Yorkshire Dales, United Kingdom

The Penny Bun

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Style

Grub of the green

Setting

Dales’ doorstep

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Adults-only, contemporary coaching inn, the Penny Bun is cooking up something special in this arcadian corner of England’s Yorkshire Dales. With just five rooms, service is affable and personalised with comforting touches: batches of homemade flapjacks greet your arrival, and hand-picked flowers colour eco-conscious interiors. But downstairs is where you’ll find this boutique’s magnum opus: a back-to-the-land pub and restaurant that showcases finessed Yorkshire fare.

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Facilities

Photos The Penny Bun facilities

Need to know

Rooms

Five.

Check–Out

11am, and check-in is at 3pm. Both are flexible, on request and subject to availability.

More details

Rates don’t include breakfast, but Continental and cooked options are available for £15 each.

Also

There’s level access to the ground floor, and a disabled bathroom near the main entrance. But otherwise, this hotel isn’t equipped for guests with limited mobility.

Please note

The hotel’s restaurant and pub is currently closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

At the hotel

Rooftop terrace, board games and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: Ruark Bluetooth speaker, clothes steamer, tea- and coffee-making kit, free glass-bottled water, hairdryer, bathrobes and Chapter Organics bath products.

Our favourite rooms

There might not be many to pick from, but each of the Penny Bun’s five contemporary rooms are warmed with their own personalised, homespun touches from local makers. The inn’s original beamed ceilings, unearthed during restoration, are at their most striking in the Large Bedroom 1. Plus, there’s a freestanding tub at the base of the king-size bed, for romantic rendezvous.

Packing tips

You’ll be glad to have a water backpack during days yomping in the Dales.

Also

The hotel’s surrounding conservation project, Denton Reserve, is still in the works, but its 2,500 acres should be ready for your exploring by early 2025.

Children

This rural retreat is for over-18s only.

Sustainability efforts

A care for the environment is at the Penny Bun’s core, and everything that you see (including the hotel itself) has been repurposed or sourced from local artisans – even the restaurant tables were made from recycled wool. All energy is solar powered and sensors help limit light pollution, single-use plastic is banned, bathrooms have B Corp-certified bath products and the restaurant sources all its produce locally. The hotel is also set on the Denton Reserve, which is being developed with the aim of improving sustainable food production, cutting carbon emissions and rewilding the region.

Food and Drink

Photos The Penny Bun food and drink

Top Table

Secure a seat at the restaurant’s shared table, for sociable suppers.

Dress Code

Stick with the Penny Bun’s Earth-kind ethos and wear your most sustainable threads.

Hotel restaurant

Food is where this boutique bolthole thrives, and with an ever-changing menu of seasonal classics, it’s easy to see why. Dishes put a modern twist on British comfort food (the golden-brown chicken and leek pie is a soul-warming favourite) and are cooked with hand-foraged vegetables and fresh produce from West Yorkshire farmers. And once the Denton Reserve is up and running, chefs are hopeful that every ingredient the kitchen cooks with will come straight from the Penny Bun’s immediate surroundings.

Hotel bar

The Penny Bun’s pub is primed for snug evenings, with calming clay tones and a lengthy list of Yorkshire-brewed pints. If you’d rather grab yourself a crisp glass of wine, there are plenty of vintage bottles to pick from and classic light bites to soak up whatever you decide to sip.

Last orders

The restaurant serves lunch and dinner between noon and 10pm, Wednesday to Saturday; on Sundays, food is plated until 6pm.

Room service

In-room meals are available during the restaurant’s opening hours.

Location

Photos The Penny Bun location
Address
The Penny Bun
West Lane Askwith
Otley
LS21 2JQ
United Kingdom

The Penny Bun sits in the small village of Askwith in the Yorkshire Dales, between Ilkley Moor and Otley.

Planes

The closest international airport is in Leeds, a 20-minute drive away from the hotel.

Trains

Ben Rhydding is the hotel’s nearest train station, where direct trains can take you to Leeds in less than half an hour, with onward connections across the UK, including multiple services daily between Leeds and London’s Kings Cross.

Automobiles

The hotel’s village doesn’t have much by the way of shops, so you’ll need a set of wheels if you’re hoping to do anything more than walk the surrounding trails. Otley is a 20-minute drive away, and the larger town of Harrogate is a little under 30 minutes. And the hotel has free parking onsite.

Worth getting out of bed for

Around here, it’s all about exploring the Yorkshire Dales, and whether you decide to hike, bike or horse ride is up to you. Once you’ve landed on how you’d like to get around, pick from the abundance of trails that surround this small village. Staff are on hand with pathfinders, but we’d suggest heading towards Askwith and Ilkley Moor, or towards the River Wharfe (where wild swimming rewards the brave). The characterful towns of Ilkley, Otley and Harrogate are also within driving distance, each with their own charm, historic architecture, and independent boutiques; Harrogate is also home to the storied 19th-century Turkish Baths, which are a classic go-to option if you’re in need of a wellbeing boost.

Local restaurants

In nearby Ilkley, family-owned Emporio Italia draws crowds for its homelike setting and handmade, authentic Italian dishes. Expertly marinated meats and smoked sides are the name of the game at the Ilkley Cow, an independent haunt along New Brook Street.

Reviews

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Anonymous review

By Mr & Mrs Smith

Every hotel featured is visited personally by members of our team, given the Smith seal of approval, and then anonymously reviewed. As soon as our reviewers have returned from this all-eco hotel near Otley and unpacked their field guides and foraging baskets, a full account of their bucolic break will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside the Penny Bun in the Yorkshire Dales…

Yorkshire has made a name for itself as a cauldron of culinary prowess, and its list of lauded food-focused outposts just got a little longer, thanks to adults-only the Penny Bun. Its name, taken from the frequently foraged, local mushroom, should give you a flavour of what’s to come…

Celebrating local bounty takes centre-stage here. So expect plates to rotate with the seasons: harissa aubergine or lamb belly with apricots in summer, say, and in winter, gold-crusted chicken pies that pair comfortingly with fireside board games. As spring starts to bloom, warming temperatures make the hotel’s reserve-gazing terrace a coveted evening spot for drinks or dinner. Then it’s upstairs to equally Earth-kind rooms, where limited tech encourages screen-free rest. Yorkshire has given us plenty (not just in the form of puddings and tea, though we’re partial to both), and this homespun spot has flown to the top of our revered rankings.

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