The George Starkey Hut

At the foot of Helvellyn in Patterdale, the George Starkey Hut offers a good venue and good value for AAC 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 (£13 from start of 2020). There is a minimum booking of 2 people and 4 bed nights.

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 Pas, it is ideal as a base for the eastern Lake District fells. Be on the hills in minutes - Helvellyn, the Dodds, Fairfield, and High Street surround the hut; rock climbing locally at Castle Rock.

Sleeping up to 20 in 2 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 wood burning stove in winter. 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.

For further information including enquiries about availability, please go to the hut's page on the AAC(UK) website - https://aacuk.org.uk/x-george-starkey-hut and click on the link to the flyer. lf, having checked availability, you want to make a booking, complete the booking form (accessed via a separate link on the same web page) and return it to the AAC(UK) office.

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