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Ravenber Way: Accommodation on the route

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The Ravenber Way is a challenging coast to coast walk created by the author and long distance walker Ron Scholes.  This page shows accommodation along the route as it crosses Northern England from Ravenglass in the Lake District to Berwick-upon-Tweed, the most Northerly town in England.

The route follows existing rights of way, bridleways and tracks and passes close to many hostels and bunkhouses ideal for overnight stops.

The 210 mile route includes mountains, moorland, forests, towns, villages and riverside walks. It passes through two National Parks and many Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The route is split into fourteen sections and takes around two weeks depending on your goals.  You can also split it into chunks using train lines at Ravenglass, Penrith, Hexham and Berwick. Or to suit the times you have available and the accommodation options along the route.

Find out more about the Ravenber Way HERE.

Accommodation on the Ravenber Way

  • Great Langdale Bunkhouse

    Great Langdale Bunkhouse, Great Langdale, Ambleside, LA22 9JU

    Great Langdale Bunkhouse is directly on the route of the Ravenber Way

    Situated next to the New Dungoen Ghyll pub, this bunkhouse is at the foot of the Langdale fells, amidst some of the finest mountain scenery in England. The bunkhouse has 5 simple but comfortable private rooms. Each room has a kettle, fridge and free WiFi and is toasty warm with an endless supply of hot water & powerful showers.
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  • Elterwater Hostel

    Elterwater, Ambleside LA22 9HX
    elterwater youth hostel

    Just 3 minutes walk from the Ravenber Way

    Previoulsy YHA Elterwater, this hostel has been providing accommodation for long distances walker since 1938. Guests can enjoy delicious home cooked meals served in the spacious dining area, or cook for themselves in the fully equipped self-catering kitchen. Private bedrooms and beds in dorms are available. An ideal overnight stop on the Ravenber Way with something for everyone.
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  • The Old Cafe Bunkroom

    Rydal Lodge Country House B&B, Rydal, Ambleside, Cumbria LA22 9LR
    The old cafe bunkroom

    1.5 miles from the route of Ravenbers Way as it passes through Ambleside

    This small bunkroom provides a small kitchenette, one set of bunks, a dining table & an en suite shower room.
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  • Rydal Hall Bunkhouse

    Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9LX
    Rydall Hall Bunkhouse

    1.5 miles from the route of Ravenbers Way

    The country house of Rydal Hall provides en-suite rooms in the Hall, eco-pods for individuals in the grounds and a group accommodation bunkhouse in the old stables.
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  • Greengill Barn

    Strickland Road, Morland, Penrith, Cumbria CA10 3AX
    wGroups Only

    Accommodation for groups on the Ravenber Way

    Right on The Ravenber Way in the village of Morland this groups only bunkhouse has a large, fully equipped kitchen/dining room and a large, two-storey games room. Local café and pub for meals & ale.
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  • Reagill Village Hall

    Fern Bank, Reagill, Cumbria. CA10 3ER
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    Village hall accommodation four miles from the Ravenber Way

    For those who like simple hostels, Reagill Village Hall offers budget accommodation in a tiny hamlet just under 4 miles from the Ravenber Way route. Recommendations for a route diversion would be highly appreicated! Facilities include a kitchen with cooker, fridge & microwave, 2 multi stove heaters, power shower and blow up mattresses to sleep on (BYO bedding). Not to mention wonderful dark skies for star gazing from the door.
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  • Wayfarers Independent Hostel

    19 Brunswick Square, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 7LR
    Wayfarers Independent Hostel Penrith Cumbria

    Five miles from the Ravenber Way with a tradition of welcoming walkers.

    Close to Penrith town centre and on many long distance routes, Wayfarers Hostel has lots of experience welcoming walkers. Providing excellent value accommodation with individuals, small parties & groups welcome and a mainline train station in the town. It is worth a taxi ride to stay here.
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  • Garrigill Village Hall

    Garrigill Village Hall, Garrigill, Alston, Cumbria, CA9 3DS

    Stay in a village hall right on the Ravenber Way.

