5 days in Yorkshire

This is a Yorkshire five-dayer that starts gently and builds. Day one pairs Norton Conyers House with lunch at the Garden Restaurant, six miles down the road and holding a 5/5 food hygiene rating, before a 6.6-mile hop to the rides at Lightwater Valley. Day two heads north to Brough Hall, with the Richmondshire Museum only 3.3 miles on.

The big drive is day three's 39.9 miles to Calverley Old Hall, rewarded by a 5/5 lunch at The White Hart. Then York, where everything is walkable: York Minster to The Hole In The Wall (open 11:00–23:00, Monday to Sunday) is under a quarter of a mile, and The Shambles 0.3 miles beyond. Coming by train, Starbeck is the nearest station; for a base, Killerby Old Hall near Scarborough sleeps four, has EV charging nearby and sits 1.1 miles from Cayton Bay, rated Excellent for bathing water.