Kettlewell is a typical dales village in Upper Wharfedale. It has three lovely pubs, a tearoom, a village store and an ice cream parlour!

It is a popular destination at any time of year but during the annual Scarecrow Festival it is particularly lively with lots going on.

This award-winning gem of a hostel in the Yorkshire Dales village of Kettlewell is a real treat for a Spice weekend. There is a lovely stylish dining room, a separate comfortable lounge with a wood-burning stove and a beautiful garden for sitting out in the sunshine! As well as the spacious communal areas there are 11 bedrooms sleeping up to 42, with a double room, a twin room, 4 x 3 bed rooms, 2 x 4 bed rooms 1 x 5 bed room and 2 x 6 bed rooms.

The hostel will serves us a fantastic home-made meal on our arrival evening using the very best in locally sourced produce, including the now famous 8 hour beef stew!

The hostel has its own secondhand bookshop so you can read a book over the weekend and if you don't finish it then just buy it to take home.

We also have a well-equipped self catering kitchen, so we will cook breakfasts and a Saturday evening buffet for everyone.

The Kettlewell Hostel is on the Dales Way and is a really great place for walking. Great Whernside and Buckden Pike are within a few hours' hike. 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 equipment too.

We can't guarantee which room you will have but we will make an effort of keeping local Spice members together and room dorm share requests where possible. Bring some ear plugs if you're a light sleeper as despite all this, hard though it may be to believe when you see the standard of accommodation, it's still a hostel (and hence the price).

You can arrive from 4pm on Friday but please try to be there for dinner at 7:30pm.

Kettlewell is located in Upper Wharfedale, approximately 10 miles north of Skipton and 14 miles south west of Leyburn, on the B6160. 

The nearest train station is Skipton, with connecting bus services as follows: 

Keighley Bus Company operates the 72 and 72R service from Skipton Bus Station and Skipton Rail Station to the Yorkshire Dales National Park Centre in Grassington, Monday to Saturday. From Grassington the Upper Wharfedale Venturer and NYCC run the 72A and 72B services to Kettlewell and beyond, Monday to Saturday. On Sundays and Bank Holidays, a direct service is operated by Dales Bus from Ilkley, via Grassington to Kettlewell and Hawes. Full details are available at http://www.vetch.co.uk/uw_bus/

There is room for up to seven cars alongside the hostel so please car share where possible, however the car park opposite the petrol station has additional car parking for just £3 per day.