The Folds
UK England North East England North Yorkshire Settle Peaks and Pods
A premium camping pod offering great facilities for your stay, both inside and out.
- Premium luxury camping pod with contemporary kitchenette and ensuite shower room
- Toast marshmallows over an open fire or barbecue under the stars
- Wonderfully positioned offering countryside views
The Owner Says
The Folds - our luxury Silver Top pod - has everything you need to ensure your stay is an experience to remember. This ensuite pod sleeps four in real comfort and boast oodles of special features.
It sleeps four in comfort and is available for a minimum of two-nights (three-nights on bank holidays). Arrivals on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Arrival days during the school summer holidays are Mondays and Fridays.
Here's what you'll find at The Folds:
- Double bed with pocket-sprung mattress, complete with feather and down duvet and pillows and crisp bedding.
- Large double sofa bed (with bedding stowed away when booked for more than two)
- Ensuite shower room with enclosed shower, toilet, basin, heated towel rail and a towel bundle
- Contemporary kitchenette with hob, hot running water, large fridge (with ice box), microwave, kettle, toaster and Tassimo coffee machine
- Crockery, cutlery, glasses, plastic glasses, saucepan, frying pan, knives, bottle opener and corkscrew, tin opener, wooden spoon, tongs, whisk, chopping boards, non-slip tray
- Folding wooden table and four stowaway chairs
- Free Wifi
- Smart TV with Netflix
- Eco-friendly cleaning products
- Heating, LED lighting, power and USB sockets, secure double glazing, thick rug, curtains and blind, smoke alarm
- Hair dryer
- Fly screen door
- Wooden deck with private flagged outdoor area to the side of the pod
- Cast iron fire bowl with poker and grill for use as a fire pit or barbecue - one trug of logs provided
- Outdoor dining table and chairs
- Two foldaway deckchairs
- Designated parking space
The Folds at Peaks and Pods is the perfect pod to unwind and take a step back from every day life. Take in the stunning countryside views from your private flagged patio, hugged by a traditional dry stone wall.
Put your feet up with a cup of tea and a good book, keeping your eye peeled for local wildlife such as deer, hares and curlews. If you're ready to explore, you'll find something for everyone in our wonderful local area.
The Hub, just off the car park, is a unique social space for all our guests to enjoy at any time of day. Relax on the wooden swing seat, gather round the tractor-wheel fire pit or snuggle under a blanket to stargaze in our dark sky. With seating, lighting and heating, it's the perfect place to hang out, whatever the weather.
If you like to mooch, spend the day wandering our local market towns - Settle, Kirkby Lonsdale, Clitheroe or Skipton. If you love to explore the great outdoors, visit the stunning nearby village of Malham with its dramatic cove and tarn, the popular Ingleton Waterfalls Walk, or the river at Bolton Abbey.
We're spoilt for choice with cafes, pubs, restaurants and takeaways in our local area, all within a short drive from Peaks and Pods.
Peaks and Pods is the perfect place for cyclists, offering a bike store, bike repair stands, bike washing and laundry facilities. We'll even help you to plan the perfect day on two wheels with our selection of local routes.
Our Coronavirus Booking Guarantee
Book with complete confidence at Peaks and Pods with the Glampingly Coronavirus Booking Guarantee. We guarantee the following clear policy for your booking:
- A low deposit of 30% to secure your booking
- Balance due 30 days before your holiday
- Complete flexibility to move bookings up to the end of 2021 in the event of Coronavirus restrictions
- Due to the flexibility provided we are unable to offer refunds
- This guarantee supersedes any other policies
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Features & Facilities
All five pods come with luxury bedding - feather and down duvets and pillows on top of a sumptuous pocket-sprung mattress.
Our Gold Top and Green Top Plus pods have their own private hot tubs with jets and LED lights. All pods have a deck and flagged patio with a fire bowl and barbecue rack. Your first trug of logs is included for a full outdoor experience!
The cedar-clad pods are insulated, heated, have double-glazed security doors and lighting inside and out. Power sockets, Smart TVs and USB points are provided, as well as free WiFi to each pod. There's a modern kitchenette with a fridge, sink with hot running water, two-ring hob, microwave, kettle, toaster, cutlery, crockery, glasses, pans and utensils.
