Kathryn's Guidebook
Food scene
Great food and ambience ! Get there between 12pm and 5.30 pm for a generous 20% off the bill ….!!
7 locals recommend
The Craven Heifer Inn
400 Colne RdGreat food and ambience ! Get there between 12pm and 5.30 pm for a generous 20% off the bill ….!!
Smart restaurant for a special occasion. Wonderful wine list and a lovely scenic drive to get there in the Dales.
28 locals recommend
The Angel at Hetton
Back LaneSmart restaurant for a special occasion. Wonderful wine list and a lovely scenic drive to get there in the Dales.
The Alma Inn
Emmott LaneGreat food
Mario's
74 Market StJolly Italian within walking distance
The Railway Skipton
10 Cavendish StA wonderful find. Great food at great prices!
Assheton Arms
Top RowGreat pub food in lovely tied village
The Tempest Arms
Elslack LaneReally, really good food!
Great little cafe in Skipton during the day, then transforms into an amazing eatery on a Friday and Saturday evening
13 locals recommend
Elsworth Kitchen
18-20 Coach StGreat little cafe in Skipton during the day, then transforms into an amazing eatery on a Friday and Saturday evening
Walkable from Holly Toft. Great food scene and music in the cellar on occasion. Check it out online.
9 locals recommend
Bernulfsuuic Rustic Traditional Restaurant
18-22 Rainhall RdWalkable from Holly Toft. Great food scene and music in the cellar on occasion. Check it out online.
The Bull
Great food, great wine list
Anchor Inn Salterforth
Salterforth LaneWander along the Leeds Liverpool canal and have an early dinner here!
Great food with restaurant views of the river and a ruined Abbey to explore afterwards.
11 locals recommend
The Spread Eagle Inn
Great food with restaurant views of the river and a ruined Abbey to explore afterwards.
Interesting mill conversion with coffee shop and delicatessen in Clitheroe
30 locals recommend
Holmes Mill
Interesting mill conversion with coffee shop and delicatessen in Clitheroe
Huntleys
Whalley RoadGreat place to eat and shop!
Freemasons At Wiswell
8 Vicarage FoldA Michelin Star in the waiting!
Northcote
0 Northcote RdOur nearest Michelin Star restaurant…… but I’ve never been …….
Nestled on the green in a cosy dales hamlet with a pack horse bridge over a shallow beck is this glorious eatery.
15 locals recommend
The Fountaine Inn
Linton FallsNestled on the green in a cosy dales hamlet with a pack horse bridge over a shallow beck is this glorious eatery.
Local cafe, great breakfasts with black pudding! Good food at great prices, ask for Ester to recommend the specials.
Victoria's
29-31 Albert RdLocal cafe, great breakfasts with black pudding! Good food at great prices, ask for Ester to recommend the specials.
The Cafe On The Square
21 Albert RdGreat little cafe on the square
Albert Road Fisheries
19 Albert RoadLovely fish and chip shop!
Guests visited and reported “that’s the best genuine Italian we’ve been to”.
Not a pizza in sight!
12 locals recommend
La Locanda
Main StreetGuests visited and reported “that’s the best genuine Italian we’ve been to”.
Not a pizza in sight!
A gem of a place… great food, ambience and wonderful live music. Well worth a visit !
Barnoldswick Music & Arts Centre
18-22 Rainhall RdA gem of a place… great food, ambience and wonderful live music. Well worth a visit !
Beautiful vistas
Gisburn Forest
Great for walkers and cyclists
Brogden Lane
Brogden LaneWonderful Roman road, a pure bucolic experience
Great place to explore! Then visit the castle, try gongoozeling at the narrow boats on the canal, followed by a wander round Skipton market!
The word "gongoozling" originated in Lancashire, birthplace of Britain's canals, from the local slang of "gawning" and "goozling": staring and watching with the mouth agape.
20 locals recommend
Skipton Woods
Great place to explore! Then visit the castle, try gongoozeling at the narrow boats on the canal, followed by a wander round Skipton market!
The word "gongoozling" originated in Lancashire, birthplace of Britain's canals, from the local slang of "gawning" and "goozling": staring and watching with the mouth agape.
Glorious little tied village where you can feeds the ducks and eat ice cream! Or just have lunch at the Aasherton Arms.
14 locals recommend
Downham
Glorious little tied village where you can feeds the ducks and eat ice cream! Or just have lunch at the Aasherton Arms.
