Yorkshire holiday

[Scoobydoobydoo]

Hello,
We are looking for a May or possibly summer break in Yorkshire area.
This will be for a week. We will be driving from SE London.
We would like to cover the town of York as well as spend a few days in a cottage by the famous Yorkshire dales.
Any good tips on where we should base ourselves around would be very gratefully received.

Thanks very much!

[Idontgiveagriffindamn]

If you were to base yourself near Ripon you’d be on the edge of the Dales and about 25 miles away from York.
There are lots of lovely villages / towns around Rippn - Masham, Leyburn, Richmond, Hawes (Wensleydale creamery), Aysgarth has some lovely walks and waterfalls. My inlaws live nearby in a picturesque village called Reeth and we could spend weeks up there exploring (when they’re away ).
If you do go into York you’ll want to do the park and ride - I wouldn’t attempt to park in the centre of York it can be challenging and massively expensive as well.
You’ve also got Harrogate and Knaeesboroigh nearby which are both lovely.

[Scoobydoobydoo]

@Idontgiveagriffindamn thank you!
I will look around Ripon. Good shout on the park & ride!

[PaulaSmith1]

We stayed in Ripon last year and it was very nice.

If you do stay there visit Studley Royal/Fountains Abbey - it is absolutely stunning.

Other recommendations - Aysgarth waterfalls, Middleham Castle, Wensleydale Cheese Experience at Hawes, Malham Tarn and Cove, Ribblehead and the National Railway Museum in York.

[Shieldingending]

Harrogate area is lovely

[isseys4xmastinselcats]

Whitby is worth going over to for a day , York, Hawes for the cheese, Mallam cove views to die for, Ingleton falls are spectacular especially after it has rained, set in a gorge that you walk up across the moors and back down another gorge

[Trumplosttheelection]

If you can find anywhere near Boroughbridge that would put you the York side of the A1. If you don't mind a drive you could do the coast and the dales equally well plus Fountains, Harrogate etc

[Boph]

Masham is lovely. Filey for seaside.
We have stayed here which is fabulous - Brompton lakes . Luxury lakeside lodges near Richmond and the Dales.
Also here on the coast

[Boph]

Also York is a small city with tons to see. Just book somewhere with parking and you can walk everywhere.

[RampantIvy]

Loads of good suggestions here, and ditto for the park and ride for York, or get a train. Parking in York is ridiculously expensive.

[Scoobydoobydoo]

Thanks to everyone for the suggestions!
We have booked an AirBnB at Ripon.
Unfortunately left it too late to book a pretty cottage in a village location. Maybe for another time!
However the location seems pretty central so hopefully we can cover the Dales, Harrogate and York if possible.
Fingers crossed for decent weather

[MintyCedric]

I'd be inclined to do park and ride for York...we went by train and it was a bit of a palaver but we may have just been unlucky, and we were coming in from West Yorks so a longer trip.

Would definitely recommend Betty's in Harrogate, Wensleydale Creamery, and the Chocolate experience in the centre of York.

I could go on forever about Yorkshire. Had a fabulous week there in 2017 and having failed to get back for various reasons since am now booked (cottage with a hot tub) for July next year for just over two weeks, fingers crossed.

I'm already virtually counting the days!

[Scoobydoobydoo]

@MintyCedric

You are well organised to book a trip for next July now.
This is where I miserably fail.
I leave it too late and everything I like is long gone. I get so stressed trying to look for holidays it is unbelievable!

[MintyCedric]

I'm timing it around the Harrogate Crime Writer's Festival so as I needed a specific date I wanted to get it early.

4 nights B & B in Harrogate then in 11 in Bronte Country...can't wait!