Knaresborough Holidays

UK holidays are cool again and there's plenty to do around Knaresborough in Yorkshire. For relaxing walks, try the banks of the River Nidd, or the town's many ancient walkways, cobbled alleys and secret passages. Or take a trip to Mother Shipton's cave, England's oldest attraction and the birthplace of the ancient prophetess. No trip to Knaresborough could pass without a visit to the castle. On top of a huge cliff, Knaresborough Castle has a spectacular view of the River Nidd and Forest of Knaresborough. There's a keep where Richard II was believed to have been imprisoned, a dungeon and sallyport. The 14th-century Courthouse is also worth a visit, with its museum featuring original Tudor furniture and exhibition on the civil war. On your Knaresborough holidays, you should also visit the chapel of our Lady of the Crag, and Conyngham Hall, with its range of family activities. Watch out, too, for a variety of music, from folk to blues, at Knaresborough Festival each summer.

On your UK holidays around Knaresborough, the fantastic North Yorkshire scenery makes for superb hiking, mountain-biking and horse-riding country. Beyond that, though, there's plenty more to do. Your Knaresborough holidays shouldn't pass without trip to the great theme parks of Flamingo Land and Lightwater Valley. Or how about castles and abbeys such as Bolton Abbey Estate, Helmsley Castle, or Rievaulx, one of the most complete and majestic abbey ruins in the UK? If you love railways, try the steam ones at Embsay and Bolton Abbey, Keighley and Worth Valley or the North York Moors. For a spectacular train ride, try the 72-mile Settle to Carlisle railway, taking in the Yorkshire Dales, the Ribblehead Viaduct, tunnels, lush rolling hills and buzzing market towns.

On your UK holidays around Knaresborough, accommodation options from directline-holidays include country caravans and lodges. Holiday lodges in Knaresborough tend to be set in small groups. They're comfortable and well-equipped and often near to rural regions of special interest. Whether your UK holidays in Knaresborough are all about romance or getting away with the family, there's a country lodge for you, often with a private hot tub. Directline-holidays caravan holidays in Knaresborough offer pleasant, well-serviced camping and caravan park holidays in Yorkshire with lots of facilities, like swimming pools, shops and even boating lakes.