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A brief article all about Malton and its fabulous food! The Weekender If you're thinking of visiting Malton to experience its foodie delights, why not stay with us? We are only 20 minutes away and offer a good central location for visiting the best of the Yorkshire...
Wharram Percy is an abandoned medieval village south of Malton situated in the Yorkshire Wolds – its about 15 miles from our holiday cottages. It is one of the best examples of a medieval village that there is. Despite that there isn’t an awful lot to see, save for...
Hosted entirely on the private Birdsall Estate, the Yorkshire Mountain Bike Marathon is organised by the Birdsall Estate and the Northern Ride bicycle shop in Malton. This offroad mountain biking event is run for one day a year (in 2020 on the 7th of June) and is a...
Here's a story that caught our eye. North Yorkshire coffee shop Baltzersen's, based in Harrogate, has since 2018 stopped using disposable paper cups. By their own admission in this Facebook post they have lost out financially because of that decision, but still stand...
According to the Yorkshire Post, Yorkshire Tea, has become the number 1 tea in the UK - congratulations! Not only is it the number one tea in the UK, but it is made by local company Taylors of Harrogate who have really strong community, environment and sustainability...
Malton holds its annual Dickensian Festival, celebrating the association between Malton and the writer Charles Dickens. Stay in our self catering cottages.
Historic Whitby is less than 50 minutes away from our self catering cottages. When visting be sure to visit the harbour, Abbey and have fish and chips!
Not far from our holiday cottages or from the foodie market town of Malton is Scampston Hall and Walled Gardens. Scampston Hall is a family home, so access is only by guided tour and you may be lucky to be taken around by the owner's father! Please check on their...
Setting out from the small hamlet of Beck Hole in the North Yorkshire Moors National Park, this 500m walk takes you to quite an attractive waterfall called Thomason Foss. The path can be quite steep (with steps) in places and after heavy rain it can be a bit "soft"...
One of the many days out you could have from our self catering cottages in the Vale of Pickering is to visit the market town of Pickering and combine a trip to the Castle with a journey on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. For more information, visit our page about...
Great article on the BBC website about what the Honey Pot Cafe in Penzance is doing to do its bit for the environment. We want to do our bit too, it will be difficult at first, but as we grow with the business we hope it all becomes second nature. This is what we...
One of the things that attracted us and our family to the Vale of Pickering was the small town of Malton, a lovely market town that like many places in the Vale of Pickering wouldn't be out of place in the Cotswolds. Malton, now famed for its good food, whether that...
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Step in to Yorkshire’s Jurassic past and visit Robin Hood’s Bay on the Yorkshire Coast and go on a fossil hunt! Robin Hood’s Bay is a fantastic seaside village steeped in history and tales of smuggling, but it is also great for a walk out along the beach and...
At any time of year a walk out to Jerry Noddle in Dalby Forest (aka the Great Yorkshire Forest) is a nice relaxing and gentle walk. A circular walk from Bickley Gate Car Park takes you along forestry access roads to the promontory of Jerry Noddle which sounds like the...
A short drive from our cottages at Cliff House Holiday Cottages takes you to Hunmanby Gap, and from there out on to Filey Bay - a massive expanse of sand which is dog friendly (save for the beach immediately in front of Filey town) stretching from Filey Rigg all the...
