Is Appleby Castle pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much does it cost to stay at Appleby Castle?

As of 5 Oct 2025, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Appleby Castle on 6 Oct 2025 start from ฿4,215.64, excluding taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

How much is parking at Appleby Castle?

Self-parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Appleby Castle?

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; check-in end time: 11:30 PM. Late check-in is available during limited hours.

Where is Appleby Castle located?

Situated in Appleby-in-Westmorland, this castle is steps from Appleby Castle and 2.9 mi (4.7 km) from Yorkshire Dales National Park. Courtyard Gallery is 0.2 mi (0.3 km) away. Appleby Station is 11 minutes by foot.

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About the area

Appleby-in-Westmorland is home to Appleby Castle. Appleby Golf Club and Riverside Public Golf Course are worth checking out if an activity is on the agenda, while those wishing to experience the area's natural beauty can explore Yorkshire Dales National Park and North Pennines. Eden Valley Railway and Kennedys Fine Chocolates are also worth visiting.

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4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

17 May 2025

Disliked: Staff & service

Expensive service on low quality

Food was not good not even fresh and price is too much with no quality.

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Lenroy

8 Feb 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Night at the castle

Nice hotel, great surroundings, great theme. Just needing a slight refurb

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Val

9 May 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Weekend break

Fantastic place to stay lots of history lovely walks brilliant staff

Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

8/10 Good

Joanna

12 Jun 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Disliked: Staff & service

GREAT STAY BUT TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE

We had a great time at Appleby Castle it was everything we expected until we arrived home when the hotel decided to charge me and my husband our check out bill twice on 2 different cards! We tried to contact the hotel several ways with no response even now after several weeks of returning I still haven't had a response from the hotel. I can say that hotels.com have been extremely helpfull in trying to get the overcharged money back for me and must say a huge thank you for that. So after having a great time in this lovely castle I will definately not be staying there again. :(

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Susan

8 Aug 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

We traveled two weeks in Scotland and Appleby Castle had by far the most delicious dinner. Staff was small but worked hard and swift. Castle was cozy and true to its heritage.

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

4/10 Poor

Rory

12 Oct 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Disliked: Staff & service

Stunning location, amazing history and the room was very authentic. Poor communication and check in, didn’t feel welcome at all unfortunately.

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Robert

12 Nov 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Amazing Stay

Fantastic experience. Great, attentive staff. Stunning views on the castle grounds

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Geoffrey

21 Aug 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities

Disliked: Staff & service

This stay is hard to evaluate, because it was uneven. It is an experience staying in a medieval castle. We wandered around the interior to see the rooms, with old paintings, suits of armour, etc., which was interesting. The staff upgraded us from servants quarters to a cottage. The cottage was modernized with a living room and wide screen tv, a bedroom, and bathroom with a tub and walk-in shower. This was all good except for the mouse we saw in the bedroom. We had dinner in the dining room, which was kind of worn down, definitely in need of an upgrade. The food was good but not great, and it was expensive. Service was passable, but simple things like providing a bread plate and a functional candelabra were not done. The meal was fair but this was not as good as it could have been. The staff did upgrade us and helped with the internet and tv, but he was not to be found after our check-in. We never got a tour or got to climb to the top of the tower. I made a mistake in booking by one day, but I recognized and corrected that error on the internet. I asked more than once if they would waive the penalty fee for having to cancel the original registration date and rebook the correct dates, and staff replied to my emails but never responded to my request to waive the fee. In the end we were charged a fairly hefty cancellation fee, which is pretty shabby treatment. It was interesting staying in a castle and the upgrade was great, but the place was just a bit “off.”

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Scott

25 Sep 2017

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nice place.

We enjoyed the stop. Unique hotel in a quiet location. Friendly people. Would recommend.

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

kevin

12 Aug 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Excellent property, historically amazing. Staying there was a treat. I stayed in the old servant quarters, very quaint. I will return to visit the Norman keep.

