The Craven Arms

The Great Craven Arms Beer Festival
This weekend will witness one of the greatest battles perhaps ever seen as Scottish Brewing takes on the might of Yorkshire.
Traditionally The Craven Arms is a Yorkshire Strong hold, however with 'a braveheart' Scotland have produced a beer batting line up to turn the flat caps of even the staunchest Yorkshire Beer fan. So wi' flat at' and yer clogs or your Kilt and Sporon join all at the Craven to cast your votes.
... Scotland's finest include Swannay Brewery The Fallen Brewery Fyne Ales Campervan Brewery @Orknebrewery Drygate Stewart Brewing Alechemy Brewing Isle of Arran Brewery as well as offerings from BrewDogThistly Cross Cider Belhaven Brews
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Steam Toy & Model Show in the Cruck Barn. Raising money for the local primary school. Entrance by donation. Exhibitors of all ages welcomed, please contact bidean@gmail.com for a place. Free pint of beer / soft drink for all who exhibit.

We have only gone & won the "Dining Pub or the Year" at the Yorkshire Lifes Food & Drink Awards. Big congratulations to all the team, not forgetting all the hard workers behind the scenes! https://www.yorkshirelife.co.uk/…/2018- yorkshire-life-food-…

The Craven Arms in Appletreewick will be celebrating National Cask Ale Week with some very special Theakston's Old Peculier from the wood. This very special serving will have 50p off a pint all over the cask week promotion. 20th to the 30th Sept.

https://www.facebook.com/events/174993123 5017896/

Making his 5th annual appearance at the beautiful Cruck Barn in Appletreewick, Ian McNabb is set to entertain us all again with his superb songs, excellent guitar-playing and brilliant stage-presence. Ian will be singing songs from his time in legendary 80's Liverpool band, The Icicle Works, as well as songs from across his solo career and his latest album, Our Future In Space. The only person other than Neil Young to front the legendary Crazy Horse (on his Mercury-Prize no...minated album 'Head Like A Rock' and on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury), Ian has worked with a who's-who of the music industry. From Mike Scott and The Waterboys to Ringo Starr, Ian's unique talents have always been in high demand. It is a real coup that we've managed to get Ian to play for us again on what has become a Christmas Dales tradition. This show sells very quickly, so do not delay!
Award-winning duo Plumhall are our hosts for the evening and will be playing an opening set consisting entirely of material from their second album 'The Ghost Of Noise'. Michelle is an ex-member of Chumbawamba and is currently touring the world with the Chris Norman Band. Nick has toured the world as a session player with Magna Carta and is a member of Dales-based legends, The Hall Brothers. Together they have sung with Al Stewart at the London Palladium and have won many plaudits for their harmonies, superb musicianship and award-winning songs.
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A welcome return to the Cruck Barn after too long a gap for the fantastic Ian Prowse with support from Plumhall As the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of Pele, Ian took strongly melodic and political songs onto a major label and into the charts (even scoring a number one hit in South Africa). As soon as Pele split, Ian started work on his next band, Amsterdam, who recorded the amazing 'Does This Train Stop On Merseyside' - which regularly reduced the legendary John Peel...
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A welcome return to the Barn for the brilliant Gilmore & Roberts with Plumhall in support
Contemporary folk/acoustic duo Gilmore & Roberts combine award-winning songwriting with astounding musicianship and their trademark harmonies to create a powerful wall of sound. Nominated three times at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Katriona Gilmore (fiddle, mandolin) and Jamie Roberts (guitar) met while studying at Leeds College of Music and released their debut album in 2008.
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A great days Terrier Racing today, thankyou to all that attended & raised funds for Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association (UWFRA)

We are all very excited to be welcoming local band The Moonbeams to the Cruck Barn next thurs 28th, as part the Grassington Festival Fringe. Tickets from here: http://www.grassington-festival.org.uk/pr o…/the-moonbeams-3/ Doors 7.30pm

Non other than Dave Eggleton our Bar Manager chats to Stray FM about the hunt Yorkshires favourite pub. It will be on the radio on Thurs 7-8pm, alternatively you can have a listen now on the link below. https://www.strayfm.com/…/vote-for-your -favourite-yorkshir…/ If you haven't voted for us yet please do by going to: https://www.yorkshire.com/pub Your pub needs YOU!