    Perfect for long distance walkers, the bunkroom above the village hall sleeps up to 8, with bedding hire available. There is free WiFi, a well equipped kitchen, showers and drying room. It makes the ideal Ravenber Way stop over.
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  • Mill Cottage Bunkhouse

    Nenthead, Alston, Cumbria, CA9 3PD
    Front of white house and adjoining bunkhouse

    Small walkers hostel on Ravenbers Way

    Mill Cottage in Nenthead sleeps up to 6 people.. Each bunk has blinds for privacy & an internal light & shelf. Downstairs is a small well equipped kitchen and a sitting/dining room. Optional continental breakfast is available and there is a cafe and shop in the village close by. Perfect for walkers.
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  • Haggs Bank Bunkhouse and Camping

    Haggs Bank Bunkhouse, Nentsbury, Alston, Cumbria, CA9 3LH
    Haggs Bank Bunkhouse accommodation in the north pennines

    Welcoming self catering accommodation just over a mile from Ravenbers Way

    This modern conversion of a historic mine building provides warm accommodation in private bedrooms with excellent hot showers. Haggs Bank welcome everyone and is ideal for walkers. There are self catering facilities and meals can be provided for groups.
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  • Carrshield Camping Barn

    Near Blue Row Cottages, Carrshield, Hexham, NE47 8AF.

    Camping Barns less then a mile from Ravenbers Way

    Carrshield Camping Barn offers basic accommodation in private units, each with a wood-burner & a wooden sleeping platform. There’s a separate cooking area & a composting WC. BYO stove, utensils & sleeping bag/mat.
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  • Allendale Bunkhouse

    Market Place, Allendale, Hexham, NE47 9BD
    wGroups Only

    Cycling groups can follow the alternative route in the Ravember Way Guidebook to spend a night at this bunkhouse.

    Allendale Bunkhouse provides accommodation for groups on the Market Square in Allendale with cafes, and pubs nearby. It can be reached from the Ravember way by following the official guidebooks alternative route from Philipson’s Fold to Allendale Town along Isaac’s Tea Trail.
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  • Newbrough Bunkhouse

    The Stanegate, Newbrough, Hexham, Northumberland, NE47 5AR
    Newbrough Bunkhouse near Hadrian's Wall

    Community run Bunkhouse welcomes walkers on the Ravenber Way

    Right on the Ravenber Way in the centre of the village of Newbrough, this community run bunkhouse sleeps 22 across 3 dorms. Facilities include 2 shower/WC rooms, 2 sink areas & a small equipped kitchen.
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  • Greencarts Bunkhouses and Camping

    Greencarts Farm, Humshaugh, Northumberland. NE46 4BW
    Greencarts Bunkhouses. Aerial View

    Walkers accommodation just over a mile from Ravenbers Way

    Greencarts Bunkhouses provide accommodation for long distance walkers in groups or as individuals. There are two accommodation units: The Bunkhouse sleeps 10 in two rooms, while the Barn sleeps 13 in one open plan room. All bedding is provided and continental breakfast is available.
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  • Chartners Farm Off The Grid

    Chartners, Harwood Forest, Ewesley, Morpeth NE61 4LJ
    chartners farm off the grid accommodation
    wGroups Only

    Off Grid group accommodation two miles from Ravenbers Way

    Hidden away in Harwood Forest, near Rothbury, owned by Forestry England, Chartners Farm is definitely off the grid. Electricity is generated by a wind turbine & solar panels, a huge log burner heats the radiators and keeps the place cosy.
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  • Wooler Youth Hostel

    30 Cheviot Street, Wooler, Northumberland, NE71 6LW
    Comfort at wooler hostel

    Why make a detour to Wooler from the Ravenber Way?

    The Ravenber Way Guidebook provides an alternative route to Wooler close to the last leg of the journey. This leaves the main route before Auchop Cairn and travels via The Cheviot, Broadstruthers, and across Wooler Common. Wooler Youth Hostel is great for walkers with en suite bedrooms, a chatty common room, drying facilities, self-catering kitchen and pubs and cafes nearby.  From Wooler head to Westnewton Bridge to pick up the next section of the route.
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  • Mounthooly Bunkhouse

    Mount Hooly, College Valley, Wooler, Northumberland, NE71 6TU
    Mounthooley Bunkhouse in the colledge valley

    Overnight in comfort in the wild College Valley right on the Ravenbers Way

    Nestled in the beautiful College Valley, North Northumberland, Mounthooly Bunkhouse is a perfect stop-off on Ravenbers Way. Dogs are welcome by arrangement. There is a well equipped kitchen and living area with log burner. Bedding and WiFi are provided.
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  • Eat Sleep Lindisfarne

    West Mains House, Beal, Berwick upon Tweed, TD15 2PD
    Front exterior view of bunkhouse and bistro
    Perfectly located for visiting Lindisfarne and the castles and beaches of the North Northumberland coast, Eat & Sleep Lindisfarne sleeps 28 across 5 rooms, one of which is accessible. Eat at the on-site bistro or self-cater in the bunkhouse kitchen. Situated close to St Cuthberts & St Oswalds Way and directly on the Sandstone Way and the Coast and Castles route. There’s secure cycle storage, a drying room & laundry facilities, comfy beds & piping hot showers for the weary adventurers.
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The Ravenber Way guide book

The guide book provides a full description, from West to East, with hand drawn maps of the route. It also outlines alternative routes.   The route traced on the map is 210 miles, but with alternative routes, visiting interesting places and leaving the route to reach overnight accommodation you could walk considerably more.