Sightseeing
Barnoldswick is the highest point on this canal, great for walking in either direction.
23 locals recommend
Leeds and Liverpool Canal
Barnoldswick is the highest point on this canal, great for walking in either direction.
Great walk round a beautiful Edwardian reservoir in glorious countryside. Eight miles round on the correct route, ten miles if you get lost ….. I usually get lost on purpose !
9 locals recommend
Stocks reservoir
Great walk round a beautiful Edwardian reservoir in glorious countryside. Eight miles round on the correct route, ten miles if you get lost ….. I usually get lost on purpose !
Earby Waterfalls
If you love the sound of water you’ll love this place, nearby too!
Splendid limestone escarpment. A bit busy in the summer but a great walk nevertheless.
156 locals recommend
Malham Cove
Splendid limestone escarpment. A bit busy in the summer but a great walk nevertheless.
Malham Tarn
Not as busy as the cove, great views!
Foulridge Upper Reservoir
Tranquil and scenic.
Clitheroe
Interesting little town famous for its sausages …!
Interesting little town with a plethora of independent shops and a great music scene!
6 locals recommend
Barnoldswick
Interesting little town with a plethora of independent shops and a great music scene!
Aysgarth Falls
Great to picnic at!
Pennine Way
Pennine WayFamous walking route runs through Earby on to Gargrave
Weets Hill
Easy walk from Holly Toft and magnificent views over the Ribble Valley
One of the last working mill engines, giving you a flavour of the noise and heat the workers endured. Interesting look into bygone days.
7 locals recommend
Bancroft Mill Engine Museum
Gillians LaneOne of the last working mill engines, giving you a flavour of the noise and heat the workers endured. Interesting look into bygone days.
Beautiful Tiffany glass and an interesting story how it got there.
7 locals recommend
Haworth Art Gallery
Hollins LaneBeautiful Tiffany glass and an interesting story how it got there.
Set in Howarth, a lovely village with plenty to do and see.
99 locals recommend
Bronte Parsonage Museum
Church StreetSet in Howarth, a lovely village with plenty to do and see.
Stunning setting and beautiful vistas. A great circular walk along the river.
185 locals recommend
Bolton Abbey
Stunning setting and beautiful vistas. A great circular walk along the river.
Burnsall
Lovely little village slightly north of Bolton Abbey… great pubs!
Appletreewick
Just another lovely dales village…..
The witches, the vista, the feeling of accomplishment when you get to the top! Look online for the Pendle Witches Trail.
58 locals recommend
Pendle Hill
The witches, the vista, the feeling of accomplishment when you get to the top! Look online for the Pendle Witches Trail.
Enjoy walking the Tolkien Trail in the grounds of the college along the banks of the River Ribble.
12 locals recommend
Stonyhurst College
Enjoy walking the Tolkien Trail in the grounds of the college along the banks of the River Ribble.
White Scar Caves Ltd
Just love these caves, majestic, echoey and cavernous !
The Atom - Panopticon
Dramatic scenery and thought provoking sculpture!
Ribchester
Interesting Roman excavations in a tranquil setting off the A59.
Wycoller
Wonderful place to wander by the brook. Great ice cream too!
Tranquil ruins in a small village with river walks and a decent eatery, The Spread Eagle.
Sawley Abbey
Tranquil ruins in a small village with river walks and a decent eatery, The Spread Eagle.
Lovely Yorkshire Dales village with interesting shops especially the one famous for fudge!
87 locals recommend
Grassington
Lovely Yorkshire Dales village with interesting shops especially the one famous for fudge!
Browsholme Hall and The Tithe Barn
Clitheroe RoadBeautiful gardens and interiors
Ingleborough
Flat topped Ingleborough can be seen from Holly Toft!
Ingleton Waterfalls Trail
Wonderfully scenic by the river.
Whernside
One of Yorkshire’s famous three peaks!
Pen-y-ghent
Another of the famous Yorkshire three peaks!
Fountains Abbey
Majestic site about 50 minutes away
Gorgeous gardens near to Fountains Abbey
32 locals recommend
Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden
Gorgeous gardens near to Fountains Abbey
Gordale Scar
Another lovely walk near Malham, busy in the tourist season though.
Janet's Foss
Tranquil waterfall along an interesting walk
National Trust, East Riddlesden Hall
Bradford RoadWonderful National Trust property!
National Trust - Gawthorpe Hall
Burnley RoadNational Trust, home of the Kaye Shuttleworth collection.