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Carole

21 May 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

wonderful historical place to stay

Appleby Castle is filled with history -- so much fun and great portraits on the walls. Wonderful tapestries on the walls of the bedroom we stayed in. The staff went out of their way to be helpful.

Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

18 Jul 2024

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort

A real drama setting

This place is awesome. Bit of a time warp, bit tired, but if they fixed it they would ruin it. It something out of a TV series, staff are great. its not a luxury setup, but defiantly an experience well worth having and in a lovely setting. will be back

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Khamika

30 Nov 2023

Liked: Staff & service, amenities

It's an old castle built in the 811 or there abouts, they maintain a formal dining room one for dinner and another for breakfast, there's also a small TV room, there's a games room on the first floor with a pool table. The bedroom was warm and big and nicely furnished, nice size bathroom and clean. I enjoyed my stay. There's a kitchen and you can use the menu to place your order.

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Matthew

21 Nov 2022

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Staff were never found when needed no facility’s and very expensive Food was brilliant

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022

6/10 Okay

Sandra

20 Oct 2023

I liked the room and the dining room and the meal. The renovations have not been done well and it is pretty cold in the big breakfast room. Plus parking is outside the gardens and along walk wit suit cases and need somebody to help with luggage up the stairs

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Agnieszka

31 Oct 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Staying for a night is an amazing experience. Place very old and smells like old place. Bed very comfortable 11/10. Clean bathroom in the room. Breakfast not recommended. I didn't dinning there. I will strongly recommend that hotel anyway for memories. Owl's sounds behind the window. Millions stars on night Sky. Place where you can touch old furnitures.

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

4/10 Poor

Nancy

11 May 2023

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Light bulbs were missing, overall dim lighting. Awkward bathrooms with no counters or hooks. Insects crawling in different rooms and walls. Spider webs on the ceiling. We were upgraded to a larger cottage with the above problems.

Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

2/10 Terrible

Richard

5 Jun 2023

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Scam hotel, horrible, avoid!

Horrible hotel, service was shocking, receptionist stank of booze, was wearing a dirty shirt, room door was broken, grounds were overgrown with weeds and nettles. Bed was not well made, dirty plates and glasses stacked up unwashed, junk in the corridors, big stains on the carpets, we didn’t risk staying, we got back in our car and left. Not so much as a question from the staff as to why, no one cared a jot about the customer at all. Awful place, awful staff, awful service… we feel scammed

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

7 Jul 2023

Disliked: Staff & service

Disappointing second time around

This was our second stay here. The first time was amazing, but this time was disappointing. The first issue was that we had booked a self-catering cottage and had arrived with food. However, none of the cottages had been cleaned, and so we had to stay in rooms in the castle instead. The guy on reception was very apologetic, but the manager, Peter, seemed rather blasé about the whole thing and even seemed to think we should be grateful for getting an 'upgrade.' While the rooms were impressive, they were on the top floor, which meant a lot of stairs, and there was no fridge or anywhere to store the food we'd brought. The chef had gone home, and so there was no food available at the hotel, forcing us to go out to find somewhere to eat. It was raining heavily and was father's day. Finding either a free table or a place in the vicinity that was serving food was surprisingly difficult, but after an hour we managed it. We returned at about 8:30pm to find the gates had been shut (but not locked), forcing one of us to get out in the pouring rain to open them. This pretty much summed up the feeling we got from our stay this time: tolerated but unwelcome guests. There were good points about the place — the bathrooms were nice, and the rooms spacious. However, there was a lack of electrical sockets, and some of those were broken. We even had to move the kettle to the hearth because there was no socket next to it and the tea and coffee equipment. We won't be back a 3rd time.

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Maria

28 Sep 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

This is beautiful castle, worth staying just as an experience. Food is not the best, I would expect but more, but exceptional.

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Maria

21 Jul 2025

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

2/10 Terrible

Carl

9 Jun 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jeff

3 Dec 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Anne

27 Oct 2024

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Edward

11 Aug 2024

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

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