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What to do on a rainy day. As we live in the UK, the chances are that when you are on holiday there is a good chance that there will be a rainy day or two when you are away. Here we suggest a number of places in North Yorkshire that you can visit when the heavens...
Went for a quick walk from the cottages up through Chafer Wood and then across and down through Kirkdale. Passing the local church and stopping to take photographs of Ebberston Hall - apparently the UK's smallest stately home. But before we made it back to Cliff...
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....
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. 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 it’s 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...
Looking for a reason to stay one of our 5 self catering holiday cottages on the edge of the North York Moors National Park and just 20 minutes from the beaches of Yorkshire? Look no further.... 1. Cliff House is fun Not only do we have an indoor heated pool, we also...
With the 2nd season of the popular Netflix show Bridgerton now announced, many of you will be doing a happy dance. Bridgerton is based on a series of 8 novels set in the Regency period by the historical romantic novelist Julia Quinn. The series revolves the eight...
Unfortunately the Gold Wing Light Parade 2021 has had to be cancelled. For more details, please follow the link below. The annual charity Scarborough Gold Wing Light Parade and Firework display will be held on Saturday the 11th of September 2021. Cancelled in 2020,...
A couple of Sunday's ago we took the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) from Pickering, just 20 minutes away from our cottages, to Whitby for a day out. The service run by the NYMR is called "The Optimist" - a reflection on these Covid induced uncertain times. The...
Cayton Bay, with its big beach and views across to the old town area of Scarborough, is 12 miles and just over 20 mins drive away from our self catering holiday cottages. The large beach at Cayton is perfect for letting the dog off the lead and for kite flying...
Originally a World War Two prisoner of war camp, Eden Camp was built in 1942 to house Italian prisoners of war (PoWs). The camp is now a privately run museum with the huts full of displays charting the course of the war both for the military and civilians a like....
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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...
If you follow The Hairy Bikers, you will have seen them on BBC2 on Thursdays at 2000hrs exploring the North of England on a culinary adventure. Two episodes were filmed close to us at Cliff House Holiday Cottages. One concentrated on the Yorkshire Coast and the...
What to do on a rainy day. As we live in the UK, the chances are that when you are on holiday there is a good chance that there will be a rainy day or two when you are away. Here we suggest a number of places in North Yorkshire that you can visit when the heavens...
When you book direct with Cliff House Holiday Cottages, you book with the confidence that if there is a National lockdown or the Tiers change we will refund you.
What the guarantee does NOT cover you (or members of your party) for is being unable to travel because you (or a member of your party) fall ill with Covid, or are required to quarantine or self-isolate. These events can be covered by you taking out travel insurance.
