Yorkshire

Exclusive guide to the best holiday destinations in Yorkshire, independent reviews from award-winning travel writers

Devonshire Arms Revisited

The Devonshire Arms Revisited. The brilliant legend continues.

I’ve always been wary of going back to hotels and restaurants I’ve previously enjoyed because of the risk of finding that it no longer matched our expectations.However, the Devonshire Arms revisited didn’t disappoint.

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The Star Inn the City

To run an all-day menu and maintain fine dining standards is not an easy task, yet the Star Inn the City team had the confident air of a well-oiled machine.

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Middlethorpe Hall

Middlethorpe Hall is the perfect example of a fine country house hotel with character literally seeping from every creaking nook and cranny. An authentic William and Mary house in 20 acres of manicured grounds, it’s had stories to tell throughout its long life.

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Michael Edwards stays at Crathorne Hall Hotel, an historic country house in Yorkshire.

Crathorne Hall Hotel. Historic luxury country house

Though it’s towering gates were patriotically donated to the 1940s war effort and never replaced – the discovery that you can’t manufacture bombers from iron came after melt-down – Crathorne Hall Hotel’s facade framed by two bell towers, still has a stately grandeur.

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Stuart Forster visits the Piece Hall in Halifax following its re-opening. SF Halifax PieceHall 015

The Piece Hall. Halifax’s Classical Georgian Cultural heart.

The Piece Hall in Halifax, West Yorkshire, reopened on Yorkshire Day, 1 August 2017, as a cultural and commercial hub at the heart of the town

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You have only to look at the exterior of the Black Swan Hotel to realise that it’s certain to have quite a life-story to tell.

Black Swan Hotel. Boutique luxury and excellent dining.

You have only to look at the exterior of the Black Swan Hotel to realise that it’s certain to have quite a life-story to tell.

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