Holiday Cottages That Sleep 8

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Helen - Verified booking

  Beninborough Cottage is in a quiet corner of a delightful village, Middleham, which is nonetheless well served with pubs, restaurants and an excellent all purpose shop/newsagent and off-licence.

  For a party of six with ages ranging from 9 to 77, it proved to be an excellent base for a holiday; easy access to the Lightwater Valley and the Forbidden Corner, pleasant and easy pottering opportunities for the older members, not to mention Middleham Castle [childhood home of Richard III] in the village itself, Jervaulx Abbey a few miles away, and excellent shopping in Leyburn. The cottage itself has a stunning view across the dales and is far enough from the roads to be utterly peaceful. Watch out, too, for the grey squirrels in the garden. The cottage is a splendid facility; four large and comfortable bedrooms, all ensuite, all with tv sets, a very large lounge with a marvellous picture window, a dining area with the same view, and another lounge area in the very well-equipped kitchen. The induction hob on the oven was a novelty, but the instructions got us past that potential difficulty; and there is a laundry room with a freezer on the ground floor. It is simply not possible to fault the facilities on any score. More than that, the proprietors, Hilary and Roger, were very helpful and kind. Hilary waited in for us for over an hour when we got lost on the way there; we needed a blender for use in the kitchen and they loaned us one, and they were understanding about an accidental breakage as well. We take cottage holidays because they suit our circumstances, in particular the widely differing needs of a very extended family. Beninborough Cottage met those needs perfectly and we had a wonderful time. Christopher [aged 9} says: "I thought it was a lovely cottage, and I would love to stay there for years."

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• Karen - Verified booking

  A pleasant little house in a less than salubrious location.

  4 comfortable bedrooms, very well equipped kitchen and sunny little garden. The bottom line is that the house is not big enough for 6 adults and 2 children, despite having sufficient beds! I would say 4 adults 2 children at the most. There was never enough hot water for all of us to shower. We could all fit around the kitchen table but it was a squeeze. The layout of the lounge meant up to 5 could sit and watch TV, 2 people could sit at the back of the room out of the way, and the 8th? No comfortable garden furniture, or the ability to fit around the outside table was the absolute deal breaker for us. We were unable to enjoy the lovely evenings because there was not enough room to sit and the furniture was so uncomfortable. We enjoyed our holiday, but will not use again. Also as with every Sykes property we have ever used, the grass hadn't been cut for weeks.

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• Abigail - Verified booking

  I would definitely recommend this stay, we'll likely be back in the future.

  The house is well equipped, we had everything we needed and more. The only downside would be that both of the full bathrooms are upstairs, if there was a downstairs bathroom it would make the house much more accessible. The shower outside was a bonus but a moveable shower head would be more useable, for example washing feet or the dog before going back into the property without the potential of getting clothing wet from the shower. The owner was lovely, messaged us before, answered a message during and after the stay. She felt approachable if we were to need anything. The house is within 10 minutes of anything we needed and we spent the majority of the holiday paddle boarding at Crantock beach which was just down the road. In comparison to Sykes terrible customer service this house and owner was great!

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• Judy - Verified booking

  A beautifully restored listed cottage.

  Extremely clean & welcoming, (especially the welcome pack), comfortable beds & linen. Sumptuous towels! A well equipped kitchen, however a microwave would have been useful as we were self catering. There are a few small criticisms:1) the furniture in the lounge is very uncomfortable & the layout is not very cosy which spoils the rest of the cottage. 2) Extremely difficult for a second person to get in & out of bed in the 2nd ensuite bedroom on 1st floor because there is no room to do so at the side of the bed. It should be stated in the particulars that there is no downstairs toilet which affected one of our guests who is not so mobile & found it difficult going upstairs. But we would recommend the venue to our friends & would return to Enderley. Thank you

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• Chris - Verified booking

  We had a superb time at Enderley - it's a wonderful property and a lot of care has clearly gone into the restoration to make this a superb place to stay.

  It would be helpful for future guest to provide wardrobes in the bedrooms; we didn't really want to live from our suitcases for a week. There are some small drawers which did not provide enough storage, but drawers are also not always suitable. Also, a microwave is needed. Finally, I need to report that the hot tap was starting to drip in the bathroom attached to the blue bedroom. For future guests, I would recommend taking plenty of dishwasher pods, as it is a slim size, so for 6 guests we were running it sometimes twice a day. If you have a shaver or electric toothbrush, take a plug adapter as there is no shaver socket. These are very minor points though! The house and location are stunning, and we truly enjoyed our stay! Thank you!

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