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BOLTON ABBEY ESTATE, LOCATED IN
WHARFEDALE ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE
OF YORKSHIRE DALES NATIONAL PARK.
Photo © HOME AT FIRST
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          Here is land for all creatures, great and small. This part of northern England is a pleasant, rolling landscape dotted with small villages and larger market towns. And it is in such towns that our cozy cottages are located. Agriculture is the way of life here. In recent years Yorkshire's variety of short and long-distance walking paths have brought the region new fame as a destination for those seeking beauty and tranquility in the unspoiled out-of-doors.
 

LOCATE NORTH YORKSHIRE ON HOME AT FIRST'S MAP OF ENGLAND & WALES.

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         The many castles are curiosities standing as mute witnesses to a much less peaceful history when these valleys were rich prizes in ancient wars of conquest and independence, and pawns in the hands of kings and noble families.

CASTLES OF ALL AGES, SIZES, STYLES, AND CONDITIONS ARE SCATTERED ACROSS NORTH YORKSHIRE.
Photo Credits: Bolton Abbey Castle,  Clifford's Tower,
Middleham Castle, and Skipton Castle © HOME AT FIRST.
Castle Howard courtesy www.britainonview.com.
 

        The Yorkshire Dales are about the serendipity of wandering. Whether you wander by car, BY TRAIN, by bike, or on foot, exploring Yorkshire leads to the dιja vu discovery of places old and strange that seem at once new and familiar. Escape from the 21st century? Easily done here.

REWARD YOURSELF: GET LOST IN NORTH YORKSHIRE.
Photo Credits: Dales Hamlet under Big Sky and Sheep & Fells above Wensleydale © HOME AT FIRST. Swaledale landscape, and Bolton Abbey Estate in Wharfedale courtesy www.britainonview.com. Couple in the Ferns high up Ilkley Moor courtesy britainonview - McCormick-McAdam.

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         HOME AT FIRST's cottages are found in villages with characteristic Yorkshire names like Bishop Monkton and Nidderdale. The names suggest accurately the quaint charm and slow pace of the region.

HOME AT FIRST COTTAGE,
BISHOP MONKTON, NORTH YORKSHIRE

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HOME AT FIRST COTTAGE LODGING IN NORTH YORKSHIRE:

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         "Bishop Monkton is one of the most charming villages I've seen in four trips to England. I want to move there and spend every afternoon at the Lamb & Flag pub nursing my pint and talking to the local citizens."
         —G. D. Sutherland, New Hampshire

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IN BISHOP MONKTON, BETWEEN THE YORKSHIRE DALES AND NORTH YORK MOORS NATIONAL PARKS

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        "Our Yorkshire village of Bishop Monkton was charming. Everything comes to a halt when Mother Duck and her family walk down the middle of the road. These walks seemed rather frequent."                                                                      —F. Kirk, North Carolina