Recognition That Reflects Our Values We’ve recently been awarded a 76% score in the Good Travel Scan – a sustainability and responsibility assessment carried out by the Good Travel Seal and Green Destinations. We’re proud of the result, not because we’ve reached a...
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From Compost to Cottage Garden: Growing Sustainably at Cliff House
🌱 From Compost to Cottage Garden: Growing Sustainably at Cliff House We often say you don’t need to go far to find something special here at Cliff House Holiday Cottages — and that includes what’s growing just outside our door. Over the past few months, we’ve been...
Sustainable Enhancements in Wishing Well Wood
Sustainable Enhancements in Wishing Well Wood: Replanting, Pathways, and Repurposing at Cliff House Holiday Cottages At Cliff House Holiday Cottages, we continuously strive to enhance our grounds while promoting sustainable practices. Today, we focused our efforts on...
Behind the Scenes at Cliff House Holiday Cottages: Hosting a North York Moors Photo Shoot
Behind the Scenes at Cliff House Holiday Cottages: Hosting a North York Moors Photo Shoot At Cliff House Holiday Cottages, we’ve always celebrated our stunning location on the edge of the North York Moors National Park, an area rich in natural beauty, history, and...
Electric Vehicle Charging Point at Cliff House Holiday Cottages
Following our installation of solar panels, we are now pleased to announce that we have just installed an electric vehicle charging point at our cottages. Guests staying in Orchard House, Apple Cottage or The Pear Loft (and if they have a long enough cable) will be...
New Photography for The Coach House
We had fun over the weekend taking new photographs of our Coach House self catering cottage. We've added a few new things to the cottage and wanted to show them off... Prints of local scenes by the artist Ian Mitchell Our new bike rack - a useful addition to our...
Holiday Cottages with a Conscience
At Cliff House we try to be as environmentally and as socially responsible as possible. Whether that is by trying to use local trades people when renovating our own home and our cottages, supporting local crafts people (more on that very soon!) or by trying to source...
Lavender at Cliff House Holiday Cottages
We are particularly proud of our lavender lined path up to our Orangery. It was one of the first things that we did when we took on Cliff House Holiday Cottages back in the dark days of the first lock down was to remove the cypress trees that lined the path and...
Scampston Hall Gardens and Jackson’s Wold Garden
Why visit one country garden, when you can visit two? With Scampston Hall Gardens and Jackson's Wold Garden so close to each other, a visit was in order. Scampston Hall Gardens Scampston Hall Gardens, as the name implies is a part of the larger Scampston Hall Estate....
Award Winning Self Catering Cottages
THE RESULTS ARE IN AND WE ARE "AWARD WINNING"! With less than a year under our belts at Cliff House Holiday Cottages, we have a picked up a number of awards from online travel agents such as Booking.com and AirBnB. All of these awards are based on genuine guest...
Yorkshire Air Museum
During the school holidays we had a day out to the Yorkshire Air Museum. Being just 50 minutes or so away from our self catering holiday cottages the Yorkshire Air Museum makes an ideal destination for a part or full day trip. In August 2020, due to Covid, there...
Walking Friendly
As Covid lockdown restrictions lifted at the start of July 2020 we were pleased and proud to be awarded "Walking Friendly" status by the North York Moors National Park. With so much else going on, we decided to not announce it until now. What does "Walking Friendly"...
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Peasholm Park Naval Warfare in Scarborough
🚢 Guns, Boats and Brass Bands: Peasholm Park's Naval Battle in Scarborough Not far from the peaceful gardens of Cliff House Holiday Cottages is a rather different sort of spectacle — one of mini warships, and occasional loud explosions. It’s called Naval Warfare and...
Tornado on the Tracks: A Day Out from Cliff House Holiday Cottages
Steam, Smoke and the Sound of the Moors: Tornado Returns to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway Today, Alastair took a short drive out from Cliff House Holiday Cottages to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway to try and catch a glimpse of one of the UK’s most beloved...
A Week at Cliff House Holiday Cottages: Your 7-Day Itinerary in North Yorkshire
A Week at Cliff House Holiday Cottages: Your 7-Day Itinerary in North Yorkshire If you’re looking for family friendly cottages Yorkshire can truly be proud of, Cliff House Holiday Cottages in Ebberston offers the perfect base. With two acres of gardens, an indoor...