Stone hostel building with houses and green rolling hills in the background
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Overview

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

  • Family run hostel
  • Second-hand bookshop
  • Award-winning service

Accommodation at YHA Kettlewell

Bedroom with bunk beds

Bed in a shared room

If you're happy to share, dorm rooms have multiple beds - ideal for budget breaks.

Bedroom with double bed

Private rooms

Like your own space? Private rooms offer the hostelling experience with more privacy.

YHA Kettlewell dining room

Hire the whole place

Whichever accommodation option you choose, you're sure to have a great stay with YHA.

YHA Kettlewell dining room

Group bookings for 16+ guests

Let YHA take care of your stay with our group booking service.

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Food and drink at YHA Kettlewell

Things to do around YHA Kettlewell

Hostel facilities

  • 24-hour access after check-in
  • 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 available
  • 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

(PDF download - 137.8 KB)

Location of YHA Kettlewell

YHA Kettlewell

Map references

OS Map:
98
OS Grid Ref:
SD970724
Lat/Lng:
54.14733, -2.04659

Contact information

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

YHA Kettlewell has operated as an independent hostel since 2015 and was bought from YHA in the same year.

We have been working ever since to make this the best hostel in the country! We believe that by providing really good food and a nice welcome in a clean, friendly and interesting environment that people will have a nice time, and feel that they can come back time and again.

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