Young Family wanted to live & work in the Yorkshire Dales.
The Craven Arms in Appletreewick has a unique opportunity for a professional catering couple to LIVE & WORK in this beautiful rural area. Accommodation is in a stone built quality finished coach house in nearby Burnsall & offers 3 bedrooms, wood burning stove & great views over the Wharfedale hills. The opportunity would particularly suit a young family, as there is a small, brilliantly equipped and resourced Primary ...school across the road. https://burnsall.n-yorks.sch.uk/ in this low/zero crime area. The friendly local community would welcome you for supporting the school & rejuvenating the village.
We are seeking service staff & chefs, who are passionate about quality for our customers, you will have had experience in the industry but all ranks will be considered from Kitchen Porter to Head Chef, from to waiter/ress to wedding / event planners.
To find out more visit: http://www.craven-cruckbarn.co.uk/takethe leap.html or email info@craven-cruckbarn.co.uk Closing Date for applications is the 31st June 2018
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A quick clip of the final turn of tonights gig in the barn with Mike Silver Bella Gaffney & Nick Hall Real live music, hard to beat. #supportlivemusic

Congratulations to "Friends of Burnsall School" for the fantastic 80's Night fundraiser tonight. Great atmosphere & raising a lots of money for the cause. Special thanks to Hargreaves Coaches Dark Horse Brewery & DJ Andrew Wilkinson for their kind support. And of course all that hard work by the volunteers. Check out the fancy dress!!

Friends of Burnsall Schools 80's Night

Fri 23rd March Mike Silver + Bella Gaffney + Nick Hall Its looking like a special night! One Shepherds hut left: http://www.craven-cruckbarn.co.uk/book-a- hut.html £80 I night stay.
Witness Mike Silver singing live or on record, and you can immediately tell that here is an artist whose voice, musicianship and song-writing talents have been honed over a rich and well-lived lifetime. His easy rapport with his audiences, his endless fund of stories, plus his finely wrought songs ...of experience, observation and wisdom all bespeak a life-story worth many more songs and stories to come.
Bella Gaffney 'Great singer, great guitarist, really interesting songwriter' Mike Harding, podcast #69
“Bella Gaffney came to us highly recommended by others – now she comes highly recommended by us as well.” SaltaireLive
"Stunning performances...steeped in tradition and oozing talent her folk songwriting and performances will take her far." NottsAboutMusic
"Her treatment of the more well-known songs in her extensive repertoire is refreshingly different, and some of her own songs have a direct relevance to places and events of contemporary interest." ​Topic Folk Club
“Bella isn’t just an excellent folk singer or musician but, coupled with her ability to engage thoroughly with an audience, she has blossomed into a fine folk entertainer.” Morley Folk Club
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You must try the Slow cooked Shoulder of Lamb, pureed, braised & crisped leeks & wholegrain mustard mash from our new Soux chef Jani Szilágyi It really hits the mark!

We are still go for Theakston's night tonight- so far the weather has not interrupted our plans. In fact the bar is already primed and ready to go. Pints of Theakston's will be £2.50 all day. https://www.facebook.com/events/185132565 416631/ Roads are gritted & passable!

We stopped for a pint after a walk with our dog and I had Appletreewick dry cider and my husband had wharfedale blonde very nice staff were very friendly and efficient 2 lovely log fires inside and we had battered fish sandwiches with mushy peas and chips delicious.

We stayed this weekend in the Shepherd huts at the back of the pub. It was the annual beer festival. We have had such a good time! The huts are delightful with all the creature comforts of home:- comfy double bed, underfloor heating, toilet and heavenly hot showers! Just what was needed on rainy, windy weekend. The pub itself is a little gem with it's open fires, gas lights and warm, welcoming atmosphere. Great food, great staff, this place really does have it all and I can't wait to come back!

We stayed here last night, something different to celebrate my husbands Birthday. The Shepherds hut was fantastic, everything you could need. Something different than a b&b. We had tea in the Craven Arms. Fantastic service from the staff. Food was excellent. We both had the fish and chips and it was the best we’ve had in along time. We really enjoyed just being able to sit and chill with a drink in a real pub with a fire.Was nice to see people fetching their dogs in too and that they were welcomed. Thank you for a lovely stay. We will be back.

We stayed at mason's campsite this weekend and visited the pub fri sat and Sunday.. we had an absolutely amazing time every time we where in their.. Friday we got chatting to many locals and they made us feel so welcome and chatted away to us..

Saturday we met up with friends and took them in with us and again we where made to feel welcome and the Melbec was delicious 💕

Sunday we went for a meal we both had steak and ale pie which was too die for and would defo recommend it to anyone..

we also tried some of the whiskey and oh my god they where all so good..

we also got chatting to locals who had been playing cricket all day and came to the pub in the evening they where all so much fun and made us feel extremely welcome..

I can't wait to come again for a visit .. thankyou for making our anniversary weekend extremely memorable

p.s look out for the mouse hole it's up for sale ..