Brimham Rocks
Interesting rock formation in a splendid setting!
Take the train from Skipton to this fabulous UNESCO heritage village steeped in industrial history and see the Hockney exhibition!
78 locals recommend
Saltaire
Take the train from Skipton to this fabulous UNESCO heritage village steeped in industrial history and see the Hockney exhibition!
Take the Settle-Carlisle train from Gargrave sit on the right hand side and enjoy a fabulous journey through stunning countryside up to Carlisle. Enjoy wandering, lunch at The White Duke then catch the train back!
39 locals recommend
Ribblehead Viaduct
Low Sleights RoadTake the Settle-Carlisle train from Gargrave sit on the right hand side and enjoy a fabulous journey through stunning countryside up to Carlisle. Enjoy wandering, lunch at The White Duke then catch the train back!
I just love caves…. One of my favourite systems and not too wet!
30 locals recommend
Ingleborough Cave
I just love caves…. One of my favourite systems and not too wet!
White Scar Cave
Easily accessible and wonderful to see!
Pendle Sculpture Trail (Barley)
Wild and wonderful, a walkers delight!
Markenfield Hall
For talks, tours and teas, a Mediaeval, moated and much-loved family home!
Skipton Castle
Lovely Norman castle next to Skipton Woods.
On a dry day it’s a lovely walk and quite majestic but slippery when it’s rained.
118 locals recommend
Ingleton Waterfalls Trail
On a dry day it’s a lovely walk and quite majestic but slippery when it’s rained.
Sport
Lovely 9 hole course in a stunning setting. Welcomes visitors !
Ghyll Golf Club
Skipton RoadLovely club with three grass and three all weather courts. Welcomes visitors!
Craven Lawn Tennis Club
Smithy Croft RoadLovely club with three grass and three all weather courts. Welcomes visitors!
Kelbrook Lodge Shooting School
Kelbrook LodgeLocal and popular if you like guns!
West Craven Sports Centre
Kelbrook RoadGreat for swimming and a good gym
Hire tennis racquets and enjoy your mini Wimbledon moment! Or a game of squash…..
Sandylands Sports Centre
Hire tennis racquets and enjoy your mini Wimbledon moment! Or a game of squash…..
Coniston Off-Road Centre
A65Really good fun!
Try your hand at riding, hire a hat for £1 and enjoy an equestrian experience, it’s only a mile away!
Dales View Riding Centre
Higher LaneTry your hand at riding, hire a hat for £1 and enjoy an equestrian experience, it’s only a mile away!
Wild swimming !
Wonderful views and wild swimming go hand in hand but wear a bobble hat to keep warm…! Then warm up in the sauna. Booking in advance required.
The Broughton Hall Estate
Wild swimming !
Wonderful views and wild swimming go hand in hand but wear a bobble hat to keep warm…! Then warm up in the sauna. Booking in advance required.
Cycling
Beautiful circular cycling route for all abilities. Stunning scenery!
Gisburn Forest
Cycling along the canal is tranquil and easy to do if you’re not a super fit cyclist!
23 locals recommend
Leeds and Liverpool Canal
Cycling along the canal is tranquil and easy to do if you’re not a super fit cyclist!
Shopping!
Huge outlet with men’s and women’s clothes, shoes, bedding , crockery, M and S Outlet, restaurant
Boundary Mill Stores Colne
Vivary WayAsk for Chloe or Diane…..They’ll help you buy something lovely for a present or for you.
Decisions of Barnoldswick
NewtownAsk for Chloe or Diane…..They’ll help you buy something lovely for a present or for you.
Gardens!
Fabulous newly created RHS garden. Sublime!
RHS Garden Bridgewater
Occupation RoadNewly created, fabulous gardens!
About 40 minutes from Holly Toft. Wonderful gardens and the famous Betty’s Tea Room too!
138 locals recommend
RHS Garden Harlow Carr
Crag LaneAbout 40 minutes from Holly Toft. Wonderful gardens and the famous Betty’s Tea Room too!
Wonderful gardens near Ripon.
Open 4th April – 29 October 2023
April – June Tuesdays – Sundays & Bank Holidays
July – October Wednesdays – Sundays & Bank Holidays
23 locals recommend
Himalayan Garden & Sculpture Park - Closed until Sat 5th October 2019
Wonderful gardens near Ripon.
Open 4th April – 29 October 2023
April – June Tuesdays – Sundays & Bank Holidays
July – October Wednesdays – Sundays & Bank Holidays