Heart of Hawes Holiday Cottage

25/09/2026

A waterfall to start the weekend. Upper Falls at Aysgarth Falls.

Do you have a favourite walk from here. Many just walk the three sets of falls over a mile of river. We like making it a circular to include Cauldron Falls at West Burton, or to head north and make it a circular via Bolton Castle and to include ‘James Herriot’s’ honeymoon hotel at The Wheatsheaf Inn Carperby.

One of the majestic waterfalls you can see when visiting Upper Wensleydale and staying at Heart of Hawes Holiday Cottage.

Our Airbnb link is below but we can always be a bit cheaper on a direct booking (please call or text my number or message the email address below), as we won’t face the heavy booking commissions of the big booking platforms.

https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/1115769489794745863?unique_share_id=2ab49db1-40c3-46ab-b0cb-cdf324d063aa&viralityEntryPoint=1&s=76

Stuart Lunn
Heart Of Hawes Holiday Cottage
tel 07771513168
[email protected]

24/09/2026

fans we’ve some final availability for an 🍁 🍂 Autumn break at Heart of Hawes Holiday Cottage (Highest rated Airbnb Cottage in the Yorkshire Dales National Park)

Why not give us a call and have a chat?These are infill late availability dates and we can offer great value to you;

👉 Sunday 4th October for a flexible length 3 to 6 night break.

👉 OCTOBER HALF TERM / HALLOWEEN / HAWES BONFIRE NIGHT & FIREWORKS. 🔥 🎇 🎃 👻. Thursday 29th October for a 3 to 5 night flexible length stay. Hawes fireworks display is on the evening of Sunday 1st November.

👉Monday 9th November for a flexible length 3 to 5 night stay.

👉Tuesday 17th November for a 2 night stay.

👉Sunday 22nd November for a 3 night stay.

👉Sunday 29th November for a 2 night (possibly 3 nights) stay.

Remember from October to the end of February we are running a book four nights and bolt on an extra fifth night for free offer (excludes any stay between 19th December and 4th January).

Fabulous time for short walks, visiting waterfalls, sitting by a fire in our local hostelries, and of course it’s a quieter time of year. Nearly forgot visiting Wensleydale Creamery and Dales Countryside Museum. Our cottage is warm, and best of all it’s just 2-3 minutes walk to all the amenities of Hawes from our front door.

Our website and Airbnb links are below with information about the cottage, but it’s always best to give me a direct call to be booked in as we can price cheaper by avoiding the heavy international booking platform commissions.

https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/1115769489794745863?unique_share_id=432e1188-f3fb-4ec2-8dc2-f3174a317844&viralityEntryPoint=1&s=76

https://heartofhawes.lodgify.com

Stuart Lunn
Heart Of Hawes Holiday Cottage
Tel 07771513168
[email protected]

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21/09/2026

Grassington 1940s Weekend - few photos from yesterday.

Jo and I dropped in yesterday to have a little look at this festival. It’s brilliant (very busy / well supported) the town gets into it fully….1940’s music / singers / dancing, vehicle displays from the period, and a significant proportion of visitors dress up in period clothes / uniforms.

Want to know what else is on / planned over the next 12 months when based in Hawes and exploring the dales?

We offer a bespoke Heart of Hawes Holiday Cottage 45 page guide with our knowledge and recommendations of things to do / what’s on. Just message us your email address and we will send you a copy with our compliments.

https://heartofhawes.lodgify.com

https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/1115769489794745863?unique_share_id=d9ec4714-5d61-4e13-9350-b826205df787&viralityEntryPoint=1&s=76

Stuart Lunn
Heart Of Hawes Holiday Cottage
Tel 07771513168
[email protected]

19/09/2026

The majestic Hardraw Force Waterfall in , Yorkshire Dales National Park today.

There’s lots of reasons to book a stay at Heart of Hawes Holiday Cottage, but the opportunity to visit Hardrow Force (as it’s spelt locally) is very definitely right at the top of the list.

We’re just under two miles very pleasant valley bottom walk on the Pennine Way National Trail away from Hardraw, the waterfall and the 800 year old Green Dragon at Hardraw.

