The Folly Museum and Coffee House, Settle

The Folly Museum and Coffee House, Settle The Folly is Settle’s only Grade I listed building. It is home to the Museum of North Craven Life. TripAdvisor Travellers Choice winner 2022.

The Folly, built in 1679, is home to the charity-run Museum of North Craven Life and our licensed Coffee House. On 10th May 2023 our Coffee House was named as The National Museum Cafe of Year at The Museum and Heritage Awards ceremony in London. All the proceeds from our coffee house go towards the maintenance of our stunning 17th century building. We serve a selection of artisan coffees and teas

from Atkinsons of Lancaster and we are delighted to serve beers from North Riding Micro Brewery based in Snainton near Scarborough. We have a tasty selection of sandwiches and salads and delicious piping hot homemade soups. Meat is sourced from our local butchers Drake and Macefield and we serve artisan bread from Seasons bakery in Ingleton. Our cakes are mostly all homemade and our Folly Scallywags are to die for! Our afternoon teas are very popular and require 24 hours notice (booking is essential)

We are dog friendly and have disabled and buggy access via the side of the building (the main entrance does have four 17th century steps).

New today we have a double lemon poppy seed cake.A cake made with the juice and zest of three lemons with a slightly goo...
01/09/2026

New today we have a double lemon poppy seed cake.
A cake made with the juice and zest of three lemons with a slightly gooey middle and the crunch of the poppy seeds. 😋
See the blackboard for today's specials.

Open Bank Holiday Monday from 10am until 4pm serving tasty homemade soups, freshly made sandwiches and delicious homebak...
31/08/2026

Open Bank Holiday Monday from 10am until 4pm serving tasty homemade soups, freshly made sandwiches and delicious homebaking.

Today's specials are:
Folly Ploughman's,
Sourdough pizza toastie,
Small plate charcuterie meat selection, with feta cheese olives and Ambry sourdough,
Spicy cous cous and feta cheese stuffed marrows. 😋
Selection of homemade cakes, scones and tealoaf.
Gluten free and vegan options available.

We open as usual this bank holiday weekend. Here are our specials today:Homemade chunky vegetable soup,Moroccan inspired...
29/08/2026

We open as usual this bank holiday weekend.

Here are our specials today:

Homemade chunky vegetable soup,
Moroccan inspired stuffed marrows,
Bacon Brie and cranberry panini,
Mature cheddar and tomato panini,
Coarse pork and mushroom patè with sourdough toast, garnish and chutney,
Wensleydale, apple and chutney panini,
Breakfast ciabatta.(bacon, Bury black pudding and egg)

Treat yourself this Saturday to a slice of our delicious 😋 indulgent chocolate sponge cake or gluten-free lemon meringue pie. We also have a raspberry loaf cake, a selection of homemade scones.
Homemade guten-free scones are also available.

Good morning! Here are today's specials:Leek and potato soup or cauliflower and thymeCheesy tomato crumpetsHummus and fa...
28/08/2026

Good morning! Here are today's specials:
Leek and potato soup or cauliflower and thyme
Cheesy tomato crumpets
Hummus and falafel flatbread
Mature cheddar scone withcream cheese and bacon
Sausage swirl and fried egg ciabatta
Hot smoked mackrel, sourdough toast, chutney and garnish.

What happens when the Museum comes to you?We bring some of the Museum with us!At our first Museum Comes to You day in In...
27/08/2026

What happens when the Museum comes to you?

We bring some of the Museum with us!

At our first Museum Comes to You day in Ingleton, you'll be able to get up close to real objects from the Museum of North Craven Life collection and discover some of the stories behind them.

There'll be things to look at, talk about and explore with The Folly team.

And we'd love you to bring your history to us too. If you have an old photograph, postcard, object or story connected with life in North Craven, bring it along and tell us about it.

The Museum Comes to You
Sunday 20 September
11am - 3pm
Ingleton Community Centre

Free - drop in whenever you like.

https://thefolly.org.uk/event/the-museum-is-coming-to-you/

Todays specials are:Breakfast ciabatta Brie pear and thyme panini Mature cheddar and vine ripened tomato panini Tuna mel...
27/08/2026

Todays specials are:
Breakfast ciabatta
Brie pear and thyme panini
Mature cheddar and vine ripened tomato panini
Tuna melt
Hot smoked mackerel and boiked egg salad
Homemade soup

Our homemade cake is coffee cake or rhubarb frangipane
Homemade gluten-free scones
Apple cinnamon and walnut scones
We also gave gluten free apple crumble cake and vegan raspberry and white chocolate cake.

Fancy giving this a go?This wonderfully confident Victorian cyclist is Mr W. Kiklin, photographed by the Horner Photogra...
26/08/2026

Fancy giving this a go?

This wonderfully confident Victorian cyclist is Mr W. Kiklin, photographed by the Horner Photographic Studio in the 1880s beside his penny farthing.

With that enormous front wheel, getting on was only the first challenge. Riding one demanded balance, nerve and a rather different approach to cycling than most of us are used to today.

Mr Kiklin certainly looks as though he knew exactly what he was doing.

Would you have been brave enough to ride one?

Horner Photographic Collection
SETCL : 2022.1.8.52

Explore more of the Horner Collection:
https://thefolly.org.uk/collections/horner-collection/research-project/

Almond croissants warm from the oven, blackcurrant and fesh cream palmiers, raspberry and apple scones and vegan raspber...
26/08/2026

Almond croissants warm from the oven, blackcurrant and fesh cream palmiers, raspberry and apple scones and vegan raspberry and white chocolate cake. Yummy! 😋

Folly Coffee House Menu. Also see our specials board.
25/08/2026

Folly Coffee House Menu. Also see our specials board.

Address

Victoria Street
Settle
BD249EY

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm

Telephone

+441729825185

Website

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