Farmstay Nidderdale

What to Do

The attractive market town of Pateley Bridge, with its colourful floral displays and friendly people, is the self-styled capital of Nidderdale. Set against a steep hillside, the town offers a wide variety of speciality shops, cosy tearooms and welcoming public houses.

Explore a little further and you will discover its hidden treasures

Visit the award-winning Nidderdale Museum, the Pateley Playhouse 'Little Theatre of the Dales' and the creative talents of a potter, jeweller and glassblower hard at work in their craft workshops. Traditions are also enthusiastically preserved with annual events such as the Nidderdale Festival and the Agricultural Show, one of the country's finest.

Little wonder then that Nidderdale is increasingly becoming more peoples' chosen destination and a mecca for walkers, mountain bikers and horseriders. A wide variety of additional leisure pursuits are also catered for including watersports, fishing, pot-holing and rock climbing. Its numerous caravan sites can also accommodate those who enjoy camping.

There are many places to visit during your stay. At the upper end of the Dale lies How Stean Gorge, an amazing limestone cleft, known locally as 'Little Switzerland'. Mid-dale, near Summerbridge, gaze upon the country's most awe-inspiring rock formation at Brimham Rocks.

Also worth a visit is Fountains Abbey with Studley Royal Water Garden, four miles west of Ripon.
Attracting approximately 300,000 visitors a year, Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal is the National Trust's most visited pay-for-entry property and was declared a World Heritage site in 1987.

The floral spa town of Harrogate at the bottom of the dale has wonderful shopping, parks and gardens , including the RHS Harlow Carr garden and the famous Bettys Tea Rooms.
The Cathedral city of Ripon hosts a market every Thursday on the market square next to its 300 year old Obelisk, where the Hornblower will sound his horn at 9 o’clock every night.