High Greenside Farmhouse B&B

This might work for a walker with a backpack who is looking for shelter and running water. The farmhouse is far away from the Kirkby Stephen train station, and requires transportation. Once there, no one was able to help to get luggage upstairs. The room itself was too small to open luggage. The farmhouse is part of a working sheep farm, which requires walking down a road and driveway with sheep manure all around, unless one is in a vehicle.

We stayed at High Greenside B&B while walking Coast to Coast with Contours. Very comfortable accommodation, bedroom with ensuite, very quiet rural location. No noise. Friendly hostess. Great breakfast. Easy walking distance to Kings Head pub. Good packed lunches available.

We stayed here for 3 nights as the first part of our tour of Yorkshire and Northumberland. On arrival our first thoughts were that the farmhouse was in an idyllic and peaceful setting, with lovely views of the surrounding hills. Infact our only neighbours were sheep even in the garden behind our family room. Unfortunately, when shown to our room the outside area infront was very messy with children’s toys strewn around. In addition, there was a stripped down dumped car with several bits missing. We were told by Angela this was on a neighbours property. The positives were: Very welcoming hostess Angela. Comfy bed. Excellent full English breakfast. Lovely area to explore. Negatives: Scruffy outside areas. There were two of us in a family room, it would have been extremely tight for 4 people. Lack of storage area in the main bedroom. Room was tired & decoration needed. We thought the room was expensive for what we paid. Our room was not cleaned throughout our stay. We did mention this to Angela & it is not their policy to go into peoples rooms (we would like to have been advised at the outset). Our summary is that this farmhouse is in a beautiful location ,and if the improvements mentioned above were actioned, this would be a lovely place to stay.