Moorhen House

Moorhen House is in Bedale, North Yorkshire (The Cottage Patrick Brompton, Bedale, United Kingdom), close to central Bedale.

Prices are set live by the hotel — check the booking page for a real rate for your dates.

Moorhen House is a 4-star hotel in North Yorkshire.

January is the cheapest, with late November and early March close behind. Budget rooms in Scarborough, Northallerton and Selby drop to around £55–£70, and mid-range York hotels that cost £160 in August often sit near £80 midweek. The one January–February exception is the Jorvik Viking Festival around York's February half-term, which fills the city for a week. Bear in mind some Dales inns in Hawes and Grassington close for a fortnight after New Year, so check before you drive out.

Three nights minimum, five to seven if you want the city, the coast and a national park. One base cannot cover the county — Skipton to Whitby is 90 miles and over two hours by road. A good week is two nights in York, two on the coast at Whitby or Scarborough, and two or three in the Dales at Leyburn, Grassington or Hawes. If castles and abbeys are your reason for coming, replace the coast leg with Helmsley or Thirsk for Rievaulx, Byland and Mount Grace Priory.

Leeds Bradford (LBA) is the closest, about 12 miles from Harrogate and 30 from York, with no station of its own — budget £40–£55 for a taxi to Harrogate, or bus into Leeds and take the train onward. Manchester Airport has direct TransPennine trains to York in roughly two hours, which is often the easiest option from a long-haul flight. Newcastle Airport connects by Metro to Newcastle Central in about 25 minutes, then an hour by train to York or 35 minutes to Northallerton. Teesside International is handy only for Richmond, Northallerton and the northern moors, and car hire is worth taking there.

Yes for the Yorkshire Dales and most of the North York Moors, no for York itself. Places like Aysgarth Falls, Rievaulx Abbey, Bolton Castle and Sutton Bank have thin or weekend-only bus service, and DalesBus routes around Grassington run mainly at weekends. If you are staying in York, Harrogate, Knaresborough, Skipton, Scarborough or Whitby and travelling by train, you can manage without one — the Coastliner 840 and 843 buses link York, Malton and Pickering to Whitby and Scarborough. Remember that central York hotel parking typically adds £15–£25 a night, so a car you do not use is expensive.

Both, but the areas divide fairly cleanly. Families do best on the coast at Scarborough and Filey, where the beaches, Peasholm Park and the North Yorkshire Moors Railway from Pickering to Grosmont fill several days, and where hotels are more likely to have family rooms. Couples tend to prefer Harrogate, Helmsley, Masham or a Wensleydale inn, and many small Dales pubs with rooms have doubles only. Ripon and Knaresborough sit in between and cost around £75–£110, with Fountains Abbey and Mother Shipton's Cave both suiting mixed-age groups.