Augill Castle is a 19th century castle nestled between the Yorkshire Dales and Cumbria’s Lake District.

Dedicated to comfort, friendliness and informality, traveller-rated five star Augill Castle offers you the two most elusive luxuries of modern life – quality space and time together.

In short, we’re a place where you can be your best self.

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Eat, drink and sleep at Augill Castle Hotel & Restaurant, the north of England’s best castle stay. 

It’s twenty five years since we stepped through the front door of Augill and we’re as excited now as we were then to share the castle with you.

We’ve all got a lot on our minds and in a world where life feels crazier than ever the castle is a rare sanctuary of calm and mild eccentricity.

Get away from it all, stay in a castle and re-discover what living is all about.

Our Rooms

Thirteen bedrooms, suites and estate houses, all decorated in their own unique style.

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Eat & Drink

Our food is better than it’s ever been, using the best choice of freshly sourced produce from local farmers and suppliers.

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Weddings and Parties

At Augill we do small and beautiful, where intimacy and privacy are the key ingredients, so your perfect wedding or house party is just you and the people you love.

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Castle Family Adventures

At Augill we look after the whole family by giving you space and freedom to be yourselves; because there are few things modern families crave more than the luxury of quality time together.

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"Bedrooms are filled with antiques and abound in character. Castle rooms, most with four-poster, have views to the Yorkshire Dales and Lakeland Fells, perhaps a brightly burning fire."
The Good Hotel Guide 2020Editor's Choice Romantics Castle Hotel
"Augill Castle is ridiculously good fun. It may not be suited to the shy and retiring, but it's spot on for families, and anyone who likes adventures"
Daily Telegraph
"Famously family friendly"
The Sunday Times
"The World's most wanted castle..."
Airbnb
"Augill Castle is not like most other places... the best B&B in England"
The Times
"Augill Castle is definitely not a hotel in any ordinary sense of the word and thank goodness for that!"
CondeNast
"Flecked with a dose of eccentricity"
The Independent
"The atmosphere is easy going, like spending a weekend with friends"
The Times
"A memorable and refreshingly different place. Warm hosts in an eclectic home"
Daily Telegraph
"Kick off your wellies at the front door without causing a scandal"
The Big Houseparty
"Unlike anywhere you have ever stayed before"
Manchester Evening News
"The cream of the crop - comfort, excellent food and the joys of the English countryside"
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Awards

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Finding Us

OUR ADDRESS
Leacett Lane, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, CA17 4DE
[email protected]

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Contact Us 
Call: +(0)1768 341937
Email: [email protected]

ABOUT US
Augill Castle is at the geographical centre of the British Isles, four miles outside the small market town of Kirkby Stephen, two hours drive from Manchester & Leeds, an hour from Lancaster, York & Newcastle.