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If you're considering relocating to Yorkshire as a part of your own personal escape to the country, why not consider staying with us at Cliff House? We are well located, situated in the Vale of Pickering between the North York Moors to the North, the Yorkshire Wolds...
Fantastic news that the North York Moors Railway is to reopen on the 1st of August, operating 4 services in each direction between Pickering and Grosmont. Please check on their website as you need to book in advance and they are releasing them in 2 weekly blocks...
A couple of days after the announcement by our Prime Minister that lockdown restrictions were being lifted for the tourism sector we finally received guidance from Visit Britain as to what they expect from holiday accommodation providers in England. The marque that...
Probably by the time I hit send on this things will have changed again regarding the situation over lock down and accommodation providers. We have adopted the Safe Travels guidelines put forth by the World Travel and Tourism Council on providing hospitality in a...
When we were first looking at Cliff House, we did a survey that had quite a far reach in terms of the numbers of people that kindly responded. As a part of that survey we asked what people look for when searching for a holiday cottage to rent. Some of the results we...
Calling all lovers of nature! Today we have installing the first of our magnifying posts in the garden next to where we will be installing our new play equipment. The posts have a great magnifying glass in the top allowing kids of all ages to see the world up close...
A bit of exciting news. You can now book with more confidence when staying at Cliff House. Before we even took over Cliff House we had been considering a special type of newly introduced insurance that allows us to offer possibly one of the most flexible cancellation...
It's Earth Day today. Here at our home in North Yorkshire we are trying to do our little bit for the environment. These aren't drastic changes, but they are small changes that will hopefully add up to something bigger. Washing up liquid - we have started to buy in...
One of the many things that attracted us to Cliff House Holiday Cottages was the Orangery, so much so, we've made it our logo. It is a rather fine 20 odd year old structure just full of potential that hadn't been realised. On one side is the greenhouse bit that has...
As we are now in "lockdown" with no guests for the foreseeable, we thought it would be an opportunity to get tradesmen to make good our new home and make improvements as well - of course they are in lock down too and in isolation themselves! I guess we didn't think...
Not the best of weeks to be taking over a business with Covid-19 landing on these shores. We are still open, with our 2 acres of grounds and easy access to the North York Moors and Dalby Forest. However, with COVID-19 we are taking all reasonable precautions to ensure...
The 2020 Books by the Beach 2020 literature festival will take place in nearby Scarborough from the Friday 24 April through to Sunday 26 April 2020. From the press release... "2020 brings a feast of personal stories from a life-saving paramedic to a lone hiker whose...
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Boxing Day is always a great day to visit the seaside town of Scarborough. Scarborough is a 20 minute drive from our self catering cottages at Cliff House, so makes a great place to visit with only a short drive, whether thats for a walk along the prom, or to grab...
Stars and S'mores at Cliff House Holiday Cottages Join us this February Half Term for open fires under the stars eating s'mores and drinking hot chocolate to celebrate the North York Moors National Park Dark Skies Festival. With every booking received for a stay with...
At Cliff House Holiday Cottages, we are right on the edge of the North York Moors National Park, one of the few (21) designated International Dark Skies Reserves in the world. Which means we are one of the best places in the country to see stars, because of the low...
