Guidebook for Crayke

Michael & Sasha
Michael & Sasha
Guidebook for Crayke

Food Scene

Award-winning pub owned by Sasha and Michael Ibbotson. Family owned for the past 18 years. The perfect country pub, with inglenook fireplace, stone floors and cosy red walls.... The Sunday Telegraph - Top 30 Cosiest Pubs - December 2017 and The Independent - Best places for Sunday Lunch - March 2018 Whether you want to eat or just have drinks this is a fun place to while away a few hours! Some great local pints as well as a very good wine list and selection of spirits. Bags of atmosphere and frequented by locals, diners and those staying in the accommodation at the rear of the pub. Expect a good fun night. There are some great spaces for private dining, ideal for family and friends.
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The Durham Ox
West Way
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Award-winning pub owned by Sasha and Michael Ibbotson. Family owned for the past 18 years. The perfect country pub, with inglenook fireplace, stone floors and cosy red walls.... The Sunday Telegraph - Top 30 Cosiest Pubs - December 2017 and The Independent - Best places for Sunday Lunch - March 2018 Whether you want to eat or just have drinks this is a fun place to while away a few hours! Some great local pints as well as a very good wine list and selection of spirits. Bags of atmosphere and frequented by locals, diners and those staying in the accommodation at the rear of the pub. Expect a good fun night. There are some great spaces for private dining, ideal for family and friends.
The fabulous, The Star Inn at Harome, an award-winning Michelin starred gastropub with rooms, located in a C14th thatched inn and fine example of a cruck-framed longhouse on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors, near Helmsley. Owned by Andrew Pern, a champion of local, seasonal ingredients, since 1996.
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The Star Inn
Main Street
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The fabulous, The Star Inn at Harome, an award-winning Michelin starred gastropub with rooms, located in a C14th thatched inn and fine example of a cruck-framed longhouse on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors, near Helmsley. Owned by Andrew Pern, a champion of local, seasonal ingredients, since 1996.
Voted as no1 Restaurant in the world, Tommy was the youngest ever chef to win a Michelin Star. Michelin-starred Restaurant with Rooms on the edge of the North York Moors with a 2 acre kitchen garden providing fresh produce daily. Run by The Banks Family who have farmed at Oldstead for generations.
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The Black Swan at Oldstead
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Voted as no1 Restaurant in the world, Tommy was the youngest ever chef to win a Michelin Star. Michelin-starred Restaurant with Rooms on the edge of the North York Moors with a 2 acre kitchen garden providing fresh produce daily. Run by The Banks Family who have farmed at Oldstead for generations.

Sightseeing

Castle Howard is a magnificent historic house in the north of England, the 18th century residence is set within 1,000 acres of breathtaking landscape just outside York. The Yorkshire stately home boasts world-renowned works or art and stunning architecture having been designed by Sir John Vanbrugh and built with the assistance of Nicholas Hawksmoor.
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Castle Howard
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Castle Howard is a magnificent historic house in the north of England, the 18th century residence is set within 1,000 acres of breathtaking landscape just outside York. The Yorkshire stately home boasts world-renowned works or art and stunning architecture having been designed by Sir John Vanbrugh and built with the assistance of Nicholas Hawksmoor.
The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, commonly known as York Minster, is the cathedral of York, England, and is one of the largest of its kind in Northern Europe. The minster is the seat of the Archbishop of York, the second-highest office of the Church of England, and is the mother church for the ...
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The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter in York
Minster Yard
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The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, commonly known as York Minster, is the cathedral of York, England, and is one of the largest of its kind in Northern Europe. The minster is the seat of the Archbishop of York, the second-highest office of the Church of England, and is the mother church for the ...

