Lovely peaceful cottage, with walking on the door step, one and half mile to Grosmont walking, it also has easy walk to any of the local public houses all with good company and very hospitable. Although the one we went to most was the horseshoe hotel, it is left out of the estate gate and it has lunch and dinner menu, a food store which sold cheeses, meats, bread, coffees, cakes etc and they are also were very obliging. It had wondering chickens which was funny to watch. It is right near the stepping stones over the river Esk which is fun trying to cross over to the other side. Manor cottage is warm, has constant hot water if you need it, the beds were soft but a very comfortable soft and with no backaches which is great, we slept very well. There was a lovely welcome pack which was much appreciated. The cottage is very comfortable and homely, it also has games, puzzles if it is wet and you don’t want to go any where. There is lots of information in the draw to help if you need inspiration on where to go. But we visited most of the small villages on the coast roads & robin hoods bay, whitby is not very far. It was so nice to come back to the cottage after a day out we highly recommend it, it’s a lovely, peaceful place.