The George Starkey Hut

The George Starkey Hut at the foot of Helvellyn in Patterdale offers a good venue and good value for AAC(UK) members. Well-known to regulars on the Patterdale meet, the Hut is available throughout the year to you and your guests - at a special AAC rate of only £11 each. There is a minimum booking of 2 people.

The hut is run by the Association of British Members of the Swiss Alpine Club and the Alpine Club and stands beside the A592 Glenridding road. Easy to access from the M6 via Penrith or via Windermere over the Kirkstone Pass, it is ideal as a base for the eastern Lake District fells. Be on the hills in minutes - Helvellyn, Fairfield, the Dodds and High Street surround the hut; rock climbing locally at Castle Rock.

Sleeping up to 30 in 3 bedrooms, the hut often has spare capacity over summer weekends and mid-week throughout the year. There is a well-equipped kitchen and hot showers, good drying room, and a superb fire in winter. For more details go to the hut flier. Please follow all the hut rules about cleaning and switching off before you leave the hut, or make arrangements with any other group that is leaving later.

Enquiries about bed availability should be made at least 7 days in advance by email to Marian Parsons, the hut booking secretary and hut warden, on mpparsons1207@gmail.com giving the dates and number of beds required; give alternative dates if possible.

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