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Swaledale in early morning light: green fields divided by dry-stone walls, stone field barns and the river below

Six rooms, a log fire, and the whole dale outside the door.

An inn at the top of Swaledale since 1768. Walkers and dogs welcome in the bar.

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Rooms

Six rooms over the bar and in the old hayloft, each one different. Thick walls, proper beds, and nothing but sheep to wake you.

A bedroom under oak beams with a brass bed and a small window looking out over the fell

The Hayloft

Sleeps 2 · oak beamsfrom £135

Up its own stone stairs, with the best view in the house.

A bedroom with a deep window seat looking down to the river

Riverside

Sleeps 2 · roll-top bathfrom £155

A window seat over the Swale. Bring a book.

A cosy ground-floor bedroom with a dog bed by the door

The Snug

Sleeps 2 · dog-friendlyfrom £120

Ground floor, its own door to the garden, and a bed for the dog.

Prices per room per night, breakfast included. Example prices for a demonstration site.

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Food

Cooked here, from as close by as we can get it. Lamb from the farm across the valley, cheese from Hawes, and a Sunday roast worth the drive.

A lamb pie with a golden crust, mash and greens on a wooden table by the fire

Swaledale lamb and ale pie

Buttered mash, greens, proper gravy

£18.50

Sunday roast

Sirloin or lamb, Yorkshire pudding, all the trimmings

£21

Wensleydale and onion tart

Pickled walnut salad

£15

Sticky toffee pudding

Toffee sauce, clotted cream

£8

Kitchen open 12–2.30 and 6–8.30. Example menu for a demonstration site.

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Boots & dogs

A muddy collie asleep in front of a log fire, walking boots drying beside the hearth

Come in muddy. The bar has a flagstone floor for exactly that reason, and the dog can have the rug by the fire.

  • Drying roomBoots and waterproofs dry overnight.
  • Packed lunches£9, ordered the night before.
  • DogsWelcome in the bar and in The Snug. Water bowl at the door.
  • Walks from the doorRoutes up onto the fell and along the river, and the Pennine Way a short drive up the dale.

1768

An old photograph of the inn: a long stone building with a lantern over the door and a cart outside
The inn around 1900.

Our story

There has been an inn on this spot since 1768, when drovers bringing sheep over the tops needed somewhere to sleep and somewhere to eat.

The lantern over the door was lit every night so they could find it in the dark. It still is.

The same family has run the Hare since 1974.

“Most of our guests come back. Not for anything fancy, but because they slept well, ate well, and somebody remembered how they take their tea.”

Ruth, landlady

The stone inn at dusk, the lantern over the door lit and warm light in the windows

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