Information about our cottage (the highest rated Airbnb cottage in The Yorkshire Dales is below, and please remember phoning us directly will give you the best price as we both avoid the hefty big platform booking commissions that otherwise inflate prices.

Lovely time for a pre Christmas break up here and we still have good October, November and December Christmas / New Year availability.

https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/1115769489794745863?unique_share_id=c68e682b-07cc-4b19-8bf1-5ac74fd8a0c8&viralityEntryPoint=1&s=76

https://heartofhawes.lodgify.com

Stuart Lunn
Heart Of Hawes Holiday Cottage
Tel 07771513168
[email protected]

17/09/2026

🐈‍⬛ 🐶 🐇All Creatures Great And Small 🐄 🐑returns tonight at 9pm with Channel 5 broadcasting the first episode of Season Seven.

At Heart of Hawes Holiday Cottage we’re experts on the series, and very much the perfect cottage / base for James Herriot fans to take in the best of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

📺 We can help you find the real dales, the locations featured in both the 1970’s/1980’s original BBC series and the current Channel 5 / PBS series.

You name it, we’ve visited it and can help you find these places too, the surgeries, the town squares, The Drovers, the farms, the churches, the villages, the water-splash, the pubs, the museum, the stately homes, and the hamlets. Simply put the most beautiful natural preserved scenery on earth.

📷 🎥 Here’s some photos of the places we can help you find and visit, and also of Heart Of Hawes Holiday Cottage.

📖 It’s why we offer our guests our 45 page bespoke Heart Of Hawes Holiday Cottage guide full of our personal recommendations about how to enjoy a Dales visit. We also phone you and have a chat and offer our tailored recommendations based on your interests. And when you arrive we’ve maps and walking books and information galore for you.

🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 🇳🇱 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 Each year we help a lot of first time international and UK visitors to live / visit their James Herriot dream. Both coming by car or by public transport. We know the train and bus connections, and the local taxi company.

If you’re considering a holiday or a break to the Yorkshire Dales, do FOLLOW our page and please do get in touch to ask for our guide (email us your email address and we will send it by return) and advice.

Don’t call Darroby 2297, instead call Stuart Lunn at Heart Of Hawes Holiday Cottage if you’d like someone to help you put together a Yorkshire Dales visit of a lifetime. Heart of Hawes Holiday cottage is both a great base for exploring the area, but also the highest rated Airbnb holiday cottage in the Yorkshire Dakes National Park.

Both our Airbnb link (please read our reviews to understand how guests love both the cottage and our approach) and own website links are below with more information about the cottage;

https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/1115769489794745863?unique_share_id=ca8e4b07-685d-4d36-af8d-c878843e9675&viralityEntryPoint=1&s=76

https://heartofhawes.lodgify.com

And if you’re thinking of booking with us, we strongly encourage ‘direct bookings’. Booking through the big platforms means a big part of the price is the hefty platform commissions. Simply by phoning us….we can save you a lot of money.

Enjoy the series tonight (we love it), and we will be in The Drover’s (the pub where it’s filmed just under two miles from our cottage) on Saturday night having a meal and a few ales toasting the success of the series and indeed to Alf Wight himself.

Stuart Lunn
Heart Of Hawes Holiday Cottage
Tel 07771513168
[email protected]

16/09/2026

Hawes -

🏃 🏃‍♀️ 🚴🏻🚴🏻‍♀️🧗‍♂️🧗🏊🏊‍♀️ 🥾 🥾
Well it’s national fitness day, and a little note of recognition to all those who visit Heart of Hawes Holiday Cottage to get outdoors into some of the most beautiful scenery in the world in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

We attract walkers (serious and casual), runners, cyclists, wild swimmers…you name it. Many of you just want a nice circular walk to a pub or coffee shop and we’ve so many circular and linear routes straight from the cottage for you!

🪧 Our area is cross crossed by footpaths and walking paths. The Pennine Way National Trail, Herriot’s Way, Coast To Coast Path (in Swaledale), Lady Ann Way, Yoredale Way. We’ve also the Hawes Mosaic Walk Trail, and a family treasure trail around Hawes and Gayle. And we’re a great base for the Yorkshire Three Peaks too.

