A Quick Guide to Hotels in Yorkshire

Hotels in Yorkshire range from privately owned cottages, large hotels, pubs and other bed and breakfasts (B&Bs) as well as national and international household names. The county can be roughly broken down into six areas, North, East and South and West county, the Coast, the Dales and the North York Moors.

Doncaster, Sheffield, Hull, Rotherham, Barnsley and Beverley are all towns in the east or southern areas of the county. If you like to know what to expect, then you will probably go for one of the big brand names in one of the larger urban areas. However, privately owned accommodation offers charm and local character at surprisingly affordable prices.

Your mode of transportation will influence your choice or accommodation. If you have your own car, you will want to make sure your temporary residence has parking facilities. On the other hand, you may prefer to use public transport. In the larger cities, like Sheffield, there are good transport links and you are never very far away from where you want to be.

The North York Moors encompass Goathland, Great Ayton, Guisborough, Helmsley, Kirkbymoorside and Pickering. The scenery in this part of the country is breathtaking and you can find some elegant and spacious accommodation at surprisingly affordable prices. Here, you are less likely to find major chains but independently owned business like cottages, coaching inns and farmhouse bed and breakfast places. Undoubtedly, you will be relying on your own transport.

Whether you are travelling with your dog or your children, you will find plenty of pet-friendly cottages or B&B’s in the north of the county, which includes Knaresborough, Masham, Thirsk, Ripon, York and Harrogate. York is a university town with plenty of historical and cultural interests. Harrogate is a popular convention centre. Note that some rooms are priced based on two people sharing.

Leeds, Huddersfield and Bradford, all large urban areas in the west of the county, offer both brand name accommodation and privately owned facilities. Scarborough, Bridlington and Whitby on the east coast will have a large choice of rooms a stone’s throw from the shoreline or just a few minutes’ walk inland. Richmond, Skipton and Grassington in the Dales have a lot in the way of tourist accommodation, but not much in the way of public transportation.

Be aware that some of the cheaper ‘guest houses’ also double as emergency housing for the homeless, vulnerable women and recovering drug users. They are clean and safe, but very basic. They also may have strict rules about curfews and about restricting the use of alcohol on the premises. At the other end of the spectrum, large chains may not always include the price of breakfast in the package.


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