Group Accommodation Cottages in York

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Caroline - Verified booking

  We visited as a family which consisted of my husband, mother in law, sixteen year old son and myself.

  We were delighted by the property and thought it was excellent, very quiet and peaceful. Although it was on a main road you didn’t hear the traffic very much at all. It was very clean and well equipped - just what we needed for self catering. The Mezzanine double bedroom is reached via a spiral staircase from the twin room. My teenage son used it and thought it was great fun but I could not venture up the stairway very easily due to having arthritis in both my knees. Blackout curtains were a great touch in the Kingsize room. The only downside for us was that my 78 year old Mother in Law could have done with a hand rail in the bath as it was hard for her to get in and out. Although the Utility room was not in the main property it was easy to access. It was useful to have a separate washing machine and tumble dryer. A good tip is to keep the light on until you are over the step as it is completely dark at this time of year and the first time I used it I had a bag full of washing and wasn’t ready for the pitch black outside as I stepped out and I nearly missed the step. Scarborough was a 55 minute drive, Designer Outlet was 14 minutes away and York City was (depending on traffic) 15-20 minutes drive. Park at the Long Stay Station Car Park, at £6.75 for all day it is THE cheapest place to park if you are going to be in York for any length of time and it only takes about 7 minutes to walk into the City Centre. Another top tip is to get your fuel from the Esso garage as it is the cheapest in the area and this is literally two minutes drive from the property. I would highly recommend The Barn, it was good value and we will be returning again as my eldest son has just started at York University.

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• Gail - Verified booking

  This is our 2nd stay to Ford End Cottage in 6 months and it was just as fantastic as in November.

  We even got to sit in the small sunny garden this time! The views from all the upstairs windows were even better as it's late spring, so all the trees are in leaf. Probably the best view was from the en-suite bathroom as we could see horses in the field beyond the cottage. We received another very warm welcome from Lucy. She is such a brilliant, friendly and responsive host and she really does go the extra mile for her guests. We noticed a couple of people in earlier reviews requested more hanging space in 2 bedrooms and the ability to park a 2nd car on the property and she had already sorted it all out. Lucy asked us to let her know during our stay if anything could be improved but we found the cottage still exceeds our expectations in every way. Lucy is a photographer and it was a lovely touch that she has put a copy of her photography book of Ampleforth in the cottage for guests to enjoy. It is a love letter to the village and its villagers and made for a lovely personal touch. We will be back, thank you, Lucy and Will!

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• Gail - Verified booking

  Very friendly and superbly helpful host.

  The cottage is a Tardis (luckily no daleks) and much more spacious than we expected. Everything is tasteful and immaculately presented. It turned cold during our stay but the cottage was lovely, bright and warm. Beautiful country views from all 3 bedrooms. The beds are high quality and the village is very quiet, we slept like logs. There are 2 full bathrooms upstairs plus a shower room downstairs. The website doesn’t show the large entrance hall where you can leave all your shoes and coats. Kitchen very well equipped and there was tea, milk, coffee and bread on arrival plus a good supply of logs, you can buy more off the owner next door. We could park 2nd car easily on the road outside. Ampleforth itself is very pretty with 2 friendly pubs serving excellent food, a great coffee shop plus a small, well stocked village shop. All are on the same road as the cottage within 5 minutes walk. We can’t give 6 stars sadly so 5/5 will have to suffice! We will be back, a fantastic stay thank you.

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• Lucy - Verified booking

  We stayed at Ford End Cottage in May this year and totally loved our time there.

  The cottage is situated peacefully away from the road going through Ampleforth which meant that we slept so well being gently woken by the birds singing and the spring sunshine. Ampleforth is a charming, peaceful village with good amenities. It was wonderful to arrive after a long journey and find that the kitchen was stocked with bread, milk, tea, coffee and sugar. The cottage is very cosy and immaculate with a modern kitchen stocked with everything that you could possibly need. The kitchen opens into a lovely courtyard garden which was a wonderful sun trap and totally secluded. Lucy is a fantastic host – nothing is too much trouble. I hope we have the opportunity to stay again and would heartily recommend this cottage.

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• Yvonne - Verified booking

  We are regular Sykes customers over many years, so on arrival at the property we were surprised to see the exterior of this holiday cottage in a poor state of repair, i.

  E. door and window woodwork long overdue repair and painting, decking starting to rot. Also, one of the living area large windows has a large crack top to bottom. This gives a really bad first impression of the holiday home. Inside the cottage is nicely furnished and very clean. The bedrooms are spacious with good storage and the bathrooms are spacious and clean with good facilities but both toilet seats need replacing. The cottage has an open view over the garden and fields beyond. So please sort out the building maintenance issues. It is both disappointing for your guests and will prevent you from receiving repeat bookings.

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