Barbara and Gordon welcome you to their elegant Victorian House furnished with antiques and retaining many of its original period features, offering comfortable Bed & Breakfast accommodation with a friendly welcome in Wensleydale. The house has been updated to include all the modern comforts the discerning traveller expects to find in a high quality Guest House.
Free WiFi is available in every room.
Pre-Arrival
- Payphone available.
- Landline telephone also available at a small charge.
- Access Statement available on request.
- Hawes is accessible by train (Garsdale) 6 miles to the west. Trains are met by a regular bus service from Hawes. Passengers alight at the Dales Countryside Museum which is approximately 300 yards from Fair View.
- The Wensleydale Railway operates a regular service between Bedale and Redmire (11 miles from Hawes). A regular public transport service by bus is available from Redmire.
- Taxi services are available from Hawes, Garsdale and throughout the dale.
- Regular bus services operate from Hawes to Richmond, Darlington, Northallerton and Ripon.
- Hawes Village Bus operates year-round, connecting local villages.
- Nearest airports and approximate journey times:
- Teesside: 1 hour 10 minutes
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Leeds/Bradford: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Manchester: 2 hours
- Our guest house is 2 minutes' walk from the centre of the town of Hawes.
- Driving times from Hawes to nearest towns:
- Leyburn: 30 minutes
- Lancaster: 1 hour
- Skipton: 1 hour
- Kendal: 1 hour
- Darlington: 1 hour
- Northallerton: 1 hour
- Bedale: 50 minutes
- Catterick: 40 minutes
- Richmond: 45 minutes
- Leeds: 1 hour 40 minutes
- Windermere: 1 hour 10 minutes
- Newcastle: 1 hour 40 minutes
- Manchester: 2 hours
- Baggage companies available:
Arrival and Parking Facilities
- 5 parking spaces are available - one for each guest bedroom.
- Assistance with parking is available.
- Baggage assistance is available.
- A flat/even rear entrance is available on request.
- The car parking area is block paved.
- The car parking area is flat with no kerbs.
- The path to the front door entrance is gravelled.
- There are two steps to the front door and a hand rail is available.
- The paths are approximately 5 feet wide.
- A front door bell is available to request access.
- The car park, paths, steps and garden are illuminated by electric lights and spot lights.
Main Entrance and Reception
- The front entrance has two illuminated stone steps with hand rail.
- A rear entrance with even surface is available on request.
- Aid with luggage is available on request.
- Wide access is available at both the front and rear entries.
- Seating is available in the reception area.
- Reception is at table level.
- Normal lighting with additional lamps.
- Level carpeted floor to both entrance and reception.
- Normal text signage.
- Wide glass-panelled door to entrance.
- Wide door rear entrance.
- Wide solid wood doors off reception area, leading to breakfast room and residents' lounge.
- No public toilets are available. The nearest disabled toilets are situated at:
- Station yard
- Market place
Public Areas
- Two floors of level flooring.
- The floors are joined by two flights of stairs, one of 20 steps and the other of 6 steps.
- All floors are carpeted.
- The hallway and landing are approximately 8 feet wide.
Dining Room
- Large room with good access and wide aisles.
- Uniform lighting with additional lamps.
- Moveable tables and chairs.
- Some tables with central support/legs.
- Allergies and special diets are catered for where possible.
- Non-smoking throughout the house.
- Dining room situated next to reception area - level carpeted floor.
- Waitress service as well as self service.
- Full waitress service available on request.
- Refrigerator available for medications and dietary foods.
- Explanation of fire routes and procedures available on request.
Bedrooms
- Rooms are not adapted for wheelchair use.
- Flat screen television with remote control.
- All bedrooms have full information packs and maps of the surrounding area/walks.
- Carpeted throughout.
- Normal lighting with additional lamps.
- Wide door entry to all rooms.
- Familiarisation tour available.
Bath/Shower Rooms
- 3 x Double/Twin rooms with ensuite shower room.
- 2 x Single rooms which share a shower room.
- All access is by carpeted, level floor.
- Non-slip flooring in shower rooms.
- Sliding shower doors.
- All toilets and basins are at normal height.
- 4" raised shower trays.
- All taps are individual.
- No additional fittings are supplied.
Grounds and Gardens
- Grassed lawns.
- Gravel paths.
- Seating supplied.
- Floodlighting.
