Location

High Chapel House occupies a prime position on the southern outskirts of the village of Ravenstonedale - a village that the famed hill-walker Alfred Wainwright described as ‘a most blessed place’. The house overlooks open countryside and drystone walled fields with the Howgill Fells in the distance. The only traffic you are likely to hear is the occasional tractor.

Although easily accessible to the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks, many visitors prefer to stay locally and enjoy the unspoilt natural beauty of the Upper Eden valley. Local visitor attractions include golf, trout fishing, friendly pubs and restaurants, farmers’ markets, glass and pottery studios, and specialist food outlets. Ravenstonedale is also close to Wainwright’s coast-to-coast walk, and an ideal base for exploring some of the most scenic walking country in England. It is only a few miles from Kirkby Stephen railway station, on the famed Settle to Carlisle line. Ravenstonedale itself was once on the Tebay to Darlington railway, and sections of the old railway line can now be explored on foot. Following Scandal Beck northwards out of the village will take you to the stunning hidden valley of Smardale with its Victorian viaduct and 16th-century stone packhorse bridge near the site of an old monastery. It is a place that truly revives the soul.