Hartfield House complex is set back from main North Coast 500 road, nestled amongst the mountainous landscape, shady trees, and bubbling river. It comprises a Visit Scotland 4 Star hostel (sleeping 31 people), The Bunkhouse (sleeping 19), a venue for weddings and events, and a base for group activities such as yoga and artist’s retreats, walking and climbing clubs.

A large building set in its own grounds, Hartfield sleeps 48 people in a mix of ensuite doubles, family, singles, twins, triple, and a dorm room. There are hot showers, restful common areas, a dining hall, drying room, laundry, covered area for bikes, kit store, free WiFi, large garden, and venue for weddings and events. The complex can be booked exclusively or on an individual basis.

The Applecross (‘a Chomraich’ in Gaelic, which means 'sanctuary') peninsula boasts a breathtakingly beautiful and dramatic landscape. The main township of Shore Street is nearby, located around the picturesque bay and enjoys uninterrupted views over the island of Raasay and the Cuillin Hills of Skye.

Hartfield House is approximately 3/4 mile from the bay, and reached via one of the highest routes in the UK, the Bealach na Ba; from the top, on a good day, you can see the islands of the Outer Hebrides.

Latest News

 

Winter 2024

Our Bunkhouse is open all year. We fully open for the season 1 March and until that time, we are offering discounted rates. We look forward to welcoming all of our guests and hope you have a fantastic stay. We are currently refreshing our main house ready for the new season, repainting the rooms and corridors and putting in new mattresses and new bedding where necessary.  

We are operating on remote check-in at present. Let us know when you will be arriving and we will get everything prepared for a smooth check-in. We have staff on call and they will happily come down if needed at all. Checkout is 1030.

We look forward to seeing you all!

The Hartfield House Team.   

 

 

Winter season 2022

We have now begun our winter season at Hartfield House Hostel. Our reception is open 15.30 - 18.00 each day. Please do let us know if you will be arriving outwith those hours and we will arrange to meet you to check you in. 

Please bear in mind that most businesses are operating on restricted hours or have closed for the season so check ahead for restaurants, shops and cafes.

2022 Spring season at Hartfield

We reopen for the season on 1 March 2022 and look forward to welcoming all of our guests back to Hartfield (and Applecross). Please be aware that our reception opening hours are 16.00 - 21.00 each day for check-in, and 08.30-10.30 each day for check-out. The hostel is closed each day between 10.30 and 16.00 for cleaning. This season we will be offering takeaway continental style breakfasts, pre ordered on check-in (coming soon), as well as offering our guests gym facilities, and full bike storage/maintenance facilities. Our drying room is warm and fully prepared for drying kit on those wet days, and we have tea/coffee available in the kitchen. In addition, our living room will be back open again, so somewhere toasty to spend the evening. 

2022 winter at Hartfield

We are now closed for annual works in order to prepare for the summer season. We are currently converting a workshop into a new laundry business, developing staff accommodation, upgrading the customers rooms, installing bike facilities, and preparing our catering kitchen for rental as a bakery. The bakery will be supplying Hartfield with tasty snacks, takeaway breakfasts (criossants and bread) and there will be frozen meals and we are really excited to get started with this. More news to follow.

We will be reopening our doors on 1 March and look forward to seeing you all in the summer months.

 

Winter opening times

Winter is almost upon us and the days are getting shorter but Hartfield House hostel remains open until 20 December, offering warm rooms and hot showers. From 1 November our reception opening hours are: 4pm - 6pm every day. If you are wanting to arrive later in the evening, please just get in touch and we will leave your booking details out so that you can check-in remotely. Our kitchen and living room are fully open and we have a drying room for taking care of wet kit. Just head over to our booking page to check our availability.

  

Update on Covid-19

9 August 2021

We are pleased to announce that most restrictions have now been eased and our kitchen is again fully functioning. We are keeping with some of the social distancing measures and our guests seem to feel more comfortable with these in place. So, we are asking that there is just one group in the kitchen at a time, and that guests respect social distancing in public areas. We still have the one way system in place as this keeps guests from having to squeeze past each other in the corridors, and we ask that only two people use the shower block at any one time. Masks remain mandatory in public places and to date we have had no issues with this at all - so thank you! Other than that, we hope you have a great holiday.  

Covid-19 update 26 April 2021

We are open! We are delighted to welcome back our lovely customers once again. We have a number of restrictions in place due to current regulations, You can check these out on the Scottish Government website. We are still learning, and dealing with a changing environment every day. If we make mistakes, or you feel we are not doing enough to provide a safe environment, please just come and talk to us. 

