The Fat Lamb
Ravenstonedale
📍 Ravenstonedale, CA17 4LL
🚆 Nearest station: · 3.0 mi
Photo: Anthony Parkes (CC BY-SA 2.0)
- Traditional country inn run by the same family since 1978
- Former 350-year-old coaching inn between Sedbergh and Kirkby Stephen
- Base for exploring the Yorkshire Dales and Lake District
- Ground-floor wheelchair accessible rooms with a wet room available
- Popular with walking and classic car touring groups
The Fat Lamb is a traditional country inn near Ravenstonedale, Cumbria, set between the market towns of Sedbergh and Kirkby Stephen, with Kirkby Stephen station just 3 miles away. Under the same ownership since 1978, it has offered hospitality for some 350 years, having begun life as a coaching inn. The inn has 12 comfortable en-suite bedrooms, including ground-floor wheelchair accessible rooms and a shower-chair accessible wet room, with level access throughout the ground floor, bar and restaurant. It's a dog friendly hotel, welcoming walkers, classic car touring groups and ramblers alike. Surrounded by the Yorkshire Dales National Park and within easy reach of the Lake District, you're also close to the Stainmore Railway Company and Dent Village Heritage Centre & Museum for days out exploring the area's heritage and scenery.
How far to…
- Station
- 3 miles
- Stainmore Railway Company
- 3.7 miles
- Dent Village Heritage Centre & Museum
- 9.7 miles
Practical details
- Pets
- Dog friendly, surcharge applies
Accommodation on site
- Rooms
Details taken from the operator's own website on 16 Oct 2026 — check current terms when you book.
Facilities
- ✓ Bar
- ✓ Restaurant
- ✓ Disabled Access
- ✓ Pet Friendly
- 🚆 Near a Train Station
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