily at 08:00. Please order the night before. Packed lunches and evening meals are also available. Evening meals are served at 19:00 and we ask that orders are placed by 18:00.
Self-catering: Guests have access to a self-catering kitchen.
Parking: We have parking for up to seven cars at the hostel. There is plenty more parking in the village although this can be a sensitive issue and we ask that parking notices are respected. The £3 car park opposite the garage is often the best choice – pay in the garage and see one of the sets from the film Calendar Girls while you are there!
WiFi: Free WiFi is available throughout the hostel.
Dogs: Pets are not permitted at YHA Kettlewell. Assistance dogs are welcome - please notify us at the time of booking.
YHA Kettlewell - Access Statement
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History
YHA Kettlewell was built in 1917 as a guest house and has been home to a bakery, cafe, village shop, post office as well as being taken into the YHA family in the 1940s.
The hostel was sold in 2015 and since has gone from strength to strength as an independent hostel (though still very much part of the YHA) ever since!
Meet the team
Saul and Floss bought The Kettlewell Hostel from YHA in 2015 and have been working ever since to make this the best hostel in the country! Saul is the chef, Floss is head of housekeeping, together they manage to do everything!
Before buying the hostel, Saul was a manager for outdoor clothes company Rohan, Floss has worked as a financial researcher in Harrogate and they have two children Mollie and Humphrey.
We believe that by providing really good food and a nice welcome, in a clean, friendly and interesting environment that people would both have a nice time, and feel that they can come back time and again.
