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Herriots

The Skipton Hotel - Formerly Hotel Rendezvous
We had 3 nights here and really enjoyed ourselves We made the most of the lovely pool. Had 4 swims in the 4days… the leisure staff were always so helpful and friendly. Very impressed with that and their happy attitudes. We enjoyed the 5*breakfast and ate in the restaurant twice in the evenings. The ...
Reviewed on 9 Mar 2026

Grantley Hall
The best of the best service in an amazing place, everything taken care of. Valet parking top class, met by name and greeted with details of your stay. Every member of staff knew who you were from room to room, but never over-pestered. What a place.
Reviewed on 16 Mar 2026

Dyson House

Oyster Catcher

Street Head Farm
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![Old plough strips in Littondale. The peasant farmers of Hawkswick would have had very little land available on which to grow crops in centuries past, but down dale from the village the south west facing slopes below Knipe Scar had a gentle enough angle to allow ox drawn ploughs to be used. These plough strips [or lynchets] are most likely of medieval date and have left a distinctive 'stepped' landscape on the daleside.](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/5687/57ca17c5-bb52-4b2d-bd3a-8b6dfeb1f4e4.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=1040&h=580&q=mediumHigh)


