Guidebook for Kirkby Stephen

Tom
Guidebook for Kirkby Stephen

Food Scene

(take away only during COVID)
6 locals recommend
Century Chinese Restaurant
Market Square
6 locals recommend
(take away only during COVID)
A couple of miles away on main or back roads.
8 locals recommend
The Bay Horse Winton
8 locals recommend
A couple of miles away on main or back roads.
The nearest dining out in Kirkby Stephen
Pennine Boutique Hotel
23 Market Square
The nearest dining out in Kirkby Stephen
A wide range of tasty Indian food to eat in or take away. Just two minutes on foot and highly recommended by lots of previous guests.
11 locals recommend
The Mango Tree
27 Market St
11 locals recommend
A wide range of tasty Indian food to eat in or take away. Just two minutes on foot and highly recommended by lots of previous guests.
A favourite with locals and visitors for good traditional pub food just 2 minutes walk from the house. Log fires in the winter and good atmosphere.
The Black Bull Hotel
38 Market St
A favourite with locals and visitors for good traditional pub food just 2 minutes walk from the house. Log fires in the winter and good atmosphere.
Friendly service with indoor and outdoor pub food at reasonable prices an easy country walk 2 miles away by road or footpaths
7 locals recommend
The Black Bull at Nateby
7 locals recommend
Friendly service with indoor and outdoor pub food at reasonable prices an easy country walk 2 miles away by road or footpaths

Parks & Nature

Classic upland Pennine scenery. Contact Tom your host for details of led mountain days anywhere around Kirkby Stephen, the Pennines, the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales, Scotland, Norway and Finland.
10 locals recommend
Nine Standards Rigg
10 locals recommend
Classic upland Pennine scenery. Contact Tom your host for details of led mountain days anywhere around Kirkby Stephen, the Pennines, the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales, Scotland, Norway and Finland.
6 locals recommend
Smardale Gill Nature Reserve
Towngate
6 locals recommend
Podgill Viaduct
9 locals recommend
Stenkrith Park
9 locals recommend
Tranquil riverside walk 2 mins from town centre, leading to numerous circular walks and the Pennines / Nine Standards and the Coast to Coast path
7 locals recommend
Franks Bridge
7 locals recommend
Tranquil riverside walk 2 mins from town centre, leading to numerous circular walks and the Pennines / Nine Standards and the Coast to Coast path
Visit the limestone bedrock gorge, woods and riverside Poetry Walk. Ask about places you might swim (at your own risk) if you are competent to assess the safety and risks.
9 locals recommend
Stenkrith Park
9 locals recommend
Visit the limestone bedrock gorge, woods and riverside Poetry Walk. Ask about places you might swim (at your own risk) if you are competent to assess the safety and risks.

Shopping

Suppliers of decent outdoor clothing and equipment. Friendly service www.madaboutmountains.co.uk Also THE BOTHY (inside the shop, back entrance directly across from my house) serves the BEST coffee in Kirkby Stephen, great breakfasts, pizzas and cakes.
Mad About Mountains
18-20 Market Street
Suppliers of decent outdoor clothing and equipment. Friendly service www.madaboutmountains.co.uk Also THE BOTHY (inside the shop, back entrance directly across from my house) serves the BEST coffee in Kirkby Stephen, great breakfasts, pizzas and cakes.
Interesting variety of local food to buy - good for gifts / treats. Sells "Nine Standards Brewery" ales
The Eden Emporium
Market Street
Interesting variety of local food to buy - good for gifts / treats. Sells "Nine Standards Brewery" ales
If you forgot or need to repair something, try here
Mic Macs
46-48 Market St
If you forgot or need to repair something, try here

Essentials

Medium-sized local supermarket stocking a good range of essentials including fresh bread baked on the premises
The Co-operative Food
Redmayne Road
Medium-sized local supermarket stocking a good range of essentials including fresh bread baked on the premises
Kirkby Stephen Post Office
Unit 16 Market Square

Entertainment & Activities

Tennis, hockey, football on astro-turf (sports dome in winter), spinning, gymnastics, basketball and table tennis
Kirkby Stephen Grammar School
Christian Head
Tennis, hockey, football on astro-turf (sports dome in winter), spinning, gymnastics, basketball and table tennis
Lots of CLASSIC cycle rides from here - Tan Hill, Buttertubs, Swaledale, Great Dun Fell, and shorter rides like round the Howgills, Sunbiggin-Orton-Appleby, Eden Valley, just ask or look on Strava etc.
30 locals recommend
Kirkby Stephen
30 locals recommend
Lots of CLASSIC cycle rides from here - Tan Hill, Buttertubs, Swaledale, Great Dun Fell, and shorter rides like round the Howgills, Sunbiggin-Orton-Appleby, Eden Valley, just ask or look on Strava etc.

Getting Around

Excellent cycle repair service
Coast to Coast Cycles
Excellent cycle repair service
On the scenic Settle-Carlisle railway line
6 locals recommend
Kirkby Stephen Railway Station
6 locals recommend
On the scenic Settle-Carlisle railway line
Takes your luggage door-to-door when you're on the C2C
Coast to Coast Pack Horse
Takes your luggage door-to-door when you're on the C2C

Neighbourhoods

A historic and traffic-free area of beauty with level walk / cycle along the disused railway to the impressive viaduct, nature reserve and Romano-British settlements at Smardale Bridge. Details of this and other local walks from 2 to 23 miles in length are available in the information folder in my kitchen.
9 locals recommend
Smardale
9 locals recommend
A historic and traffic-free area of beauty with level walk / cycle along the disused railway to the impressive viaduct, nature reserve and Romano-British settlements at Smardale Bridge. Details of this and other local walks from 2 to 23 miles in length are available in the information folder in my kitchen.