We love the Craven Arms. We don’t live locally but manage to get there half a dozen times a year - it’s our go to place in the Dales for a bit of lunch. However, we were there yesterday and weren’t impressed by John behind the bar and a bit of a sly trick he used. We were among three or four groups waiting for a table. We knew who each other were and had a reasonable idea of the pecking order. Then another party came in. John had a conversation with them (which we didn’t hear). One of the party then (Debbie McGee lookalike) sat on the window seat between 2 tables. She looked a bit wedged in and I’m certain it was uncomfortable for the diners already there (space and socially awkward). As soon as one table emptied she pounced - leaving those who’d been waiting a while a bit jaw dropped. When the rest of her party were seated she went to the bar - John said “see - told you it would work”. Not impressed we left and ate at Alexander’s in Skipton. Very good btw. Come on Craven Arms get a better way of seating your random walk in customers (yes I know I could have booked - but it was a last minute run out). We will be back - we love the place. Maybe a free pint wouldn’t go amiss next time?

We had a birthday family meal here yesterday, and this was our first visit to The Craven Arms. We all really enjoyed our food. A lovely family friendly pub! We will definitely be coming back again.

We come here every year and the food has always been lovely but we came back for a family meal last weekend and the food was outstanding.

We enjoyed it that much that we are coming back this weekend too! Hats off to the chefs, can’t wait to see the menu at the weekend.

The best pub in Yorkshire and I've sampled many. Great beer, especially the Old Peculiar, great food, great atmosphere and outstanding location.

The Shepherd Huts are cool too.

Thank you so much with all my heart for the wonderful time passed by you

The most charming pub I ve ever seen and lovely staff

Richard, Tilly and the whole team at the Craven arms went above and beyond to look after me and my husband on our wedding day. They decorated the barn perfectly, the food was exceptional they even cleaned my wedding dress for me when a guest spilt red wine right down the front of me!!.



We have been regular visitors of the craven since booking our wedding jan 2016. And intend to be for the rest of our lives. The team never fail to give a warm welcome and consinstantly top notch friendly service leaving you with a smile on your face planning your return.



I really cant recommend this place enough with its qurky enviroment and friendly staff its stolen a peice of my heart.



Thank you everyone.



Lynsey Harrison.

Our wedding was held here on Saturday. It was the most fantastic day. Richard and the team were amazing and made our day special and unique and very memorable.

Thank-you so much to all of you. The food was lovely.

Can’t wait to visit again!

Our stay in the Shepherd Huts was amazing from start to finish & when the chefs were unable to get to work because of the snow the staff rustled us up a feast of soup and huge doorstop sandwiches! Thank you so much!

Had a pork and veggie lasagne here, was super delicious. Highly recommended

Great pub selling good beer - and the food looked good although we did not have time to sample it

Great food and beer and lovely staff. Stayed in Shepard’s huts behind pub and most idyllic spot ever.

Highly recommended the pale ale

Four of us had a superb meal on New Year's Eve, in front of a log fire in the beautifully decorated crook barn. The service was very good and the food was delicious. As we were only visiting the area, it may be a while but we will definitely be back!

As the celebrant from Starr Gazing Ceremonies, I had the honour of performing a wedding ceremony at Cruck Barn at The Craven Arms which is indeed a very special wedding venue. It has a wonderful blend of historical architecture and countryside elegance that is enhanced fully by the extremely helpful and enthusiastic staff that are always keen to ensure everything goes perfectly. I received a wonderful welcome from the staff and thoroughly enjoyed performing a wedding ceremony in the cosy and beautiful barn that has a truly unique ambience for your special day!

Amazing place, friendly atmosphere, I had a couple of their special lager and steak and ale pie, thoroughly enjoy the experience, a lovely oldy oldy type of place ..

Absolute gem of a find. Fantastic food. I had a dish called fur, fin and feather! In other words beautiful sirloin steak, tempura king prawns and duck croquettes with a cream chilly sauce. Sounds odd but was out of this world. Really friendly and funny staff. One to keep in our itinerary of places to visit xx

We stopped for a pint after a walk with our dog and I had Appletreewick dry cider and my husband had wharfedale blonde very nice staff were very friendly and efficient 2 lovely log fires inside and we had battered fish sandwiches with mushy peas and chips delicious.

We stayed this weekend in the Shepherd huts at the back of the pub. It was the annual beer festival. We have had such a good time! The huts are delightful with all the creature comforts of home:- comfy double bed, underfloor heating, toilet and heavenly hot showers! Just what was needed on rainy, windy weekend. The pub itself is a little gem with it's open fires, gas lights and warm, welcoming atmosphere. Great food, great staff, this place really does have it all and I can't wait to come back!

