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The double, twin, and single rooms are eccentrically English in feel, with quirky wall-
art and a certain junk-shop chic; the double offers views of the Brontë Parsonage
Museum, village church, and moors. In the restaurant expect distinctive northern
cooking featuring local ingredients: Perhaps carpaccio of seared Dales beef filet with
pickled carrot, rocket, land cress, and horseradish ice cream, followed by slow-cooked
shoulder of lamb, with fennel seed and coriander, masala crushed potatoes with
lentils, and pan gravy.
15 West Lane, Haworth, West Yorkshire BD22 8DU. www.weaversmallhotel.co.uk.
&
01535/643822.
3 units. £90 twin; £110 double. AE, DC, MC, V. Rates include breakfast.
Amenities:
Restaurant.
In room:
TV, hair dryer.
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NORTH YORKSHIRE
York: 212 miles N of London; 75 from York; 134 miles NE of Birmingham; 212 miles SE of Edinburgh
The landscape is the star of North Yorkshire, although history never takes a back
seat—Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, medieval monks, kings, craftspeople, hill
farmers, wool growers and mill founders all left their mark. You can see this in
bewitching York, in the beguiling former spa-town of Harrogate and countryside north
of it—rich in historical structures—and in the charming countryside of the Yorkshire
Dales and Yorkshire Moors, both walkers' paradises studded with tranquil stone-built
towns and villages. With such a stunning interior to explore, the North Yorkshire coast
is often unjustly overlooked.
Essentials
GETTING THERE
Frequent trains from London's King's Cross to York take just
under 2 hours, costing around £88 for a round-trip. There are also direct trains to York
from Manchester, Birmingham, and Edinburgh. Harrogate is just over half an hour
from both York and Leeds (p. 632) by direct train.
Daily London-York
National Express
buses (
&
0871/781-8181;
www.national
express.com)
take 5 hours and up; most require a change at Leeds (p. 633). London-
Harrogate buses don't normally require a change.
York is 3
1
⁄
2
hours north of London by road, not far off the main M1. From Man-
chester to York it's about 1
1
⁄
2
hours, from Birmingham 2 hours. 20 minutes, and from
Edinburgh 4 hours.
For
Leeds Bradford International Airport,
31 miles west of York and 12 miles
southwest of Harrogate (with buses to and from both). There are also direct trains to
York from
Manchester International Airport
(p. 563).
By road, York-Harrogate is 22 miles (40 min.), York-Scarborough 40 miles (1 hr.).
Cars are the most convenient option outside the cities, but
local buses
are better
than in many areas of the U.K., especially in high season. For buses in the
Dales
, see
www.dalesbus.org. The Moorsbus (www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/moorsbus) offers a
similar network in the
North York Moors National Park;
there are buses into the
park from York, Malton, Scarborough, Middlesbrough, Whitby, Northallerton, and
Thirsk. The scenic
Esk Valley Railway
(www.eskvalleyrailway.co.uk) between
Middlesbrough and Whitby also takes you into the heart of the park.
Scarborough
and
Whitby
both have train stations. Scarborough is 3 to 3
1
⁄
2
hours
from London King's Cross with a change at York; Whitby is about 4
3
⁄
4
hours from
London King's Cross with changes at both Darlington and Middlesbrough, so you're
better off getting a bus from Scarborough. But the best way to arrive in Whitby is
