Within walking
distance of the Cottage are a General Store, Post Office, two
Pubs, and a Restaurant.
Bentham Pottery is a short walk away.
At High Bentham, there
is a good range of shops and a 9 hole golf course.
There are many interesting walks around the Bentham area.
Mountain Bikes can be hired locally.
Places
to visit
Great Stone of
Fourstones (2 miles south of High Bentham on Burn Moor) provides
breathtaking views of the Three Peaks, the Cumbrian Mountains
and the Howgill Fells
Lancaster (15 miles) & Morecambe Bay
Kendal (18 miles) and the Lake District
Kingdale and Dentdale (Dent village 11 miles)
Falconry Centre near Giggleswick (8 miles)
Sedburgh (14 miles) and the Howgills
Ingleton Waterfalls Walk (3 miles), White Scar cav
Settle (12 miles) - Dales market town
Ribblehead viaduct (11 miles) and Settle-Carlisle Railway
Skipton and its Castle (30 miles)
Malham (16 Miles) - Cove and Tarn
Forest of Bowland (Trough of Bowland; Slaidburn(12 miles);
Ribble Valley)
Hawes (20 miles; Creamery, Rope Factory, Dales Life Museum)
and Wensleydale