We stayed here last night, something different to celebrate my husbands Birthday. The Shepherds hut was fantastic, everything you could need. Something different than a b&b. We had tea in the Craven Arms. Fantastic service from the staff. Food was excellent. We both had the fish and chips and it was the best we’ve had in along time. We really enjoyed just being able to sit and chill with a drink in a real pub with a fire.Was nice to see people fetching their dogs in too and that they were welcomed. Thank you for a lovely stay. We will be back.

We stayed at mason's campsite this weekend and visited the pub fri sat and Sunday.. we had an absolutely amazing time every time we where in their.. Friday we got chatting to many locals and they made us feel so welcome and chatted away to us..

Saturday we met up with friends and took them in with us and again we where made to feel welcome and the Melbec was delicious 💕

Sunday we went for a meal we both had steak and ale pie which was too die for and would defo recommend it to anyone..

we also tried some of the whiskey and oh my god they where all so good..

we also got chatting to locals who had been playing cricket all day and came to the pub in the evening they where all so much fun and made us feel extremely welcome..

I can't wait to come again for a visit .. thankyou for making our anniversary weekend extremely memorable

p.s look out for the mouse hole it's up for sale ..

We love the Craven Arms. We don’t live locally but manage to get there half a dozen times a year - it’s our go to place in the Dales for a bit of lunch. However, we were there yesterday and weren’t impressed by John behind the bar and a bit of a sly trick he used. We were among three or four groups waiting for a table. We knew who each other were and had a reasonable idea of the pecking order. Then another party came in. John had a conversation with them (which we didn’t hear). One of the party then (Debbie McGee lookalike) sat on the window seat between 2 tables. She looked a bit wedged in and I’m certain it was uncomfortable for the diners already there (space and socially awkward). As soon as one table emptied she pounced - leaving those who’d been waiting a while a bit jaw dropped. When the rest of her party were seated she went to the bar - John said “see - told you it would work”. Not impressed we left and ate at Alexander’s in Skipton. Very good btw. Come on Craven Arms get a better way of seating your random walk in customers (yes I know I could have booked - but it was a last minute run out). We will be back - we love the place. Maybe a free pint wouldn’t go amiss next time?

We had a birthday family meal here yesterday, and this was our first visit to The Craven Arms. We all really enjoyed our food. A lovely family friendly pub! We will definitely be coming back again.

We come here every year and the food has always been lovely but we came back for a family meal last weekend and the food was outstanding.

We enjoyed it that much that we are coming back this weekend too! Hats off to the chefs, can’t wait to see the menu at the weekend.

The best pub in Yorkshire and I've sampled many. Great beer, especially the Old Peculiar, great food, great atmosphere and outstanding location.

The Shepherd Huts are cool too.

Thank you so much with all my heart for the wonderful time passed by you

The most charming pub I ve ever seen and lovely staff

Richard, Tilly and the whole team at the Craven arms went above and beyond to look after me and my husband on our wedding day. They decorated the barn perfectly, the food was exceptional they even cleaned my wedding dress for me when a guest spilt red wine right down the front of me!!.



We have been regular visitors of the craven since booking our wedding jan 2016. And intend to be for the rest of our lives. The team never fail to give a warm welcome and consinstantly top notch friendly service leaving you with a smile on your face planning your return.



I really cant recommend this place enough with its qurky enviroment and friendly staff its stolen a peice of my heart.



Thank you everyone.



Lynsey Harrison.

Our wedding was held here on Saturday. It was the most fantastic day. Richard and the team were amazing and made our day special and unique and very memorable.

Thank-you so much to all of you. The food was lovely.

Can’t wait to visit again!

Our stay in the Shepherd Huts was amazing from start to finish & when the chefs were unable to get to work because of the snow the staff rustled us up a feast of soup and huge doorstop sandwiches! Thank you so much!

Had a pork and veggie lasagne here, was super delicious. Highly recommended

Great pub selling good beer - and the food looked good although we did not have time to sample it

Great food and beer and lovely staff. Stayed in Shepard’s huts behind pub and most idyllic spot ever.

Highly recommended the pale ale

Four of us had a superb meal on New Year's Eve, in front of a log fire in the beautifully decorated crook barn. The service was very good and the food was delicious. As we were only visiting the area, it may be a while but we will definitely be back!