Each pod has a foldaway wooden table with four chairs and they all have retractable fly screen doors to keep bugs out in summer.
The Green Top and Green Top Plus pods are just a few steps from their own private shower rooms, with key code access and unlimited hot water for the showers, while the Gold and Silver Top pods are ensuite. All have a towel bundle for extra convenience.
Our Green Top and Green Top Plus pods feature designer bedding - gorgeous Joules bedding in Two Acre Bit and stunning Orla Kiely bedding in Buckhaw Brow. Sofa beds come complete with extra bedding stowed away when booked for more than two guests.
The Hub - a shared social space - puts Peaks and Pods into a league of its own and is a unique guest area away from the pods with tables, chairs, wood-fired pizza oven, tractor wheel fire pit, wooden swing seat, benches, heating and lighting. The adjoining Little Laundry has superb washing facilities and offers a selection of family games and outdoor games to borrow, as well as local area information area.
Hens roam around the site and you'll often see sheep and cows on our neighbouring fields, peeping over the fence to see what you're up to!
Boot storage boxes and log storage is provided at each pod and there is a special area to wash bikes, carry out maintenance and store them securely.
Peaks and Pods offers unrivalled facilities and is glamping at its very best!
Activities
It's just five miles to Gisburn Forest, a Mecca for mountain bikers, perfect for an adrenaline-packed ride or a family-friendly pedal. Most trails start from Gisburn Forest Hub (01200 446747) with car park, toilets, picnic area and café. While you're there, a walk round the beautiful reservoir is a must. Excellent local market towns include Settle, Clitheroe, Skipton and Kirkby Lonsdale – all only a short journey away. Hop aboard a waggon on the Settle-Carlisle Railway (01729 825888) – England's most scenic train line is the claim – or take on the famous walking routes around Malham Cove and Tarn, where you can hop across the unique limestone rocks like a bug on giant puzzle pieces. The most hardy walkers can take on the Yorkshire Three Peaks (in a day) – Whernside, Ingleborough and Penyghent – enjoying Ribblehead Viaduct en route (a worthy landmark to walk to in itself).Food & Drink
You can have your pod stocked up with lots of tasty items for breakfast and basics for your stay. Guests can have their shopping done for them and arrive to find their pods filled with top-quality breakfast ingredients and essential food items ready and waiting.
There's also a wonderful wood-fired pizza oven available to hire for £10 per night, located at The Hub - the fabulous sheltered social space with seating, lighting and heat.
If you need anything else or have specific dietary requirements, just ask Joanne and John. Elsewhere, the nearest great pub is Craven Arms (01729 825627) in Giggleswick, or head the five miles to Settle for a wide range of cafés, pubs, restaurants and cuisines.
Extras
One-hour later check-out - up to 11am
Set your alarm for an hour later and check out from Peaks and Pods up to 11am, giving you 60 more minutes to snuggle under the duvet!
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Location
Getting There
From the north: From the M6 follow the A65 south, past Kirkby Lonsdale, towards Skipton for approx 16 miles. Travel down Settle bypass, past Giggleswick railway station and the Craven Arms, and take a right turn off the bypass towards Rathmell. Turn right up Hesley Lane and continue for just under 2 miles. It’s a single track road and it will take you up the hill towards Peaks and Pods. Keep to the left and at the top of the hill you will go over a cattle grid and see a wind turbine. Take the second track on your left.
From the south: From the A59 or the A56 (depending on the direction you are coming from) follow signs towards Wigglesworth. In Wigglesworth, at The Plough, turn towards Rathmell and Settle. In Rathmell, turn left up Hesley Lane, opposite the church, and continue for 2 miles up the hill, along a single track road. Keep to the left, then at the top of the hill go over a cattle grid and see a wind turbine. Take the 2nd entrance on your left signposted ‘Peaks and Pods’.
The nearest bus stops are at Rathmell and Tosside (both 1½ miles in either direction), and the nearest train stations are at Giggleswick (4 miles) (0845 748 4950) and Settle (5 miles) (0845 748 4950).