Our Home
The Vicarage is a characterful, late Victorian house situated in the small town of High Bentham North Yorkshire. We currently have one double room (1 double bed), one tripple room (3 single beds) and on family room (1 double & 2 single beds) available. This is our family home, we are not a hotel, and as such offer the accommodation on the Air B&B model. This means that we offer rooms in
our home at a competitive price compared to other commercial providers. Please look at the photos of the rooms we have available. We have a beautiful bright dining room that looks out towards the church and Mewith Hills and we provide cereals, toast, fruit, juice, tea, fruit teas and coffee for breakfast. The guests are also welcome to bring back a takeaway to eat in the dining room, if desired. There are 2 pubs in the village serving food - the Black Bull, and Coach House. Please note they do finish serving around 8.00 - 8.30, booking maybe necessary due to the coronavirus - please check. Here are the numbers
The Black Bull - 015242 61213
The Coach House - 015242 62432
We also have a Fish and Chip shop, Chinese, Indian and a Kebab/Pizza takeaways you would be welcome to bring them back here to eat in the dining room provided, please do not eat meals in the bedroom. There is also a small fridge in the dining room where you would be able to store food. The Neighbourhood
The town has a thriving community with a good range of amenities including three pubs who all serve food, a café and an Indian restaurant and two takeaways. The town also puts on a regular programme of events such as the Carnival, a Beer Festival and Bonfire and Fireworks Display. Of course if you wanted to explore further afield there is also the famous Wray Scarecrow festival and Ingleton’s 1940’s Weekend, Folk Festival and for cycling enthusiasts Escape to the Dales - Cycle Sportive. You will never be short of things to do. For people who like the great outdoors there are plenty of walks in and around Bentham and it is ideally situated for the Three Peaks walk of Ingleborough, Whernside and Pen-Y-Ghent. For cyclists Bentham boasts both the Lancashire Cycleway and the Way of the Roses routes. Other attractions included White Scar and Clapham Caves, Ribblehead Viaduct, Ingleton Waterfalls and the Big Stone. We are also situated on the edge of the Sustran cycling route Morecambe to Bridlington (beautiful 2.5 day trip). Getting Around
If you want to get out and about then you couldn’t be better positioned. Bentham is a gateway to the Forest of Bowland, the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District and a short drive to the City of Lancaster and the west coast at Morecambe Bay. The train station provides links to Lancaster and Leeds and at Settle you can pick up the Carlisle train. The local road link to the A65 (Leeds to the M6) will give you access to Ingleton, Kirkby Lonsdale, Settle and Skipton. For air travel we are about an hour and half away from Leeds Bradford Airport and Manchester Airport. House Rules
We have one cat Poppy who is friendly and has have full range of the house – apart from the top floor and obviously guest bedrooms. We are a no smoking / vaping household. Renovating the Vicarage
Built in 1897 St Margaret’s Vicarage is a superb detached family home situated in the small town of High Bentham in North Yorkshire. It is located within easy walking distance of the town centre, yet enjoys spectacular countryside views out towards the Church and the rolling Mewith Hills. Originally called Mayfield, it was commissioned by Annie Wilcock as a family home. In 1925 it was sold to the Diocese of Bradford and used as a Vicarage until around 2007 when it was put up for sale. Unfortunately standing empty for several years, then being rented out, took its toll on the Vicarage and this once beautiful house fell into a dilapidated state until it was bought by the present owners, Jane and Shaun, in 2013. By then it was in need of a complete renovation and over the past seven years we have worked hard to bring the Vicarage back to life, sympathetically updating, whilst trying to preserve as many of the original features as possible. The late Victorian Gothic Deco style is reflected throughout maintaining the period feel of the property but not detracting from modern day comfort and use. The Neighbourhood
The town has a thriving community with a good range of amenities including two pubs serving food, two café’s and an Indian and Chinese takeaway.
