Helme Pasture

Located in rural Nidderdale near to the town of Pateley Bridge in the North Yorkshire Dales. Helme Pasture offers two pet friendly self catering Scandinavian lodges and two dog friendly Yorkshire Dales farmhouse holiday cottages. We are nestled in our own 29 acre natural woodland overlooking the Nidderdale valley.
This woodland has many fascinating features for you to explore, discover and simply enjoy. Some history in the woodland can be found from evidence of stone camp encirclements to a small old quarry which supplied the original stone for our farmhouse along with the ruins of a blacksmiths hut. More information can be seen here - Our Woodland
Our two custom built self catering Scandinavian lodges are designed for 2 to 6 people can be arranged in different configurations depending on your requirements. These self catering lodges are all on one level, from the car park, through to the decked area, so they will also suit those of us who are no longer as mobile as we once were.
These two lodges can be opened up via two internal doors into a single large holiday home and with minor changes, large groups of up to 10 adults can be easily accommodated whether this is a friends getaway or a multi generational holiday for your extended family.
Unlike the simple wooden cladded caravans that can often be found on holiday parks, these are genuine Scandinavian houses made by Danish craftsmen and well insulated from the extremes of weather from snowy winters to blazing hot summers.
Our two self catering country cottages are part of our main Yorkshire farmhouse and can each sleep 2 or more people with increasing levels of comfort and space.

We still have availability for August!

Electric Vehicle charger on site
We now have a type 2 (universal) EV charger, controlled by an RFID card, which will need to be obtained from us prior to use. If you require this, please give us at least 72 hours notice so we can prepare the RFID card for you to enable accuate billing. EV charger use is not included within bookings and specific T&Cs will shortly be available alongside the charger itself.

Online Booking
Fern Crag Lodge, Stone Croft Lodge and the Byre Cottage can all be fully booked and paid for through our online booking portal using Stripe card payment services.
The Old Barn can also be booked this way, but as this property is also marketed by a booking agent, in order to eliminate the chance of a double booking you will need to let us know when you want to book so we can make the booking slot available to you.

Local amenities

The village of Summerbridge is just 1/4 mile away from us and has a general store, Post Office, retrol station, bike shop, a pub, a cafe and more. The town of Pateley Bridge is about 4 miles away and offers many more shops and amenities such as a sports centre, museum and a theatre.
Other local market towns and villages are close by, as well as the Yorkshire Dales National Park and many well-known places of interest such as Fountains Abbey and Brimahm Rocks.
Larger towns such as Harrogate, Ripon, Skipton and York are all easily accessible and offer additional attractions.
If you want to explore by foot, bike or car we are perfectly situated to take advantage of what the area has to offer.

The Old Barn - Dog friendly self catering cottage

Woodland setting accommodation for up to 10 adults

Outdoor BBQ area for outside self catering

Bookings for Fern Crag, Stone Croft and the Byre can be made directly from the 'Book Now!' button or through the 'Check Availability' search bar below. Bookings for the Old Barn, please see instructions within that property tab. For the Studio, please contact us directly. For more detailed information for each preoperty, click on the relevant property tab at the top of the page. Our changover days are Mondays and Fridays so please at least ensure that your arrival day is one of these:

In addition and available for all our guests

The lodges are built on a single level so are suitable for guests with limited mobility.
Free WiFi is available throughout Helme Pasture and our lodges
Sheltered and lockable cycle storage is available for up to 10 bikes, with rain water harvested bike washing facilities.
We are dog Friendly, cat friendly and all well behaved pets are welcome.
29 acres of natural woodland to explore, which is home to a variety of wildlife – what are you able to spot?
Plenty of off road parking is available
An inventory, comparing properties can be found here - Combined inventory 2021.xlsx

About us:

Helme Pasture has been owned and independently managed by the same family for over 60 years, with the move away from a rundown working farm to holiday accommodation taking place in the 1970’s.

Over this time, what was rough grazing has been allowed to revert back to nature to compliment the mature, ancient woodland. With this change, an abundance and variety of wildlife have chosen to make the woodland its home. If you look carefully, signs of ancient settlements can be seen where rocks have been arranged as part of small camps and enclosures. Further information about our woodland can be found here

Over our many years in this business we have used various booking agencies but we have gone back to doing the majority of it ourselves even though we do not have the budget to compete with the marketing of these big agencies with their huge budgets. Currently, with the exception of the Old Barn, none of our properties can be booked via any third party booking site and all can be booked directly with us. If you have a question, you will be asking us, the owners, rather than a call centre, which enables us to accurately answer any specific questions you may have about the properties or the area. Booking directly with us also mean there are no hidden additional 'booking fees' which can often be found when booking through some agencies.

As a result of us lacking the marketing clout the large booking sites pocess, we find that we can be relatively slow to fill up with bookings. However, these small gaps between bookings can be used to our advantage in that we have more opportunity to keep on top of the little maintenance task that always crop up during busy periods…

Also note, our two lodges are annually inspected by Visit England who physically check that we have in place all the legal, safety and insurance requirements needed for self catering accommodation. While booking agents also ask for these, it's rare for a physical check to take place, rather it is done on trust by the owner simply ticking a compliance box.