Yorkshire

Exclusive guide to the best holiday destinations in Yorkshire, independent reviews from award-winning travel writers

Reviewed: The Green, Cumbria, UK 

17/10/2022 by .
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Michael Edwards escapes to the Green, a luxurious rural retreat in the Cumbria/Yorkshire borders 

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Sandburn Hall, Flaxton, York

02/09/2021This entry was posted in England, Europe and Middle East, Hotel Reviews, Newsletter, United Kingdom, York, Yorkshire and tagged on by .
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Andy Mossack reviews the newly-opened Sandburn Hall Hotel near York, the latest venture in this privately-owned estate.

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Middlethorpe Hotel And Spa. York’s historic hotel

13/08/2020 by .
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Michael Edwards enjoys a piece of history as he travels back in time staying at Middlethorpe Hotel and Spa in York.

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Country Living St George Hotel. Experience luxury lifestyle magazine decor in Harrogate

27/08/2019 by .

The Devonshire Arms Revisited. The brilliant legend continues.

15/07/2019 by .
Devonshire Arms Revisited

I’ve always been wary of going back to hotels and restaurants I’ve previously enjoyed because of the risk of finding that it no longer matched our expectations.However, the Devonshire Arms revisited didn’t disappoint.

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Middlethorpe Hall

16/08/2018 by .
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York is blessed with more attractions than you can shake a Yorkie bar at. There’s medieval Minster, the Vikings, the Shambles, the ancient city walls and York’s rich history of chocolate making.

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Crathorne Hall Hotel

28/06/2018 by .
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Though it’s towering gates were patriotically donated to the 1940s war effort and never replaced – the discovery that you can’t manufacture bombers from iron came after melt-down – Crathorne Hall Hotel’s facade framed by two bell towers, still has a stately grandeur.

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Black Swan Hotel

04/11/2016 by .
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You have only to look at the exterior of the Black Swan Hotel to realise that it’s certain to have quite a life-story to tell. Three distinct façades speak of a pedigree that flows back to Tudor times, witnessing the arrival of the motor car and through the coaching days of the 17th and 18th centuries: the Leeds-York ‘Helmsley Highflyer’, known locally as the ‘Mucky Duck’, passed this way three times a week in the 19th century.

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Devonshire Arms Hotel

20/10/2016 by .
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Settled peaceably near the intersection between the A59 and the river Wharfe, the Devonshire Arms Hotel has an air of lordly splendour, a commanding presence with a pedigree that is getting on for 300 years old, and possibly more.

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Swinton Park Castle Hotel

12/09/2016 by .
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It had been a glorious autumnal day at Fountains Abbey, as we drove from Harrogate towards Masham and our treat of the trip: a stay in Swinton Park Castle Hotel, a proper Yorkshire castle

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