West Leas Farm: Granary Cottage
Ripon, North Yorkshire, England
"Perfect getaway cottage for two with magnificent views..."
Things You'll Love
Perfect cottage for two, featuring the original external stone staircase, original oak beams and magnificent views especially from the bedroom window, across fields and trees to a small lake and beyond the moors.
Location
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.
North Yorkshire's ever changing landscape stretches from coast to hills, from village to city, from moor to dale. This is a county steeped in history - Roman, Viking and Mediaeval; packed with abbeys and cathedrals, castles and country estates, museums and landmarks.
It's also the home of James Herriott, Heartbeat, Emmerdale and Last of the Summer Wine.
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
A warm North Yorkshire welcome awaits you at West Leas Farm, near Ripon - the oldest city in Britain.
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.
Our newly converted stone barn offers three tastefully appointed and well equipped cottages,
perfect for holidays or short stays at any time of year.
Granary is the smaller of our three cottages, but because of it's cosiness perhaps the most popular - perfect for two, featuring the original external stone staircase, original oak beams and magnificent views especially from the bedroom window, across fields and trees to a small lake and beyond the moors.
Things You Need To Know
Pets are welcome, but not allowed upstairs or on furniture, and stairgates are available.
Directions
View MapWest Leas Farm is situated about 6 miles out of Ripon, between the villages of Galphay (pronounced 'Garfy') and Kirkby Malzeard.
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.
