Sedbergh

Sedbergh is a town in Cumbria within the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

Understand

Sedbergh has a narrow main street lined with shops. From all angles, the hills rising behind the houses can be seen.

It stands at the foot of Howgill Fells, on the north bank of the River Rawthey, which joins the River Lune 2 miles (3 km) below the town.

Visitor information

• Visit Sedbergh
• Yorkshire Dales National Park
• 1 Sedbergh Information Centre and Howgills Bookshop, 72 Main Street, LA10 5AD. daily 10AM–4PM (10AM–3PM Jan & Feb). Volunteer run information centre with leaflets and guides in a secondhand bookshop, with stock from 15 book dealers. (updated Feb 2024)

Get in

It lies about 10 miles (16 km) east of Kendal, 28 miles (45 km) north of Lancaster, and about 10 miles (16 km) north of Kirkby Lonsdale.

Sedbergh can be accessed by road from the M6 by leaving at Junction 37.

By bus

• Dales Bus has occasional services from Dent, Kirkby Stephen, Kendal or Penrith.

Get around

The town is very small and there are good walks.

See

• 1 Briggflats. Worship Su 10:10AM, open for visits 10AM - 6PM in summer, if a member is there. Very early Quaker Meeting House with a wonderful sense of peace. (updated Feb 2024)
• Sedbergh's parish church, dedicated to St Andrew the Apostle, dates from the 12th century, although restored periodically since.
• The remains of the motte and bailey castle are believed to date from Saxon times.
• 2 Ingmire Hall (about two miles (3 km) west of the town). It dates mainly from the 16th-century and includes a pele tower. The hall is on private grounds, but there is a public footpath running along side the drive way. (updated Feb 2024)

Do

• 1 Walk to Howgill Fells.  

Buy

• Artisan Market, Main St.. Outdoor market, held one Saturday per month May - Sep. (updated Feb 2024)
• 1 Sedbergh Market, Joss Lane Car Park. W from 8:30AM. All year open air food market. (updated Feb 2024)

Eat and drink

• 1 Cross Keys Temperance Inn, on A683 in Cautley (4.5 miles NE of the village), ☏ +44 1539620284. F 9:30AM-5PM, Sa Su 9:30AM-4PM, 10:30AM-2:30PM. A 400-year-old pub now run by the National Trust. It is also a book cafe selling books on history, local history and nature. It does not sell alcoholic beverages but they provide glasses if you bring your own, and do not charge corkage. (updated Feb 2024)

Sleep

• 1 Howgills Bunk Barn Accommodation, Castlehaw Lane, ☏ +44 15396 21990. (updated Nov 2020)
• Black Bull, 44 Main St, Sedbergh LA10 5BL (village centre), ☏ +44 15396 20264. 17th-century coaching inn with good dining. B&B double £100. (updated Sep 2022)
• 2 The Malabar, Garths, Sedbergh LA10 5ED (on A684), ☏ +44 1539 620200. Lovely B&B with six rooms in a restored 18th C barn. In 2020 they're only offering exclusive self-catering lets. B&B double £140. (updated Jul 2020)
• 3 George & Dragon, Main St, Dent, ☏ +44 15396 25256. Pub with real ale, hotel and restaurant 
• 4 The Black Swan, Ravenstonedale, Kirkby Stephen CA17 4NG (off A685), ☏ +44 1539 623204. Upscale small hotel in Victorian pub, great dining and scenic setting in Eden Valley. B&B double from £90. (updated Jun 2020)
• The Cross Keys Temperance Inn listed under Eat has two en-suite rooms where they offer bed & breakfast.

Connect

As of Sep 2022, Sedbergh has 4G from EE and O2, and a basic mobile signal from Three and Vodafone. 5G has not reached this area.

Go next

• Kendal
• Hawes
• Kirkby Lonsdale