Discover a range of family-friendly country cottages, barn conversions, farmhouses, and lodges set on working farms across Yorkshire. Many of these rural retreats are equipped with child-friendly features such as cots, highchairs, and stairgates, outdoor play areas, and a variety of toys and games to keep little ones entertained. Children will also delight in exploring the surrounding farmland, meeting the animals, and getting a taste of rural life.
Yorkshire has plenty of family attractions to enjoy together. Highlights include the National Railway Museum, home to iconic locomotives and exhibitions celebrating extraordinary feats of engineering; the Jorvik Viking Centre, featuring a world-famous ride that brings the sights, sounds, and smells of Viking-age York to life; The Deep aquarium, home to spectacular marine life such as sharks, stingrays, sea turtles, and a colony of Gentoo penguins; and York Castle Museum, with immersive, interactive galleries showcasing thousands of historic objects, atmospheric prison dungeons, and a recreated Victorian street. Families will also enjoy the ever-popular Flamingo Land Resort, which combines a thrilling theme park, an award-winning zoo and a year-round programme of activities and events.
Add to those, miles of sandy beaches and the breathtaking landscapes of the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors National Parks, and you have the perfect recipe for an unforgettable family holiday.