HIDEAWAY BARN

Located in the sleepy hamlet of Ruthwaite, this beautifully converted barn feels delightfully secluded, with a large garden and patio area. It offers spacious and tasteful accommodation for up to 6 people, with fabulous views of Skiddaw, the Caldbeck Fells and Binsey. You can walk out of the door for miles up and along the mountains of Great Cock Up and Skiddaw and not see a soul.

The ever-popular town of Keswick is just 15 minutes drive away, with its unsurpassed range of outdoor shops and many pubs, restaurants and cafés, as well as Derwentwater Lake.

The view from Hideaway Barn

The kitchen door

Ruthwaite is also half a mile from the village of Ireby, where the Red Lion pub, built in the 18th century, serves real ales and home-cooked food. Once a thriving market town, with a stone cross believed to date back to 1200, Ireby is now a truly unspoilt, peaceful fell village. A popular folk/roots music festival is held there each spring.

A twenty minute evening stroll along a footpath by the barn’s garden (or a five minute drive down quiet country lanes) brings you to Uldale, with its links with Sir Hugh Walpole's acclaimed ‘Herries’ chronicles. There, the Snooty Fox pub is popular for evening meals, as is the Oddfellows Arms in Caldbeck, the next village along over the fell road.

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