The Ravenber Way route is long and takes most people around fourteen days to complete. It is wild and remote in places, and not way-marked.  Good map reading skills are required and there are many stretches where you may not see another walker for hours. Accommodation is available on route, but limited in places – so always book well in advance.

As well as wild mountains and moorlands the route passes through lovely towns and villages, with many historical places of interest not too far from the route. You may want to stay a couple of nights in one place, or just take a couple of hours off the march, to enjoy where you are.

Each end of the Ravenber Way is connected to the rail network, and Hexham at the centre also has a train station.  There is also a mainline train station in Penrith, 5 miles off the route.

askham village on the ravenber way

 

Route suggestions for walking the Ravenber Way

Day 1

Coast to Coast on the Ravenber Way begins in Ravenglass on the West coast of Cumbria. Leave Ravenglass beside Walls Castle and head along Eskdale to Eskdale Green. Head into Miterdale Forest, climb Irton Fell and proceed along the ridge to Whin Rigg and Illgill Head. Head downhill to Wasdale Head for the night. The guidebook provides an alternative route from Rabbit How which ends in Great Langdale and misses the Whin Rigg section – head up Eskdale to Boot and to Great Langdale where you can stay at the Great Langdale Bunkhouse – next to the New Dungoen Gyhll pub.

Day 2

Unless you took an alternative route to Great Langdale then you’ll begin day two at Wasdale Head. Leave towards Burnthwaite, follow alongside Lingmell Beck and ascend to Sty Head. Pass Sprinkling Tarn and then Angle Tarn and follow Rossett Gill then the Cumbria Way into Great Langdale where you’ll pass the Great Langdale Bunkhouse. Further along in Elterwater, and a few minutes from the route, is the Elterwater Hostel. Continue on to Skelwith Bridge and Tarn Foot, near Loughrigg Tarn to Ambleside via Ivy Crag and Deer Hows. Walkers wishing to stay at either The Old Café Bunkhouse or Rydal Hall Bunkhouse could bear left at Loughrigg Tarn and follow Loughrigg Terrace, past Rydall Water, to Rydall.

Day 3

Leave Ambleside along Lake Road and head over Wansfell Pike to arrive in Troutbeck.  Leave via Ing Lane and along Hagg Gill to ascend High Street – the highest point of the Ravenber Way. Staying high the route passes High Raise, Red Crag and Loadpot Hill before gently descending along the Roman Road into Askham. There are no hostels ont his website for this section, but Wayfarers Independent Hostel is located 5 miles away in Penrith.

Day 4

Leave the pretty village of Askham along the Windermere and Ullswater road, passing Askham Hall and Lowther Castle on the way to Hackthorpe, Melkinthorpe and Great Strickland. About halfway through the day the route passes through Morland and Greengill Barn, should you wish to break up this long section. Reagill Village Hall is located four miles south of the route and would also provide a similar break. The route continues through King’s Meaburn, Bolton and Long Marton before arriving in Dufton.

Day 5

There is very little between Dufton and Garrigill apart from hills. Leave Dufton along a track leading to the Pennie Way, then follow the Pennine Way over Green Fell and Knock Fell. Follow Trout Beck to cross the River Tees. Pass Tyne Head and then downhill along River South Tyne to Garrigill and Garrigill Village Hall. The guidebook provides an alternative route, prudent in bad weather, to avoid the summit of Knock Fell.

Day 6

Follow the path to Dodbury and above Garrigill Burn then cross a vast area of disused mines to Nenthead with Mill Cottage Bunkhouse, which may be a suitable stopover by extending day 5. There is also Haggs Bank Bunkhouse and Camping a short distance away in Nentsberry. From Nenthead head towards Dykeheads, cross moorlands to Coalcleugh – Carrshield Camping Barn is less than a mile from the route in Carrshield. Cross Carrshield Moor to Philipson’s Fold and descend to Swinhope Mill. Pass through White Ridge and Burnfoot to The Dodd, then a short stroll in to Allenheads. The guidebook provides an alternative route from Philipson’s Fold to Allendale Town along Isaac’s Tea Trail for Allendale Bunkhouse and a significantly reduced moorland stretch for day 7.