As the celebrant from Starr Gazing Ceremonies, I had the honour of performing a wedding ceremony at Cruck Barn at The Craven Arms which is indeed a very special wedding venue. It has a wonderful blend of historical architecture and countryside elegance that is enhanced fully by the extremely helpful and enthusiastic staff that are always keen to ensure everything goes perfectly. I received a wonderful welcome from the staff and thoroughly enjoyed performing a wedding ceremony in the cosy and beautiful barn that has a truly unique ambience for your special day!

Amazing place, friendly atmosphere, I had a couple of their special lager and steak and ale pie, thoroughly enjoy the experience, a lovely oldy oldy type of place ..

Absolute gem of a find. Fantastic food. I had a dish called fur, fin and feather! In other words beautiful sirloin steak, tempura king prawns and duck croquettes with a cream chilly sauce. Sounds odd but was out of this world. Really friendly and funny staff. One to keep in our itinerary of places to visit xx

We stopped for a pint after a walk with our dog and I had Appletreewick dry cider and my husband had wharfedale blonde very nice staff were very friendly and efficient 2 lovely log fires inside and we had battered fish sandwiches with mushy peas and chips delicious.

We stayed this weekend in the Shepherd huts at the back of the pub. It was the annual beer festival. We have had such a good time! The huts are delightful with all the creature comforts of home:- comfy double bed, underfloor heating, toilet and heavenly hot showers! Just what was needed on rainy, windy weekend. The pub itself is a little gem with it's open fires, gas lights and warm, welcoming atmosphere. Great food, great staff, this place really does have it all and I can't wait to come back!

We stayed here last night, something different to celebrate my husbands Birthday. The Shepherds hut was fantastic, everything you could need. Something different than a b&b. We had tea in the Craven Arms. Fantastic service from the staff. Food was excellent. We both had the fish and chips and it was the best we’ve had in along time. We really enjoyed just being able to sit and chill with a drink in a real pub with a fire.Was nice to see people fetching their dogs in too and that they were welcomed. Thank you for a lovely stay. We will be back.

We stayed at mason's campsite this weekend and visited the pub fri sat and Sunday.. we had an absolutely amazing time every time we where in their.. Friday we got chatting to many locals and they made us feel so welcome and chatted away to us..

Saturday we met up with friends and took them in with us and again we where made to feel welcome and the Melbec was delicious 💕

Sunday we went for a meal we both had steak and ale pie which was too die for and would defo recommend it to anyone..

we also tried some of the whiskey and oh my god they where all so good..

we also got chatting to locals who had been playing cricket all day and came to the pub in the evening they where all so much fun and made us feel extremely welcome..

I can't wait to come again for a visit .. thankyou for making our anniversary weekend extremely memorable

p.s look out for the mouse hole it's up for sale ..

We love the Craven Arms. We don’t live locally but manage to get there half a dozen times a year - it’s our go to place in the Dales for a bit of lunch. However, we were there yesterday and weren’t impressed by John behind the bar and a bit of a sly trick he used. We were among three or four groups waiting for a table. We knew who each other were and had a reasonable idea of the pecking order. Then another party came in. John had a conversation with them (which we didn’t hear). One of the party then (Debbie McGee lookalike) sat on the window seat between 2 tables. She looked a bit wedged in and I’m certain it was uncomfortable for the diners already there (space and socially awkward). As soon as one table emptied she pounced - leaving those who’d been waiting a while a bit jaw dropped. When the rest of her party were seated she went to the bar - John said “see - told you it would work”. Not impressed we left and ate at Alexander’s in Skipton. Very good btw. Come on Craven Arms get a better way of seating your random walk in customers (yes I know I could have booked - but it was a last minute run out). We will be back - we love the place. Maybe a free pint wouldn’t go amiss next time?

We had a birthday family meal here yesterday, and this was our first visit to The Craven Arms. We all really enjoyed our food. A lovely family friendly pub! We will definitely be coming back again.

We come here every year and the food has always been lovely but we came back for a family meal last weekend and the food was outstanding.

We enjoyed it that much that we are coming back this weekend too! Hats off to the chefs, can’t wait to see the menu at the weekend.

The best pub in Yorkshire and I've sampled many. Great beer, especially the Old Peculiar, great food, great atmosphere and outstanding location.

The Shepherd Huts are cool too.

Thank you so much with all my heart for the wonderful time passed by you

The most charming pub I ve ever seen and lovely staff

Richard, Tilly and the whole team at the Craven arms went above and beyond to look after me and my husband on our wedding day. They decorated the barn perfectly, the food was exceptional they even cleaned my wedding dress for me when a guest spilt red wine right down the front of me!!.



