Dog Friendly Cottages Yorkshire

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Neil - Verified booking

  Wonderful springtime stay at the Arches last week This cottage and its surroundings are absolutely wonderful.

  As others have said, the photos don’t do it enough justice. Its rustic, spacious but cosy at the same time. There was nothing quite like sitting outside, enjoying the beautiful view as the sun rolled across the dale, sipping a Whitby Gin and listening to the newborn lambs and their mums getting settled for the night. The reviews for this cottage don’t lie – the Arches really is superb. I was also delighted to note that the owners do listen and action feedback. On arrival, there was milk, biscuits and a very special treat in the fridge thank you! The owners were just such lovely, kind, caring people and clearly love their animals and farm. The Arches and the Old Cart House are a converted barn, so you can expect the odd critter (we have stayed in October when the big mummy spiders like to visit - you have been warned), but I must emphasise how clean the cottage was – we didn’t find any old webs, ash or dust! The heating booster setting warms up the cottage very quickly, and there’s plenty of wood provided for the log fire. Lovely comfy big beds in the upstairs rooms; the bedding and giant bath towels were spotlessly white and soft. Extra bedding was provided in the cupboard. The shower is over the bath (be careful climbing in) – but its very powerful and hot, just what you need after a long day’s walk. We took our 12 year old poodle with us and he was happy trotting around outside on the graveled front - the cottage does ask that dogs are well behaved as it’s a working farm so bear this in mind when the sheep are lambing and the gate must always be shut. Expect to drive to the nearest shops/supermarket, the Moorside Store is worth a visit for the homemade pies that you just stick in the oven back at the cottage. We ordered steaks from Farndale Farm (the leaflet is in the draw by the TV stand) and the owners kindly delivered them to us at the Arches – puts all supermarket quality to shame! Lots to do in North Yorkshire particularly if you are an English Heritage member but, at the same time, if you just want to relax in peace in front of the cottage fire, the Arches is perfect. We will be back later in the year without a doubt.

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• Yvonne - Verified booking

  This property is in the most fantastic location, with superb views.

  That, along with the local pub, made our stay a wonderful one. HOWEVER… when it comes to cleanliness and comfort ability, the property fell far short of our expectations and what the previews failed to point out. Had it done so we would not have booked here. Pro’s Fabulous location for lovely walks Safe, enclosed garden for the dog Good internet speed Netflix King size beds, not double Lovely upstairs bedrooms although 4 poster bed mattress very thin and had to move rooms on day 2, and no tv aerial in 2nd bedroom. TV in 4 poster room complicated to use. Clean bedding and towels. Some printed local walking maps in the property Cons Settees need replacing as no support at all. We used the dining table chairs and rocking chair for the whole week. General cleanliness was poor throughout the property. Dust webs, dirty worktops, mucky radiators, dining table felt sticky, dusty mirrors…I could go on. Kitchen lacked the most basic essentials that have been in every other Sykes property we have stayed at, such as salt, basic oils etc-petty I know but when you’re staying in the middle of nowhere, these things are important to know so people can go prepared with a full stock of at the very least, the basics. The last thing you want to do is have to go back out to purchase these things, as the nearest shop is many miles away, along some tricky roads.. The tumble dryer didn’t work and tripped the electrics a number of times. Owner notified, who said a new washer dryer has been ordered, sadly too late for us. Logs provided, but no kindling, paper or matches, so useless unless you have brought these. I hope this will be helpful for the owners to improve the staying experience, because had all the above been addressed, we would no doubt have used this as a regular base, but we were glad to get home and sit in comfort.

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• Samuel - Verified booking

  We arrived at a very busy time for the owners - mid way through lambing season.

  However, owners did their best to make us feel welcome and settled in. Main issue with the holiday was the low beams in the upper floor - which in my opinion are dangerous. The owners have placed numerous signs to warn about the low beams - but due to how low (possibly only 5’10” at highest point at irregular points) make it inevitable that if you are over this height you WILL hurt your head. After hitting my head several times a day, almost every day, (once very badly near kitchen area resulting in me falling to ground injured) I decided that it would be better if I remained on lower sleeping area as much as possible. This somewhat restricted the enjoyment of the holiday. Clearly there was nothing owners could do about the beams during my stay, but I feel that that these should been have been flagged prominently in the advert. This would have definitely made me rethink booking this particular property for something more fitting to someone of my height or at least keeping me better informed. One other minor point relates to directions. A sentence at the end stating that farm is on right hand side (and the farm name) would be helpful as satnav and directions are currently to neighbour up the road on left hand side.

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• Karl - Verified booking

  Where do we start?

  Health and Safety was nowhere to be seen. Firstly, my mother slipped in the bath in the en-suite, as there was no non-slip surface to the bath and no rails to hold on to to help stop the fall. There was mention of the exposed beams but not how low they were, my brother who is only 5ft managed to whack his head 3 times throughout the duration, one time luckily, he was wearing a flat cap as we found a 10cm long piece of woof protruding from his cap. If this had gone into his head, you would be looking at a law suit. The list is endless of the things that were missing, the DVD player was not working, the Pool table that apparently counts as a games room (including a dirt cardboard box which had all the games in) was broken. Please get in touch with me as soon as you can to discuss this furthe

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• Raymond - Verified booking

  We stayed at the Arches in early March.

  The views from the cottage are beautiful. Access to the cottage is very good although the roads are quite narrow as you would expect in a rural setting so care has to be taken when driving down the valley. The owners are very friendly and helpful and attended to any needs we had promptly and efficiently. As my wife has a disability the downstairs bedroom with bathroom next door was a real blessing and helped make our stay so much easier. The cottage was warm and comfortable. TV and WiFi worked well. The central heating is on a timer but if required you can press the booster button to turn it on at any time. All appliances worked well and efficiently. On the whole we were very pleased with the cottage to the extent that we have booked to return later in the year.

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