Large gardens set in eight acres of land include a field you can use – maybe for bouncy castles? Kids can watch an afternoon zip by on the swings, slide, goalposts and monkey bars. Grown-ups will love the landscaped seclusion and the two hot tubs within chatting distance of each other.
Eat out on the west-facing patio and watch the sun set across the paddocks and farmland over barbecue burgers and bangers. Let your dogs explore the enclosed garden. Pass the time messing with pétanque and the pizza oven. Wrap up the day around the firepit. Drink Prosecco as chilled as you are.
There’s a warm welcome inside Granary Grove Farm’s generous spaces. A biomass burner heats the main house and games room, so hot water gushes from the taps and warm air radiates throughout. If your toes weren’t already toasty enough, cosy up around the logburner.
Kick back among the exposed beams in the sitting room and get the telly on for a family film night. Or get competitive in the separate games room, an adjacent barn that comes with table tennis, pool and darts, plus a telly of its own. We’ll forgive you if you never return to the main house. Clear it with the family first.
You’ll get the whole clan around the chunky dining-room table or out by the setting sun on the west-facing terrace. Feed them from the electric range oven and six-burner induction hob, pizza oven or barbie. Or don’t. Heh, you’re on holiday. So subcontract the cooking to the pros from At the Dinner Party, By Molly or Willows Catering.
Take it easy with takeaways from Pizzaland, China China, or The East for pizza, kebabs and chicken. Head out for fish and chips to Harper’s, or for afternoon tea or to raid the bakery at Sally Middlewood’s. Stock up the fridge/freezer with deliveries from Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Morrison’s and fizz from We Love Wine.
Pop in for breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea or dinner (or all four) at The Farrier in Cayton. Make it an evening a la carte and enjoy black truffle mushroom mac and cheese or Yorkshire Wold chicken breast. Or head to The Coachman in Snainton for Whitby scampi or Katsu chicken.
At The Star Inn in Weaverthorpe, sample great pub grub and a nice beer garden, or try FortySix in Malton for small plates, brunch or Sunday lunch. Up in Pickering, Spice 4 You is good for traditional Indian meals, either in-house or on a takeaway basis. For an all-day breakfast and nice pot of tea, it’s The Yorkshire Tea Rooms.
Here in the Yorkshire Wolds, sleep comes punctuated only by the gentle snoring that ends a satisfying day. Wake to the farms morning call, then doze right back off and contemplate croissants and coffee on the terrace. Granary Grove Farm sleeps up to 14 in six beautiful bedrooms.
Upstairs from the living room, bedroom one offers a kingsize bed, a permanent cot and a shared bathroom with bedroom two, providing two singles. Upstairs from the dining room, bedrooms three and four are kingsize and share a bathroom with bedroom five, giving you two singles. Four and five will take a cot.
For a little bit of privacy, bag bedroom six, an annex accessed externally and sleeping four in two kingsize beds. Enjoy an en-suite bathroom, TV, mini fridge, kettle and room for a cot. Be quick!
It’s time to explore from the door. Lace up your boots, breathe deeply and get the blood pumping along The Yorkshire Wolds Way National Trail. The long-distance footpath runs just south of Granary Grove Farm through the farmland, with wonderful wildlife and rolling hills to discover.
The joys of Granary Grove Farm for kids sprawl in front of you and carefree days beg to be filled with precious memories made with up to 14 family and friends. Homesick? Bring them all with you. Get ready to fill your memory banks with magic.
There’s a whole field out there among the eight acres: fill it with a bouncy castle if you like. If not, the slides, swing set and monkey bars will do just fine for the afternoon. For a change of scenery, knock a few balls into the goalposts. Older kids will love to bubble and boil in the two hot tubs and swap stories around the firepit.
Eat out around the pizza oven and barbie. Play boules on the lawn. Then head to the games barn for the pool table, table tennis, darts and a wall TV for when you need a break. Get competitive, waste a few hours, consider coming back to the house for communal movies, matches and Instagram envy over the Beeline Wi-Fi.
