Cherish Glamping

Cherish Glamping is within the Yorkshire Dales National Park and there’s a national park visitor centre in the riverside town of Hawes, three miles down the road. The town is also home to the Dales Countryside Museum and the Wensleydale Creamery where you can watch cheese being made and have your photo taken with Wensleydale’s biggest fans (Wallace and Gromit). You can walk to Hawes on the Herriot Way, a well-signposted, long-distance footpath that’s 80 miles in its entirety. Head out on it the other way from site and you can visit Mill Gill Falls and the pretty village of Askrigg (three miles). Low Mill Outdoor Centre on the outskirts of the village offers adventurous activities for groups including kayaking and climbing. A couple of miles further is Bolton Castle (10 miles) with a wild boar park and falconry within the grounds. Aysgarth Falls (eight miles) are another cascade on the River Ure that are worth a visit and there’s another national park visitor centre by them where there’s plenty of information on activities across the wider park. The Forbidden Corner is a great place to visit with kids – a quirky garden with a maze and follies, mooted as “the strangest place in the world” (15 miles). It’s close to English Heritage’s Middleham Castle, the ruined childhood home of Richard III.

Food and drink is one of the highlights of a stay at Cherish Glamping. Breakfast is included and there’s a great menu with everything from the full Wensleydale to bircher muesli to choose from. It’s made with locally-sourced ingredients included home-reared pork sausages and eggs you can collect with Jo or Steve in the morning. Packed lunches and home-cooked dinners are also available to order and there’s a good range from pizzas to Wensleydale lamb hotpot via Sri Lankan curries. You won’t want to miss your chance to try some real Wensleydale cheese from the Wensleydale Creamery in Hawes. There’s a cafe on site there – and plenty more options for eating out and picking up supplies for your own cooking in Hawes (three miles). The Fountain offers a good pub menu, The White Hart is nice for a special meal out and Hawes Chippie is not to be missed. For a village pub, there are three to choose from in Askrigg (just under three miles): The King’s Arms, The Middle House and The Crown Inn. There’s a great tea room there too.