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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• Melanie - Verified booking

  Really lovely comfortable and clean place to stay.

  We were a family of 3 generations - eldest 83yrs and youngest 9yrs old. We had a dog with us too. The beds are amazing (we all slept so well) and the bathrooms lovely. It makes so much difference when you can sleep well! It’s in a beautiful spot surrounded by lush countryside and a great location for exploring York and the surrounding areas. A highlight for us was Burnby Hall gardens which was just beautiful and only a couple of miles away. I highly recommend a visit to it. The hot tub was lovely too. The only issue was the gravel in the garden. It was really hard to walk on and our dog hated it. It would have been so much better if it was half-paved from the living room door to the middle bedroom doors where the table and chairs are. Even with flip-flops on it was a painful walk, especially for my parents. And a parasol over the outside table would have been nice as there was very little shade when the sun was out. But other than the gravel situation, it was lovely and the barn has everything you could need, everything was spotlessly clean and in great working order. We all had a lovely time there and went on a fabulous walk taking the public footpath a little was along the road (left out of the drive) and across the fields in a 3 mile loop which took us across the most wonderful countryside. The welcome pack for both us and our dog was such a lovely thoughtful touch and we very much enjoyed the goodies! Thank you!

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• David - Verified booking

  Our original holiday fell through (they had water cut off) and so we booked this the night before our stay (thanks so much for saving our holiday).

  The house looks like is has been recently refurbed, new kitchen, carpets etc and was lovely, warm and comfy. Great to see it properly equipped as well - we have been to some places where there is a kitchen, but no sharp knives, or baking trays etc so yo can't actually cook, not here all good to go. The location was a little out of the village, so it would be tricky without your own transport. But with a car it was really easy to get into York and we had a great time exploring (and it's a v short drive to a retail park which was handy for getting food). All in all we had a great stay, highly recommended. (And thanks for the milk/goodies etc on arrival, a lovely touch...)

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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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• Seema - Verified booking

  It was a perfect stay.

  The cottage was very comfortable, really clean, well laid out in terms of rooms and space for six people, and was extremely well provisioned. It was the perfect base of our day trips out. Despite feeling rural and being really quiet, the location is incredibly well connected to go into York (10-15 mins in the car, busses also available) and further afield. The host provided a lot of information on activities in and around York, which was really helpful for us, and the children enjoyed watching the sheep next door. I hope if we have another holiday in this area again, we would be able to stay here again.

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