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Easter at Cliff House The Easter Holidays are upon us here at Cliff House in North Yorkshire, to celebrate we invited all of our younger guests to join us for an Easter Egg Hunt around our 2 acres of grounds. Can you spot any of the eggs that we have hidden? Our young...
Went for a short (6 kilometres) easy walk along forest roads out to Jerry Noddle (yes it is a place but does sound like a band member from Slade!) from Bickley Gate Car Park (Grid reference - SE 91079 91035)- our nearest car park in Dalby Forest. You can get to...
Went for a walk last week to Blakey Topping and the stone circle (what's left of it) that lies at the foot of it. A relatively easy 7km, that like many walks for us starts at the Saltergate Car Park just above the Hole of Horcum. Having achieved the stone circle we...
We are particularly proud of our lavender lined path up to our Orangery.ย 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...
Went out for a quick walk this morning up to Chafer Wood and down Netherby Dale. Slightly nettley - so wearing shorts wasn't the best choice ???? A fabulous short walk direct from our cottages, that on a day like today feels like you are walking through a rain forest...
POOL TRAINING Our indoor heated swimming pool is for the exclusive use of our guests and we don't allow large inflatables. That said, we couldn't say no to our local mountain rescue team - Scarborough and Ryedale Mountain Rescue Team who needed access to a pool to try...
AUTUMN BREAKS Autumn is just around the corner (sorry!), so why not consider an Autumn break with ourselves at Cliff House? Whether it is for a long weekend, a short mid-week break or a full week you get to enjoy our 2 acres of grounds and our indoor heated swimming...
Why visit one country garden, when you can visit two?ย 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....
Farndale Dale is know as the Daffodil Valley because of its abundant displays of daffodils at the start of Spring in this area of North Yorkshire.ย That said with everything else that appears to be growing along the path it could also be called the Wild Garlic Valley...
With such great weather this Easter Sunday, we made an impromptu visit to the National Trust's Rievaulx Terrace - a garden with two follys in it. The garden used to be a part of the Duncombe Estate, but was handed over to the National Trust as payment for death...
Did you know today is National Gumdrop day in the USA ? (what ever next ?) Still itโs a good excuse to pop out to the fabulous Helmsley Traditional Sweet Shop - https://www.helmsleysweets.co.uk/ They sell sweets the old-fashioned way, straight from big jars into paper...
THE RESULTS ARE IN AND WE ARE "AWARD WINNING"!ย 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.ย ย All of these awards are based on genuine guest...
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Step in to Yorkshireโs Jurassic past and visit Robin Hoodโs Bay on the Yorkshire Coast and go on a fossil hunt! Robin Hoodโs 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...
