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Keeping It Local – How Every Tenner Counts We had a wander around Malton yesterday — always a favourite trip for a mix of good food, friendly faces, and proper Yorkshire character. This time we noticed something special: Malton and Norton are taking part in the...
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...
🌱 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: 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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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Keeping It Local – How Every Tenner Counts We had a wander around Malton yesterday — always a favourite trip for a mix of good food, friendly faces, and proper Yorkshire character. This time we noticed something special: Malton and Norton are taking part in the...
Autumn is quietly arriving across the North York Moors. The heather has faded from purple to brown, bracken is beginning to bronze, and the woods around Goathland are starting to glow in shades of gold and rust. It’s a lovely time to get out with a camera and take in...
Day Trip to Pickering from Cliff House Holiday Cottages Just a short drive from Cliff House Holiday Cottages, Pickering is our nearest market town and a wonderful place for a day out. With steam trains, medieval churches, a motte and bailey castle, fascinating museums...