Day 7

Today passes the halfway point! Leave Allenheads via The Dodd, follow alongside River East Allen and cross it before Low Huntwell. Cross the moor to Green Hill and follow Broad Way past Pikeley Rigg, Hangman Hill and Watson’s Pike to Kings Law. Head around the plantation then pass Rye Hill, Low Rawgreen, High Staples and Juniper to Diptonmill. Then pick up A Pennie Journey downhill to Hexham. There are no hostels ont his website for this section, but if you stayed in Allendale Town after day 6 then you may have the legs to reach Newborough Bunkhouse which is on the route 9.5km (6 miles) into section 8.

If you are walking the Ravenber Way in two visits then, as Hexham is just past the halfway point and connected by rail to Newcastle and Carlisle, then this is a good break point.

Day 8

Leave Hexham to the North, cross the train line and head alongside the River Tyne. Cross the river at Bridge End and head in to Newborough – and past Newborough Bunkhouse. Pass Newborough Lodge and cross open country to Hardian’s wall – Greencarts Bunkhouses and Camping is just over a mile away. Head west along the wall before, crossing more open country past Slaterfield Fell, Pit Wood and Low Moralee, then descend through Warksburn Wood to Wark.

Day 9

Leave Wark by crossing the former toll bridge over the North Tyne to the village of Birtley, then pass Pittland Hills and Tone Hall to Tone Inn. Cross the Roman road, head through a conifer plantation and turn left to pass Hawick Woods to Ferneyrigg. Head to Nether Pike then cross moorland and pass Wishaw Plantation, Green Wisp, Blaxter Cottages and Ravenscleugh to Elsdon.

Day 10

Today is remote with lots of woodland. Leave Elsdon by Crown Farm and enter Harwood Forest by East Todholes – buried deep in the forest is the remote Chartners Farm Off the Grid. Follow the path through Whitlees, Harry’s Wood, Gunner’s Box and Redpath before picking up St Oswald’s Way to finally leave the forest at Croquet Cairn. Stay on St Oswald’s Way and cross the moors past Spylaw, Whittondean and Whitton to Rothbury.

Day 11

Leave Rothbury via Brewery Lane towards Addycombe, then pass Ship Crag and High Wood to Thropton. Head along the River Coquet to Warton, pass Low Trewhitt Cottages and continue to Sheperton. Cross River Coquet, and then back again by paddling (flood alternatives are suggested in the guidebook). Pass The Peels and Harbottle to Alwinton.

Day 12

Leave Alwinton along Clennell Street, pass many ancient settlements, then Wholehope Knowe, Saughy Hill to Nettlehope Hill. Head through the forest to pass Well Cleugh and Hazely Law to the border ridge where the route meets the Pennine Way. Follow the Pennine Way to Kings Seat, Green Gair, Hanging Stone, Auchope Cairn and Red Cribs before descending to Mounthooly – and the Mounthooly Bunkhouse. Continue past Fleehope, Whitehall and Hethpool then follow College Burn to Westnewton Bridge. The guidebook provides an alternative route to Wooler – for this leave the main route before Auchop Cairn to Cairn Hill, The Cheviot, Scald Hill to Broadstruther. Follow Broadstruthers Burn to Carey Burn then cross moorland to Wooler Common and through the Kenterdale Hill picnic spot to Wooler – and Wooler Youth Hostel.  From Wooler head to Westnewton Bridge to pick up the next section of the route.

Day 13

Leave on a track between Westnewton and Westnewton Bridge and cross the disused railway to Lanton Mill. Continue to Crookhouse, around Coldside Hill, through Flodden, around Flodden Hill and on to Crookham Bridge. Continue to Heatherslaw, then cross the River Till to Etal. Follow the river until it meets the River Tweed and then follow the Tweed downstream. Leave the river at Bow Well Farm to Norham.

Day 14

Follow the footpath along the river Tweed and then up to visit Horncliffe. Head back to the riverside footpath and continue to the Berwick Bridge. Head right after the bridge to Quay Walls and then Wellington Terrace and past Coxon’s Tower to Pier Road. Behind Pier Road is a car park and a good spot to dip your toe in the water to complete the Ravenber Way.  Eat Sleep Lindisfarrne is 14km (8.7 miles) away, and provides a great base to explore Holy Island.

You can buy the Ravenber Way guide book  HERE

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