Puffins, piglets and pudding beer
Get a vitamin-D fix in Dalby Forest on the Gruffalo Trail or Go Ape. Explore puffin-busy cliffs at Flamborough Head or bottle-feed the cuties at Piglets Adventure Farm. Amble along The Shambles in York. And bring your clubs for great golf courses at Ganton and Wolds Way. Make a Yorkshire Pudding Beer at Malton Brewery your 19th hole.
Country kids
Give them that vitamin-D fix out in the forest at Dalby on the Gruffalo Trail, Airsoft, mountain bikes, or high-roping with Go Ape. Walk the Yorkshire Wolds Way from the door, just south of the farmhouse. Discover fabulous beaches at Cayton Bay, Filey and Hunmanby Gap. And explore the puffin-busy cliffs at Flamborough Head.
Swim and gym at Scarborough Sports Village. Stick around for surfing and paddleboarding at Scarborough Surf School. Discover Stockeld Park, one of Europe’s largest indoor playgrounds, with its enchanted forest, seasonal ice rink, yew tree maze and zip wire. Then paddleboard or wakeboard at North Yorkshire Water Park.
Introduce your kids to roleplay at The Little Play Company. Head to The Palace Cinema in Malton for new blockbusters, or watch them tread the boards at Stephen Joseph Theatre or outdoors at Scarborough Open Air Theatre. Keep the culture coming at Ryedale Folk Museum, with 40,000 objects in 20 heritage buildings.
Ride the rollercoasters at Flamingo Land Resort and meet everything from cheetahs to chickens at the zoo. Then explore a fascinating marine world at the Sea Life Centre in Scarborough. Bottle-feed the cuties at Piglets Adventure Farm. And steam your way over the hills on the North York Moors Railway.
For the grown-ups
Golfer? Bring your clubs for great courses at Ganton, Wolds Way, Snainton, South Cliff, and Malton and Norton. Or just walk without having to hit fairways along the Yorkshire Wolds Way that runs just south of the farm. If you’d prefer a four-legged chum to do the work, call up Sinnington Riding Centre.
There’s plenty to do in the Roman city of York, including a tour of the Minster or the National Railway Museum. Take an amble along The Shambles, Europe’s most-visited street, or a wander along the city walls. See military jets at the Yorkshire Air Museum. And stick around for the evening for a cocktail or three in Evil Eye.
Fish for tench, carp and bream at Wykeham Lakes. Get the feel of a POW camp at Eden Camp Modern History Museum. Catch the tranquility at Scampston Walled Garden. Or get all ancestral at Scarborough Castle, Rievaulx Abbey and Castle Howard. Dive deep into the Dracula myth at Whitby Castle.
Tour Filey Distillery, sip a Filey Signature gin and take home a branded glass. Try an iconic Yorkshire Pudding Beer at Malton Brewery. Or how about a Marmalade Porter at Wold Top Brewery? Recover at home with reflexology, massage, facials or the pop-up spa on site with Jo Middleton’s Professional Beauty Treatments.