We have been regular visitors of the craven since booking our wedding jan 2016. And intend to be for the rest of our lives. The team never fail to give a warm welcome and consinstantly top notch friendly service leaving you with a smile on your face planning your return.



I really cant recommend this place enough with its qurky enviroment and friendly staff its stolen a peice of my heart.



Thank you everyone.



Lynsey Harrison.

Our wedding was held here on Saturday. It was the most fantastic day. Richard and the team were amazing and made our day special and unique and very memorable.

Thank-you so much to all of you. The food was lovely.

Can’t wait to visit again!

Our stay in the Shepherd Huts was amazing from start to finish & when the chefs were unable to get to work because of the snow the staff rustled us up a feast of soup and huge doorstop sandwiches! Thank you so much!

Had a pork and veggie lasagne here, was super delicious. Highly recommended

Great pub selling good beer - and the food looked good although we did not have time to sample it

Great food and beer and lovely staff. Stayed in Shepard’s huts behind pub and most idyllic spot ever.

Highly recommended the pale ale

Four of us had a superb meal on New Year's Eve, in front of a log fire in the beautifully decorated crook barn. The service was very good and the food was delicious. As we were only visiting the area, it may be a while but we will definitely be back!

As the celebrant from Starr Gazing Ceremonies, I had the honour of performing a wedding ceremony at Cruck Barn at The Craven Arms which is indeed a very special wedding venue. It has a wonderful blend of historical architecture and countryside elegance that is enhanced fully by the extremely helpful and enthusiastic staff that are always keen to ensure everything goes perfectly. I received a wonderful welcome from the staff and thoroughly enjoyed performing a wedding ceremony in the cosy and beautiful barn that has a truly unique ambience for your special day!

Amazing place, friendly atmosphere, I had a couple of their special lager and steak and ale pie, thoroughly enjoy the experience, a lovely oldy oldy type of place ..

Absolute gem of a find. Fantastic food. I had a dish called fur, fin and feather! In other words beautiful sirloin steak, tempura king prawns and duck croquettes with a cream chilly sauce. Sounds odd but was out of this world. Really friendly and funny staff. One to keep in our itinerary of places to visit xx

We stopped for a pint after a walk with our dog and I had Appletreewick dry cider and my husband had wharfedale blonde very nice staff were very friendly and efficient 2 lovely log fires inside and we had battered fish sandwiches with mushy peas and chips delicious.

We stayed this weekend in the Shepherd huts at the back of the pub. It was the annual beer festival. We have had such a good time! The huts are delightful with all the creature comforts of home:- comfy double bed, underfloor heating, toilet and heavenly hot showers! Just what was needed on rainy, windy weekend. The pub itself is a little gem with it's open fires, gas lights and warm, welcoming atmosphere. Great food, great staff, this place really does have it all and I can't wait to come back!

We stayed here last night, something different to celebrate my husbands Birthday. The Shepherds hut was fantastic, everything you could need. Something different than a b&b. We had tea in the Craven Arms. Fantastic service from the staff. Food was excellent. We both had the fish and chips and it was the best we’ve had in along time. We really enjoyed just being able to sit and chill with a drink in a real pub with a fire.Was nice to see people fetching their dogs in too and that they were welcomed. Thank you for a lovely stay. We will be back.

We stayed at mason's campsite this weekend and visited the pub fri sat and Sunday.. we had an absolutely amazing time every time we where in their.. Friday we got chatting to many locals and they made us feel so welcome and chatted away to us..

Saturday we met up with friends and took them in with us and again we where made to feel welcome and the Melbec was delicious 💕

Sunday we went for a meal we both had steak and ale pie which was too die for and would defo recommend it to anyone..

we also tried some of the whiskey and oh my god they where all so good..

we also got chatting to locals who had been playing cricket all day and came to the pub in the evening they where all so much fun and made us feel extremely welcome..

I can't wait to come again for a visit .. thankyou for making our anniversary weekend extremely memorable

p.s look out for the mouse hole it's up for sale ..

We love the Craven Arms. We don’t live locally but manage to get there half a dozen times a year - it’s our go to place in the Dales for a bit of lunch. However, we were there yesterday and weren’t impressed by John behind the bar and a bit of a sly trick he used. We were among three or four groups waiting for a table. We knew who each other were and had a reasonable idea of the pecking order. Then another party came in. John had a conversation with them (which we didn’t hear). One of the party then (Debbie McGee lookalike) sat on the window seat between 2 tables. She looked a bit wedged in and I’m certain it was uncomfortable for the diners already there (space and socially awkward). As soon as one table emptied she pounced - leaving those who’d been waiting a while a bit jaw dropped. When the rest of her party were seated she went to the bar - John said “see - told you it would work”. Not impressed we left and ate at Alexander’s in Skipton. Very good btw. Come on Craven Arms get a better way of seating your random walk in customers (yes I know I could have booked - but it was a last minute run out). We will be back - we love the place. Maybe a free pint wouldn’t go amiss next time?