If you are concerned about your booking, get in touch on infohartfield@gmail.com. We can check it for you and ensure you are adhering to guidelines. At present it is the rule of 6. Groups of no more than this number from 3 households staying in separate rooms. If your booking exceeds this, please contact us and we will do our best to help. These rules may change over the next few months so it is always wise to check the Scottish Governement advice before travelling.

Lastly, we have all been in lockdown for a long while. We are very much looking forward to seeing you and we hope you have an enjoyable stay.

The Hartfield Team

 

Covid-19 update 6 April 2021

We are looking forward to welcoming guests back to Hartfield from 26 April 2021. At present the guidance is that Scottish Government hope to allow travel from all UK regions but this will be confirmed at some point prior to 26 April. As we stand today, the guidance is for Scotland wide travel only. We will continue to keep you informed as we have further information. If you have a booking between 26 April - 17 May and you are travelling from outside Scotland, we will keep your booking reservation and will get in contact once we have clarification.

We are yet to have full details on the restrictions to be in place and so are planning to open with the same restrictions as 2020. If you make a booking, you will be notified of the restrictions that apply. However, as things ease, we will update these accordingly and hope to be running as a fully functioning hostel by the summer. Please check Scottish Government guidance before travelling. We thank you for your patience at this time.

 

Covid-19 update 2 March 2021

Hartfield House hostel is currently closed in line with Scottish Government guidelines. There is, at present, no date for opening but we will provide further information as soon as we have it. We are open for bookings that take place from 1 April 2021 onwards, but cannot promise we will be allowed to open. All bookings for the coming season will be refunded if you find that we remain closed. Please check Scottish Government restrictions before making that journey. We hope that we may all be able to travel again in the near future and thank you for your patience at this time.

 

 

Covid-19 update 4 January 2021

Hartfield House hostel is closed until 1 March 2021, pending government restrictions. We are open for bookings that take place from 1 March 2021 onwards, and hope that we may all be able to travel again in the near future.

As of 4 January 2021, mainland Scotland is in lockdown. Please wait to visit Applecross until it is safe to do so. We appreciate your care and understanding at this time and look forward to welcoming you back again soon.

The Hartfield Team. 

 

Covid-19 update 25 September 2020

Please be aware of the latest guidelines that are law as of today. If you are staying with us, you must be a group of no more than 6 people comprising no more than two households. Each household must be in separate rooms unless part of an extended household. If your booking exceeds this criteria, please get in touch with us to amend or cancel your booking. Please read through the current guidelines which can be found here

 

Covid-19 update

We are aware that being away in a strange place during these strange times can be a bit overwhelming, and there are lots of rules and procedures that can often be confusing. So, we thought it best to put everything into one place where you can check back if you are unsure of what to do.

Below you will find the additional procedures we have put in place at Hartfield House hostel for your safety and that of our staff. We would appreciate if you can adhere to these procedures.

Remote check-in

We are asking our guests to pay prior to arrival to minimise contact on check-in. This means that we can give all the information required for your stay without contact, and you can then get on with enjoying the accommodation. Your key will be in your room, and if you want to request completely remote check-in, we can leave all of your booking details in our entrance hall for you to pick up on arrival.

Our reception hours are 4-9pm and we are open again at 8.30am. Please note that we are CLOSED from 10.30am - 4pm for deep cleaning. After 9pm there will be out of hours staff that can be contacted in case of emergency . They will either be staying on site, or in the house adjacent to Hartfield. Emergency numbers can be found in the porch.

There is hand gel throughout the building: at reception, kitchen/dining areas, and exit, as well as hand gel in all toilet/shower rooms. Please use at least every time you enter and exit the building.

There is a one-way system in place. You will be directed in through reception, and out through the side exit. Please keep to this one-way system even if it means going around again to get back to your room.

Rooms

We have very simple rooms which will minimize risk as much as possible. All bedding is washed at 60 degrees, and mattress/pillow protectors are also replaced on every change-over. Rooms are hoovered and dusted, and all ‘often used’ surfaces are wiped down with antibacterial spray before and after guests have stayed. If you would like antibacterial spray and a cloth for your room please do ask.

Check-out

Please strip your bed on checking out of your room. Place your bedding in the laundry bags provided on the corridor. These are special laundry bags which go straight into the wash without contact.This greatly reduces any risk of infection being spread.

