West Leas Farm: Archway Cottage

Ripon, North Yorkshire, England

"Archway is a large cottage ideal for families, featuring the classic arch of the old barn door and beautiful views across fields and trees to a small lake and beyond, the moors."

Things You'll Love

Within easy reach, you'll encounter rolling green fields surrounding pretty market towns with cobbled squares; sheep, sheepdogs and sheep fairs; big skies and sweeping views; waterfalls, caves and craggy hillsides.

While you're here, enjoy Yorkshire puddings, parkins and curd tarts; don't miss Betty's famous tearooms, the country pubs
or Masham's renowned beer sausages and sweet shops.

Owner's Description

West Leas Farm has been in the family for three generations. It's a small farm with sheep and beef cattle. Honey the golden Labrador and Cookie a chocolate one, Ginger the cat and a couple of goldfish make up the animal numbers - which increase wonderfully each spring with baby lambs and calves.

Archway is our larger cottage, featuring the classic arch of the old barn door and beautiful views across fields and trees to a small lake and beyond, the moors.

Families with younger children you may prefer Archway cottage with the bath and shower option and a separate kitchen where a stair gate can be placed in the doorway to keep little fingers away from hot things or cupboards.Similarly for dogs, the kitchen floor is a darker colour and the better place for a wet dog to dry. Archway of course has the huge archway window front and back in the lounge giving you superb views especially from the back. A spacious double room and a spacious twin bedded room where a cot or Z bed can be accommodated in either.

Things You Need To Know

The cottage can accommodate a z bed - and there is a charge of £10 for this.

Directions

Getting to Ripon from the A1 Northbound
Take the Ripon / Boroughbridge exit A1(M) - Junction48.
At the top of the slip road turn right across the motorway and then left at the next roundabout.
The road runs parallel to the A1(M) for a couple of miles across the next roundabout and then left at the next roundabout back over the motorway.
Follow signs for Ripon - there are several brown 'tourist attraction' signs to help you signed "Fountains Abbey".
Follow the road past a windmill, over the river, past Ripon Racecourse on your left.
At the next roundabout choose the centre of the three lanes and proceed across the roundabout with the canal to the left.
Follow this road for a mile skirting the city until a mini roundabout.

Getting to Ripon from the A1 Southbound
Leave the A1 at Junction 50 - A61 to Ripon.
Follow the brown tourist signs to Fountains Abbey.

Getting to us from Ripon
Continue out of Ripon and continue following the signs for Fountains Abbey (B6265).
You will soon pass Tate's garden centre on the right. Turn right immediately - signposted Kirkby Malzeard and Galphay.
Continue for 4 miles into Galphay, past The Galphay Inn and bear left for 1/4 mile, until you reach a triangular junction with a post box.
Turn right, West Leas Farm is 500 yards on the right.

Other Information

Food at West Leas Farm
Where possible we try to encourage our guests to try our local produce because
we believe that our area has some of the best fayre in rural England.
Please use our local shops and facilities and try to keep our local shops truly local!

Why not try some for breakfast?

We'll cook your Sunday breakfast and deliver it to your door!
We appreciate that you may have had a long drive and haven't had chance to get to the shops,
so why not let us take the strain on your first mornings breakfast?
Or you may just want to feel that you've "arrived" on holiday and want a little luxury.

All of our breakfast ingredients are sourced locally and cooked to your liking and served on a platter directly to your cottage.

We can also do the Saturday shopping and leave it conveniently in your cottage.
All sourced locally and delivered direct to your cottage.
Perhaps you're arriving late or don't want the hassle of shopping.