Holiday Cottages In The United Kingdom

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What our customers say about their holidays

• Judith - Verified booking

  Yet another wonderful holiday at the Chapel.

  This time we were having a very special vow renewals service at the local church. The cottage had everything we needed and plenty of room for manicures and beauty treatments, courtesy of the church warden's daughter.The church is beautiful and so peaceful - please sign their visitors book to try to save it. Let's keep it there for another 200 years. We couldn't have had anywhere better to stay. Plenty of room for everyone and the two bathrooms made getting ready easy, which was pretty impressive with seven adults. The rooms are lovely and it's so restful. I love the room where you can hear the stream running by. Just imagine the equivalent of two and half weddings going from the same location and you'll understand why we keep coming back to the chapel. Everyone was comfortably seated for the take away 'Desperate Dan' steak pie from The Coach and Horses pub (wonderful pub, check it out). We even sent the boys out for breakfast at Graze on the Green (delicious food and caakes, very friendly), so we could get ready in peace. Large fridge and separate freezer were great, no problem with being able to stock up for days ahead. A week isn't long enough. Plenty of local places to visit and you're near to Whitby, Helmsley and the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (check out dining services on the steam trains, or the steam train driving experience if you're so inclined). The chapel owner uses it for his own holidays, so you know it's good. He's so helpful and friendly, thank you Mark. We'll be back.

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• Kirsty - Verified booking

  A quirky old property that is feeling its age.

  We had a lovely stay and the property is well positioned. However, the listing needs updating. There are not three double beds, as stated and photographed, but two double and two twins. The kitchen is very different to shown and now has an induction hob which needs to be stated as it cannot be used by someone with a pacemaker. This was an issue for us. The property was not very clean, with lots of dust and cobwebs. Carpets very worn, especially in the lounge. Some nice furniture, some very old and tired. The doors don’t fit properly, making them very noisy when opening and closing. Kitchen, whilst fairly new, is designed with the fridge in front of cupboards, this could be easily remedied by moving one of the storage heaters and relocating it. The bedding was very old and worn, our had bloodstains on it. Towels were good and seemed fairly new but the bathrooms are very old and grubby, in much need of a re-grouting and new shower screens at the very least. The TV was difficult to use, perhaps some very clear instructions left by the remotes would help? The property instruction book was very interesting, with lots of old photographs and maps of the area, but it does need to be updated. The owners, whenever we contacted them, were very helpful and friendly.

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• Enrique - Verified booking

  I have not given top marks for comfort for one reason only.

  The ground floor heating: We occupied Raw Pastures during mid March 2019. On arrival the room temperatures were far too low - 19c. The owner reset them for us to 22c but we found that although the room temperatures were showing 21/22c the ground floor room was actually much cooler. On arising in the morning at around 7am although the room programmers were showing 21c, the actual room temperatures again were much cooler requiring us to put on many more layers of clothing. I found the programmers difficult to read therefore adjustments could not be made. The instruction leaflet did not seem to be of much help in understanding the settings procedure. The timings need to be altered so that the property is warm on arrival and again in the morning. Had the heating not been an issue we would have given Raw Pastures top marks across the board. It is well appointed, well placed, quiet, with an easy 10 minutes walk into town. Chippy

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• Amie - Verified booking

  We had a fantastic stay at Caton house and would definitely come back!

  Very comfortable and super clean all round. All the dishes you could possibly need, would have been handy to keep a cupboard or two empty for us to use for food. Couldn’t figure out how to get the radiator in the kitchen on so it was quite cold in that room but we didn’t spend too long in there so wasn’t the biggest inconvenience. We used on street parking nearby, we were weary of the nearby carpark (by the children’s play park) as a sign on entrance states it’s for short stay (1hr) only. All in all we were incredibly impressed with the house especially at the rate we played which was very reasonable. Location was ideal for us, but 15mins to Newby bridge, 30mins to Windermere. Took advantage of the nearby steam train at haverthwaite and the aquarium at lakeside and did the boat ride up to Ambleside on another day too. Timings during the winter period weren’t ideal and made our time at Ambleside very limited

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• Carol - Verified booking

  The accommodation was really lovely, fresh, and very clean.

  7 of us stayed and we cooked in for breakfasts and evening meals and the kitchen had everything we needed with regard to pots, utensils and cutlery etc. The bedrooms and bathrooms were nicely presented - the only negative comment from our party was that the downstairs bedroom bed was very soft but probably they were used to sleeping on firm beds at home. The outside space is as the picture. It would not be suitable for children as it is a raised patio with no railings. It would be good for the future to put glass screening around it. There is a derelict shed in front of the patio full of storage stuff - i am sure this is still work in progress but did not detract from us having a really nice time. It's about a 15 min walk down hill into Whitby town. We used a taxi service to take us back and the cost for an 8 seater taxi was £7 so well worth using for the journey back.

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