Our staff wear gloves, face masks and specific clothing, all of which is then washed on completion of the shift.

All surfaces are cleaned with antibacterial spray before and after each customer has stayed.

Kitchen/dining

We have a large kitchen/dining room, but we still need you to play your part and remain socially distant. Please adhere to the 2m rule (there is a maximum number of people allowed within the dining room and kitchen, and signage in place). If the room is looking busy, or exceeds the maximum number of people maybe look at coming back later?

Kitchen

At present our kitchens are open for food storage (fridges and shelves), and preparation of cold food only. We are not able to allow cooking under the current guidelines. There is a restriction of no more than 4 people in the kitchen at any one time, although we are yet to find this gets busy.

Dining

There is space in the dining room for 6 tables. We also have a large hall at the back of Hartfield House that we use for weddings and events. We have prepared this room for additional dining space and have allocated a table for each of the rooms. The tables in the kitchen/dining room, and the hall are all 2m distant. For this reason, we ask you not to move the tables at all as they are spaced out appropriately.

There are dining facilities at The Walled Garden Restaurant and The Applecross Inn but you will need to book in advance. Both establishments are also providing a takeaway service. Please do feel that you can bring takeaway back to the dining area, or to your room on request.

In the event of sunshine, we do have three outdoor picnic tables that you are welcome to use.

Lounge

Our lounge is currently closed due to Covid restrictions. We cannot realistically allow people to social distance in this room, despite its size and so must keep it closed for the time being.  

Washing/toilets facilities

There are a number of rooms that have en-suite facilities and we would encourage you as customers to use only your en-suite toilets/showers to minimize any risk to yourself, your family, and to other guests.

Those of you without en-suite facilities, we have introduced hourly cleaning of showers/toilets during the morning and evening shifts. This will include our staff spraying all surfaces and often-used items with antibacterial spray.

We need you to adhere to social distancing guidelines, and if the showers are busy, come back at a later time. We have antibacterial spray, cloths, disposable gloves and hand gel available in the showers/toilets. Please use these to wipe down any surface before and after use. If you would like a mask, or something is missing, just let us know and we will provide.

General

Talk to us. We are learning as we go along and so we will make mistakes. Please understand that we can rectify most things if we know about them. Don’t wait until afterwards to make a complaint.

We also have great knowledge of the area. We will do our best to provide information about what is open and what is restricted in Applecross on our website: www.hartfieldhouse.org.uk but if there is anything you are unsure of, just ask. We are there to help and to make your stay as enjoyable as possible. Afterall, we want you to return next year!

Kind regards

The Hartfield House team

 

 

Hartfield House re-opening

Hartfield House hostel re-opened 15 July with additional procedures and housekeeping in place to minimise risk for customers and staff. Please check the website for availability. August and September are generally quite busy. Welcome back.

 

Re-opening of Hartfield House hostel and The Bunkhouse

In line with Scottish Government guidelines, we are hoping to re-open our doors to customers from 15 July 2020. This is dependent on Scottish Governement approval which will be announced 9 July 2020. Until that time, we will prepare to re-open, putting in place all of the appropriate procedures in order to minimise risk of Coronavirus for our staff and customers. We are now open for bookings from 15 July on a restricted basis, and we look forward to welcoming you back to Applecross in the near future. If you don't manage to get a space at the hostel, please get in touch as there are other accommodation providers available in the area.

If you do make a booking with us, please check out the Experience Applecross facebook page to get the latest updates of what is open, and where you can eat etc. Planning ahead is paramount at the current time.     

Covid-19 Update

As of Friday 20 March 2020, we closed Hartfield House hostel & The Bunkhouse. In line with Scottish Government guidelines, we will remain closed until at least 4 July 2020. The UK Government has indicated that tourism businesses will not reopen until July at the earliest. We apologise to all of our guests who may have bookings during this time, and will be contacting each one of you separately. This is, we feel, the right decision for our staff, for you our customers, and for our community. Read more

 

Covid-19/Coronavirus

Statement for Hartfield House & The Bunkhouse Applecross:

We are sad to announce that, as of today, Friday 20 March 2020, we have closed Hartfield House hostel & The Bunkhouse until 30 April 2020. We apologise to all of our guests who may have bookings during this time, and will be contacting each one of you separately. For those of you with bookings after 30 April, we remain open but based on Government guidelines this could change. This is, we feel, the right decision for our staff, for you our customers, and for our community... read more.

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