We had a birthday family meal here yesterday, and this was our first visit to The Craven Arms. We all really enjoyed our food. A lovely family friendly pub! We will definitely be coming back again.

We come here every year and the food has always been lovely but we came back for a family meal last weekend and the food was outstanding.

We enjoyed it that much that we are coming back this weekend too! Hats off to the chefs, can’t wait to see the menu at the weekend.

The best pub in Yorkshire and I've sampled many. Great beer, especially the Old Peculiar, great food, great atmosphere and outstanding location.

The Shepherd Huts are cool too.

Thank you so much with all my heart for the wonderful time passed by you

The most charming pub I ve ever seen and lovely staff

Richard, Tilly and the whole team at the Craven arms went above and beyond to look after me and my husband on our wedding day. They decorated the barn perfectly, the food was exceptional they even cleaned my wedding dress for me when a guest spilt red wine right down the front of me!!.



We have been regular visitors of the craven since booking our wedding jan 2016. And intend to be for the rest of our lives. The team never fail to give a warm welcome and consinstantly top notch friendly service leaving you with a smile on your face planning your return.



I really cant recommend this place enough with its qurky enviroment and friendly staff its stolen a peice of my heart.



Thank you everyone.



Lynsey Harrison.

Our wedding was held here on Saturday. It was the most fantastic day. Richard and the team were amazing and made our day special and unique and very memorable.

Thank-you so much to all of you. The food was lovely.

Can’t wait to visit again!

Our stay in the Shepherd Huts was amazing from start to finish & when the chefs were unable to get to work because of the snow the staff rustled us up a feast of soup and huge doorstop sandwiches! Thank you so much!

Had a pork and veggie lasagne here, was super delicious. Highly recommended

Great pub selling good beer - and the food looked good although we did not have time to sample it

Great food and beer and lovely staff. Stayed in Shepard’s huts behind pub and most idyllic spot ever.

Highly recommended the pale ale

Four of us had a superb meal on New Year's Eve, in front of a log fire in the beautifully decorated crook barn. The service was very good and the food was delicious. As we were only visiting the area, it may be a while but we will definitely be back!

As the celebrant from Starr Gazing Ceremonies, I had the honour of performing a wedding ceremony at Cruck Barn at The Craven Arms which is indeed a very special wedding venue. It has a wonderful blend of historical architecture and countryside elegance that is enhanced fully by the extremely helpful and enthusiastic staff that are always keen to ensure everything goes perfectly. I received a wonderful welcome from the staff and thoroughly enjoyed performing a wedding ceremony in the cosy and beautiful barn that has a truly unique ambience for your special day!

Amazing place, friendly atmosphere, I had a couple of their special lager and steak and ale pie, thoroughly enjoy the experience, a lovely oldy oldy type of place ..

Absolute gem of a find. Fantastic food. I had a dish called fur, fin and feather! In other words beautiful sirloin steak, tempura king prawns and duck croquettes with a cream chilly sauce. Sounds odd but was out of this world. Really friendly and funny staff. One to keep in our itinerary of places to visit xx

We stopped for a pint after a walk with our dog and I had Appletreewick dry cider and my husband had wharfedale blonde very nice staff were very friendly and efficient 2 lovely log fires inside and we had battered fish sandwiches with mushy peas and chips delicious.

We stayed this weekend in the Shepherd huts at the back of the pub. It was the annual beer festival. We have had such a good time! The huts are delightful with all the creature comforts of home:- comfy double bed, underfloor heating, toilet and heavenly hot showers! Just what was needed on rainy, windy weekend. The pub itself is a little gem with it's open fires, gas lights and warm, welcoming atmosphere. Great food, great staff, this place really does have it all and I can't wait to come back!

We stayed here last night, something different to celebrate my husbands Birthday. The Shepherds hut was fantastic, everything you could need. Something different than a b&b. We had tea in the Craven Arms. Fantastic service from the staff. Food was excellent. We both had the fish and chips and it was the best we’ve had in along time. We really enjoyed just being able to sit and chill with a drink in a real pub with a fire.Was nice to see people fetching their dogs in too and that they were welcomed. Thank you for a lovely stay. We will be back.

We stayed at mason's campsite this weekend and visited the pub fri sat and Sunday.. we had an absolutely amazing time every time we where in their.. Friday we got chatting to many locals and they made us feel so welcome and chatted away to us..