🏃‍♂️ The Montane Spine Race (the toughest running race in the UK comes through Hawes in both Summer and Winter).

Wild swimmers love Semerwater and Cauldron Falls at West Burton to name a few spots.

And cyclists. You’re in a road bike mecca. Climb the Cote De Buttertubs pass made famous as the signature climb when The Tour De France came through Hawes. MTB and gravel bikers, the area is awash with trails for you too. Family cyclists love the Swale Trail as a predominantly traffic free stunning cycle route. We have a secure bike store annex too at the cottage.

So we celebrate you all choosing Hawes as a base for fabulous active adventures.

🍺 🥘 As for us; we get out and explore the area all the time. How can we recommend walks or runs or swims if we haven’t tried them ourselves? This is in part why I’m entered in the 6 day 74 mile The Inn Way through the Yorkshire Dales walk next April with TeamWalking - Hill Skills & Outdoor Adventures, with Mark Reid FRGS. Only by using our own legs can we make recommendations to you, and of course I visit a lot of our finest hostelries on the route purely for research purposes….

Fancy an active holiday in Hawes. Have a look at our Airbnb and Direct booking websites below.
We love ‘direct bookings’, we can be cheaper to you as we’re not paying the really heavy big platform commissions for booking leads. So please just pick the phone up and have a chat to discuss a booking at an incredible cottage in the best part of the world.

https://heartofhawes.lodgify.com

https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/1115769489794745863?unique_share_id=95de92fa-625e-45d6-a22f-ac4bf4fdfe1e&viralityEntryPoint=1&s=76

Stuart Lunn
Heart Of Hawes Holiday Cottage
Tel 07771513168
[email protected]

15/09/2026

🏆 Just 100m from Heart of Hawes Holiday Cottage, The White Hart Inn, Hawes has just won a prestigious award.

🥾 🍺 🍷 🔥 🥘 Definitely worth the 40 second downhill amble for a drink and a fabulous meal by their fireplace. You’re even walking on the Pennine Way National Trail to get there!

Did you know the White Hart is ranked Number 1 restaurant in Hawes by Trip Advisor. We’d say the majority of our guests eat there at least once during their stay.

We are thrilled and very humbled to share that The White Hart Inn has received a 2026 Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best award. This ranks us 3rd in their UK Hidden Gems category.

A heartfelt thank you to every guest who has taken the time to leave such kind reviews over the past year, and to our dedicated, friendly team who make it all possible. We truly appreciate your continued support.

We look forward to welcoming you back to Hawes soon! 🤍🥂

14/09/2026

🍂 🍁 🗓️ 🌈 October and November are lovely times to visit Heart of Hawes Holiday Cottage. You might just catch a Hawes rainbow when out walking?

Here’s a few rainbow pictures from our collection;

🆓 💯 Fancy an Autumn break to Hawes. We’re running a book four nights and bolt on a fifth night for free, or book seven nights and bolt on two extra nights for free offer at Heart Of Hawes Holiday Cottage. Applies October to end February bar any break including the whole or part of 19th December until 4th January.

New to the dales? We’re experts at helping you find the best of the area (walking, sightseeing, waterfalls, museums and the all important country pub with character). We provide all our guests with our 45 page bespoke guide to Hawes and the wider area and love offering a personal touch in helping you find the best of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

And why our cottage. Simply put it’s warm, well invested in, full of character, spotlessly clean and presented…and in the perfect location in the heart of Hawes. Quietly set back, and you have all the amenities of Hawes at hand. No dark cold walks from a remote cottage with us…Hawes is very much on your doorstep. Do read our reviews, we are very proud to be the highest rated Airbnb holiday cottage in The Yorkshire Dales National Park.

Our best prices are always for direct bookings (generally c. 10% cheaper than the big international platform price as booking direct allows us / you to escape the big platform booking commissions).

Our website and Airbnb pages are below, and to book / enquire about dates please feel able up give me a direct call.

https://heartofhawes.lodgify.com

https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/1115769489794745863?unique_share_id=7d652984-ec21-4376-bf3a-0d5fb16b825a&viralityEntryPoint=1&s=76

Stuart Lunn
Heart Of Hawes Holiday Cottage
Tel 07771513168
[email protected]