Villas In Knaresborough

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Andrew - Verified booking

  First off, we had a lovely week at Foxy cottage despite the mixed weather.

  Because of the excellent Sykes website and the photographs therein, the cottage lived up to the expectations. It is a beautiful, comfortable cottage in a pretty village. The cottage was reasonably well equipped with utensils, pans and cleaning materials etc, however we left some feedback on a couple of possible improvements. I found the beds comfortable and the rooms reasonably spacious with enough storage space for a week or so. The ‘Boot Room’ was useful but there was limited space for boots and shoes because it is in effect a storage cupboard for high chairs, irons, mops and hoover etc. On arrival the cottage was clean (initial impression) with a lovely welcome pack and cute hearts on the toilet roll for example. Every individual has differing standards of cleanliness and, as I said, initially the cottage appeared clean but throughout the week we discovered areas that could have been improved, cooker, oven and extractor hood, dusty skirting boards etc. This is a 5* cottage and for the most part I would agree, although 4.5* would be more accurate. Parking is not possible at the cottage. We were fortunate that the nearby parking at the end of the lane was available and we did not require the use of the large village car park. This is mentioned in the cottage details. That said, looking on the positives, we really did have a wonderful holiday in the cottage. I would definitely recommend it for a couple or small family. The location close to tourist attractions and 3 towns with facilities is another bonus.

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• Cornelia - Verified booking

  We had a very relaxing short break and complete peace and quiet in this cosy, tastefully furnished and extremely clean cottage in a beautiful part of the country.

  Owner Graham is really welcoming too. The cottage has everything needed for a short stay, the bed is comfy, and there is plenty of drawer storage space. It was fab that for once we didn't have to navigate around sizable amounts of old paperbacks, stacks of board games and an array of ornaments when unpacking our belongings. There's plenty of storage space for food as well. The description does not really do this cottage full justice, e.g. there is free wifi and Netflix, and a power socket in the living area has USB ports, as do the bedside lamps in the bedroom. Whilst there is no cooker (which we knew beforehand and didn't need), there is a plug-in double hotplate in one of the kitchen cupboards. Just a heads-up for anyone on the larger side: it can be a bit of an adventure for more voluptuous guests to try and squeeze through the little gap at the side of the shower screen, which is firmly installed in situ (going by the online photograph, we had assumed that this would swing open). The shower itself is absolutely divine though. We returned home totally relaxed and would gladly stay in one of Graham's properties again.

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• Graham - Verified booking

  We would like to extend the biggest thank you possible to Victoria, Derek and Olivia for making our weeks stay at Wallerthwaite Barn Cottage the most wonderful time possible.

  This was our first time in a Sykes cottage and we couldn't believe the extent Victoria had gone to make our time there as comfortable as possible. The provisions, such as the towels, tea, coffee, sugar and cleaning materials provided were all top quality and the welcome pack which included wine, scones, jam and butter were a really generous touch. The cottage had everything in it to make it a home from home. So clean and spotless. The location is quiet and peaceful and close to Ripon, Harrogate, Thirsk and the Dales. Fountains Abbey is only a couple of miles away too. We really enjoyed meeting and chatting with you. Well done on having such a beautiful property and home. We would have no hesitation in recommending this property to Sykes customers and hope very much to return sometime in the future.

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• Roger - Verified booking

  Wallerthwaite Cottage was very good with every aspect excellent.

  Our stay was enhanced by the fact that we had very good weather which enabled us to visit many places of interest.e.g.York; Brimham Rocks;Fountains Abbey;Mother Shiptons cave. We were very disappointed by the fact that we visited Castle Howard only to find that the house and gardens were closed as they were "Filming there' This all brought home to me the fact that one must book if you want to visit these places because the same applied to Yorkminster. To cap it all, whilst my wife walked round the York City walls ,I went to the National Railway Museum only to find it was closed. All in all ,you would think this all a disaster but 'no, it was disappointing but,there were other things to do which more than made up for it Would I go back to Wallerthwaite Cottage, An emphatic "Yes".

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• Robert - Verified booking

  The owners extended a very warm welcome on arrival.

  It was great to have detailed sketches & more precise instructions regarding route & parking etc emailed to me prior to departure. Wallerthwaite Barn Cottage had everything that I needed, with a welcome pack which included milk, butter, 6 eggs, coffee, tea, sugar, chocolate chip cookies & some freshly baked fruit scones, similarly the information pack was packed full of leaflets of local attractions & proved very helpful since the weather was not great during my stay. The cottage is ideally situated between Harrogate & Ripon in a lovely area of North Yorkshire with plenty of walks & places of interest close at hand. I would have no hesitation in recommending this cottage as an excellent place to stay whilst visiting this area of North Yorkshire.

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