Shopping

A warm and friendly Yorkshire welcome is something you’re always guaranteed in Helmsley. Whether you’re walking, eating, shopping, cycling, riding, visiting or pottering Helmsley has everything you need, whether you’re staying for a few hours, a weekend or you never want to leave. Great market on a Friday. So much to do, whether you're shopping for antiques, food, clothes or having a potter.
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Helmsley
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A warm and friendly Yorkshire welcome is something you’re always guaranteed in Helmsley. Whether you’re walking, eating, shopping, cycling, riding, visiting or pottering Helmsley has everything you need, whether you’re staying for a few hours, a weekend or you never want to leave. Great market on a Friday. So much to do, whether you're shopping for antiques, food, clothes or having a potter.
You can buy everything you need to from Easingwold, whether the small independents of which we are well served...or the two Co-ops in the town which are open seven days a week and the one in the centre of the market square until 10pm at night. Friday market is also fantastic....and look out for some great independents as well - Charles Hobson, Hearts, Georgia Lilley, Old Flames etc....
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Easingwold
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You can buy everything you need to from Easingwold, whether the small independents of which we are well served...or the two Co-ops in the town which are open seven days a week and the one in the centre of the market square until 10pm at night. Friday market is also fantastic....and look out for some great independents as well - Charles Hobson, Hearts, Georgia Lilley, Old Flames etc....
Lots of great independent shops in this easily accessible Spa-Town. A lovely place to while away a few hours.....expect to the find the usual brands as well as plenty of smaller, quirkier boutiques. And if you're wanting to head to Betty's you'll find the iconic Yorkshire tea room in the centre....or buy something to eat at Ivy Cottage.
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Harrogate
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Lots of great independent shops in this easily accessible Spa-Town. A lovely place to while away a few hours.....expect to the find the usual brands as well as plenty of smaller, quirkier boutiques. And if you're wanting to head to Betty's you'll find the iconic Yorkshire tea room in the centre....or buy something to eat at Ivy Cottage.

Getting Around

The mainline train station is York and you can hire a car from the station. There are also bus links to Easingwold and a very limited bus service to Crayke itself.
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York
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The mainline train station is York and you can hire a car from the station. There are also bus links to Easingwold and a very limited bus service to Crayke itself.

Entertainment & Activities

Free Entry. Discover 300 years of history and 1,000,000 objects that changed the world in the UK's largest railway museum. York open 10am-6pm (Search Engine opening times) Locomotion open 10am-4pm. The National Railway Museum is a museum in York forming part of the British Science Museum Group of National Museums and telling the story of rail transport in Britain and its impact on society.
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National Railway Museum (Main Entrance) station
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Free Entry. Discover 300 years of history and 1,000,000 objects that changed the world in the UK's largest railway museum. York open 10am-6pm (Search Engine opening times) Locomotion open 10am-4pm. The National Railway Museum is a museum in York forming part of the British Science Museum Group of National Museums and telling the story of rail transport in Britain and its impact on society.
There are a number of cinema's in York.....but Vue, is very easily accessible from Crayke
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Vue Cinema
Stirling Road
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There are a number of cinema's in York.....but Vue, is very easily accessible from Crayke

Parks & Nature

The North York Moors is a national park in North Yorkshire, containing one of the largest expanses of heather moorland in the United Kingdom. It covers an area of 554 sq mi, and has a population of 23,380. Wonderful driving, wonderful views as you head across to the coast. Wtih the old steam railway running through it.
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North York Moors National Park
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The North York Moors is a national park in North Yorkshire, containing one of the largest expanses of heather moorland in the United Kingdom. It covers an area of 554 sq mi, and has a population of 23,380. Wonderful driving, wonderful views as you head across to the coast. Wtih the old steam railway running through it.

Arts & Culture

The Yorkshire Museum sits in the heart of York Museum Gardens, in the centre of York. The museum was opened in 1830 by the Yorkshire Philosophical Society and was one of the first purpose-built museums in the country.
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I-Yorkshire Museum
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The Yorkshire Museum sits in the heart of York Museum Gardens, in the centre of York. The museum was opened in 1830 by the Yorkshire Philosophical Society and was one of the first purpose-built museums in the country.
At JORVIK Viking Centre you are standing on the site of one of the most famous and astounding discoveries of modern archaeology. Between the years 1976-81 archaeologists from York Archaeological Trust, an independent educational charity, revealed the houses, workshops and backyards of the Viking-Age city of Jorvik as it stood nearly 1,000 years ago. These incredible discoveries enabled us to build JORVIK Viking Centre on the very site where the excavations had taken place, creating a groundbreaking visitor experience where you take a journey through the reconstruction of Viking-Age streets and experience life as it would have been in 10th century York.
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Jorvik Viking Centre
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At JORVIK Viking Centre you are standing on the site of one of the most famous and astounding discoveries of modern archaeology. Between the years 1976-81 archaeologists from York Archaeological Trust, an independent educational charity, revealed the houses, workshops and backyards of the Viking-Age city of Jorvik as it stood nearly 1,000 years ago. These incredible discoveries enabled us to build JORVIK Viking Centre on the very site where the excavations had taken place, creating a groundbreaking visitor experience where you take a journey through the reconstruction of Viking-Age streets and experience life as it would have been in 10th century York.
A great mixed programme of touring theatre.
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York Theatre Royal
Saint Leonard's Place
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A great mixed programme of touring theatre.