Make Yourself At Home
Our home is your home, so relax, enjoy the peace and sink into holiday mode.
Nestled within the Cairngorms wilderness and with easy access to Aviemore, our self-catering lodge and cottages offer the perfect escape for family holidays, retreats and events.
Unwind, stoke your fire, re-connect and breathe deep.
Go barefoot on the lawn, pick a hammock, toast your toes and slow right down.
Allow your ears to ring with silence amongst the trees.
Make yourself at home.
We are a 'Good to Go' venue and have in place all additional measures to make your stay safe and full of freedom and fresh air!
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The Dell Grocer
For our guests and community we have put together a careful collection of our favourite things.
Made, Gathered and Grown from as close to the Dell as possible, our home is yours for this while and we want to make this really easy for you.
We now have our own little Grocer on site which is open Monday - Saturday (via walkie talkie) and is stacked with easy oven meals, delicious wine, fresh sourdough most Fridays, holiday treats and all the essentials. Also a piping hot espresso machine for your morning pick me ups and icy cold wine for sundowners.
You can also pre-order your groceries with 48 hours notice and we can make sure your cottage is stocked for your arrival. Tasty things to throw in the oven, fun meal kits to get the kids involved or grazing platters to share around the fire with a carefully matched wine.
We have brought together some of our favourite local producers, stuff you won't find with the big guys, each showcasing our unique local larder.
Explore
The Dell is a peaceful retreat just on the edge of Nethy Bridge, ‘The Forest Village’ - a sleepy, friendly place reached by riverside walk or through the endless trails of the Abernethy Forest. The RSPB Osprey Centre at Loch Garten is just a 10 minute drive, to the north, the wild Moray Coast beaches and to the south, the heart of the Cairngorms. The Dell is an hour from Inverness airport, 20 mins from Aviemore train station and around 3 hours north of Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Keep The Dell Tipi Community Events Alive
‘Music is at the heart of all that we do here at The Dell’ ... It’s our rhythm, our soundtrack and the way in which we connect with each other, our guests and our community. Our plan is to continue to bring a regular culture of music and community to our unique Tipi space in the woods. But with the ever increasing costs, and lack of funding from support organisations, we need your help x
The Line Up
Music . Workshops . Retreats
Gather Inn
4 Apr - 31 Oct
5 - 10pm
After the roaring success of last year, we are so excited to be bringing back the 'Gather Inn', our Friday night pub night in the tipi.
A space for you to unwind on a Friday evening and kick off your weekend in the right way, we'll even have cold frothy draft beer on rotation by the brilliant organic Black Isle Brewery!
The tipi has always been the perfect space for gathering and enjoying a drink around the fire, but to top it off we will be joined (most Fridays) by 'Highland Slice' serving up tasty pizzas from his gorgeous horsebox. You can pre-order with Andrew from the Tuesday prior through his website but he does sell out quick!
We don't take bookings for the Gather Inn, just turn up, we have plenty of seats inside and out, kids welcome until 8pm.
Our 'Gather Inn' nights will run from the beginning of April to the end of October, minus the odd Friday where we have other events running . A friendly reminder that if you're coming with kids, please keep them supervised at all times, particularly on the play area.
The Gather Inn will NOT be running on the following dates:
29th August, 4th and 18th September
'Lock Inn' with Jemima and the Fuse
26 Jul
6-11pm
£15
'Lock Inn' with Jemima & The Fuse; an experimental, alternative folk duo made of singer Jemima Thewes and Hidden Orchestra drummer Tim Lane. A hearty ride of cloud-hopping tales, deep resonance and intricate rhythms, sliding into after show dance vibes.
If you were lucky to catch these two when they performed with the Langan Band a couple of years ago you may recall the high vibe in the Tipi that night.
Don't miss this one folks.. its going to be really special.
Arm Knitting Blanket Workshop
10 Aug
10am - 12pm
£80
Come spend a morning in our tipi with Sophie of 'Forest and Dot' to make your very own arm knitted throw. The throws are perfect for any interior, great to snuggle under on those chilly evenings or the perfect present for a loved one!
Using just your arms and a giant ball of yarn you will be guided every step of the way to make your beautiful new throw and also enjoy a delicious homemade cream tea after the workshop.
Suitable for all levels, please get in touch to book