Saturday we met up with friends and took them in with us and again we where made to feel welcome and the Melbec was delicious 💕

Sunday we went for a meal we both had steak and ale pie which was too die for and would defo recommend it to anyone..

we also tried some of the whiskey and oh my god they where all so good..

we also got chatting to locals who had been playing cricket all day and came to the pub in the evening they where all so much fun and made us feel extremely welcome..

I can't wait to come again for a visit .. thankyou for making our anniversary weekend extremely memorable

p.s look out for the mouse hole it's up for sale ..

We love the Craven Arms. We don’t live locally but manage to get there half a dozen times a year - it’s our go to place in the Dales for a bit of lunch. However, we were there yesterday and weren’t impressed by John behind the bar and a bit of a sly trick he used. We were among three or four groups waiting for a table. We knew who each other were and had a reasonable idea of the pecking order. Then another party came in. John had a conversation with them (which we didn’t hear). One of the party then (Debbie McGee lookalike) sat on the window seat between 2 tables. She looked a bit wedged in and I’m certain it was uncomfortable for the diners already there (space and socially awkward). As soon as one table emptied she pounced - leaving those who’d been waiting a while a bit jaw dropped. When the rest of her party were seated she went to the bar - John said “see - told you it would work”. Not impressed we left and ate at Alexander’s in Skipton. Very good btw. Come on Craven Arms get a better way of seating your random walk in customers (yes I know I could have booked - but it was a last minute run out). We will be back - we love the place. Maybe a free pint wouldn’t go amiss next time?

We had a birthday family meal here yesterday, and this was our first visit to The Craven Arms. We all really enjoyed our food. A lovely family friendly pub! We will definitely be coming back again.

We come here every year and the food has always been lovely but we came back for a family meal last weekend and the food was outstanding.

We enjoyed it that much that we are coming back this weekend too! Hats off to the chefs, can’t wait to see the menu at the weekend.

The best pub in Yorkshire and I've sampled many. Great beer, especially the Old Peculiar, great food, great atmosphere and outstanding location.

The Shepherd Huts are cool too.

Thank you so much with all my heart for the wonderful time passed by you

The most charming pub I ve ever seen and lovely staff

Richard, Tilly and the whole team at the Craven arms went above and beyond to look after me and my husband on our wedding day. They decorated the barn perfectly, the food was exceptional they even cleaned my wedding dress for me when a guest spilt red wine right down the front of me!!.



We have been regular visitors of the craven since booking our wedding jan 2016. And intend to be for the rest of our lives. The team never fail to give a warm welcome and consinstantly top notch friendly service leaving you with a smile on your face planning your return.



I really cant recommend this place enough with its qurky enviroment and friendly staff its stolen a peice of my heart.



Thank you everyone.



Lynsey Harrison.

Our wedding was held here on Saturday. It was the most fantastic day. Richard and the team were amazing and made our day special and unique and very memorable.

Thank-you so much to all of you. The food was lovely.

Can’t wait to visit again!

Our stay in the Shepherd Huts was amazing from start to finish & when the chefs were unable to get to work because of the snow the staff rustled us up a feast of soup and huge doorstop sandwiches! Thank you so much!

Had a pork and veggie lasagne here, was super delicious. Highly recommended

Great pub selling good beer - and the food looked good although we did not have time to sample it

Great food and beer and lovely staff. Stayed in Shepard’s huts behind pub and most idyllic spot ever.

Highly recommended the pale ale

Four of us had a superb meal on New Year's Eve, in front of a log fire in the beautifully decorated crook barn. The service was very good and the food was delicious. As we were only visiting the area, it may be a while but we will definitely be back!

As the celebrant from Starr Gazing Ceremonies, I had the honour of performing a wedding ceremony at Cruck Barn at The Craven Arms which is indeed a very special wedding venue. It has a wonderful blend of historical architecture and countryside elegance that is enhanced fully by the extremely helpful and enthusiastic staff that are always keen to ensure everything goes perfectly. I received a wonderful welcome from the staff and thoroughly enjoyed performing a wedding ceremony in the cosy and beautiful barn that has a truly unique ambience for your special day!

Amazing place, friendly atmosphere, I had a couple of their special lager and steak and ale pie, thoroughly enjoy the experience, a lovely oldy oldy type of place ..

Absolute gem of a find. Fantastic food. I had a dish called fur, fin and feather! In other words beautiful sirloin steak, tempura king prawns and duck croquettes with a cream chilly sauce. Sounds odd but was out of this world. Really friendly and funny staff. One to keep in our itinerary of places to visit xx