KIRKBY STEPHEN EDEN VALLEY, CUMBRIA, ENGLAND "Space to breathe .... room to grow"

OLD FAW COTTAGE

John Hamilton, The Thrang, Mallerstang, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, CA17 4JX. Phone: 017683 71889. Old Faw Cottage, The Thrang, Mallerstang "The place you always hoped you would find". The beautiful dale of Mallerstang - The Thrang and Old Faw, overlooked by Wild Boar Fell.

AUGILL CASTLE

BROUGH-IN-WESTMORLAND, Kirkby Stephen, England, CA17 4DE. Telephone: 017683 41937. A sympathetically restored Victorian neo-gothic Castle set in open farmland and handy for the A66. Bedrooms have stylish period furniture, some walk-in wardrobes are converted turrets! There are opulent lounges and dinner is served around a huge oak dining table. Excellent use is made of local produce on the set menu, and a full residential licence allows for a modest selection of wines. Directions: (M6 junct 38, A685 through Kirkby Stephen. Continue through Brough Sowerby & left to South Stainmore. Castle 1m on left)

KINGS HEAD HOTEL

Ravenstonedale - Kirkby Stephen - Cumbria CA17 4NH - UK - Tel: 015396 23284. The Kings Head Hotel faces onto a "duck-busy" beck and offers comfortable accommodation in en-suite bedrooms, all with excellent outlooks. The menu is extremely varied with something to suit all tastes, offering pheasant, venison, always a roast of the day, steak cooked on a charcoal grill, home cooked pizza's and a lot more. There is a games room with pool table, dominoes and darts. The lounge bar has comfortable seating and in the cooler months, a warm open fire. The candle-lit restaurant has seating for up to 50. The hotel has a family feel about it and walkers form the nearby fells are always welcome. Outside, the beer garden runs alongside the beck. Residents have use of the village tennis courts and bowling green and nearby there are excellent opportunities for golf, horse riding, fishing and mountain bike hire .