Lynn's Guidebook
Food scene
Local pub serving excellent food. Booking essential. Check website for opening hours as they’re a bit odd!
The Victoria
Station RoadLocal pub serving excellent food. Booking essential. Check website for opening hours as they’re a bit odd!
Great for kids as there’s lots of animals to see including pigs, chickens and alpacas. The cafe is good for breakfast or lunch. Booking essential.
9 locals recommend
Minskip Farm Shop
Minskip RoadGreat for kids as there’s lots of animals to see including pigs, chickens and alpacas. The cafe is good for breakfast or lunch. Booking essential.
Gastro pub serving great food. Good outdoor spaces including tents and covered eating area.
The Tickled Trout Inn
Church StreetGastro pub serving great food. Good outdoor spaces including tents and covered eating area.
Beautiful gastro pub in picturesque village. Look out for England’s tallest maypole on the village green.
12 locals recommend
The Alice Hawthorn
Beautiful gastro pub in picturesque village. Look out for England’s tallest maypole on the village green.
A Yorkshire institution! Don’t be put off by the queues outside as they tend to move quickly. Branches also in York abs Ilkley.
156 locals recommend
Bettys Café Tea Rooms
1 Parliament StA Yorkshire institution! Don’t be put off by the queues outside as they tend to move quickly. Branches also in York abs Ilkley.
Family run Italian restaurant. Excellent food in contemporary surroundings.
11 locals recommend
Gianni's Brio Restaurant and Pizzeria
40-42 King's RdFamily run Italian restaurant. Excellent food in contemporary surroundings.
Fantastic wine bar/restaurant. Run by the same people for years and very much a Harrogate favourite with the locals.
42 locals recommend
William & Victoria
6 Cold Bath RdFantastic wine bar/restaurant. Run by the same people for years and very much a Harrogate favourite with the locals.
Very dog friendly bar/restaurant in Wetherby. Popular in the summer as they have a good outside seating area.
The Mews
16 Bank StVery dog friendly bar/restaurant in Wetherby. Popular in the summer as they have a good outside seating area.
Very popular cafe serving excellent food. V friendly staff. Has outside seating area.
Pomfrets of Wetherby
9 The ShamblesVery popular cafe serving excellent food. V friendly staff. Has outside seating area.
Small and friendly Indian restaurant on the Main Street in Wetherby. No license so bring your own alcohol.
Bengal Lounge
13 Railway StSmall and friendly Indian restaurant on the Main Street in Wetherby. No license so bring your own alcohol.
Popular Indian restaurant with parking near Marks & Spencer. Also does takeaway. Very friendly staff.
The Bengal Brasserie
Victoria StreetPopular Indian restaurant with parking near Marks & Spencer. Also does takeaway. Very friendly staff.
Sasso
8-10 Princes SquareExcellent high end Italian restaurant. Independently owned.
Excellent Chinese/Thai restaurant. Also does takeaway. Next to the Petrol station on the A59 and only 10 minutes from the cottage.
9 locals recommend
Sweet Basil
York RoadExcellent Chinese/Thai restaurant. Also does takeaway. Next to the Petrol station on the A59 and only 10 minutes from the cottage.
Sightseeing
Featured in the TV adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited. Good dog walks around the ground and the house itself is stunning inside.
220 locals recommend
Castle Howard
Featured in the TV adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited. Good dog walks around the ground and the house itself is stunning inside.
A must for gardening enthusiasts. Tickets bookable online. There is a cafe and shop on site too.
23 locals recommend
Himalayan Garden & Sculpture Park - Closed until Sat 5th October 2019
A must for gardening enthusiasts. Tickets bookable online. There is a cafe and shop on site too.
As well as the National Trust cafe in the house there’s also another one in the grounds serving delicious cakes and scones.
38 locals recommend
National Trust Beningbrough Hall
As well as the National Trust cafe in the house there’s also another one in the grounds serving delicious cakes and scones.
Bolton Abbey
Fountains Abbey
Lovely walk along the river from the Abbey car park to The Cover Bridge Inn in East Witton. Further along the road is The Blue Lion, another excellent pub.
21 locals recommend
Jervaulx Abbey
Lovely walk along the river from the Abbey car park to The Cover Bridge Inn in East Witton. Further along the road is The Blue Lion, another excellent pub.
Great little cinema with all the latest film releases. Saves you a trip to Harrogate or York! Recently refurbished and now offers two screens.
Wetherby's Cinema
Caxton StreetGreat little cinema with all the latest film releases. Saves you a trip to Harrogate or York! Recently refurbished and now offers two screens.
Tranquil gardens with RHS shop and Betty’s tearoom (a good alternative to the often busy one in the centre of Harrogate). There’s also a Betty’s kiosk inside the gardens.
138 locals recommend
RHS Garden Harlow Carr
Crag LaneTranquil gardens with RHS shop and Betty’s tearoom (a good alternative to the often busy one in the centre of Harrogate). There’s also a Betty’s kiosk inside the gardens.
Picturesque town with river and castle. Rowing boats for hire and lots of ice cream shops etc.
83 locals recommend
Knaresborough
Picturesque town with river and castle. Rowing boats for hire and lots of ice cream shops etc.