Morton House Masham

29/10/2026

Rare availability for Masham bonfire weekend ... call us to enjoy this fabulous autumn 🍁 tradition and spend sometime in our little town
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07/09/2026

UPDATE: WEEKEND SOLD
So come visit us in October 😉

Last minute weekend availability in Morton House Friday 11th September - don't you deserve a break and Masham?
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01/08/2026

It's Yorkshire's special day!

31/07/2026

Are you looking for something different to experience this Friday? Jervaulx is just a short drive from Masham...

17/07/2026

Jervaulx is certainly a treasure to visit .... make sure you have a little cash for the honesty box when you visit. It's a perfect place for a picnic 🧺 and only 10 mins drive from Masham

For 55 years, our family has cared for this abbey so that everyone can enjoy it. Keeping an ancient ruin safe, alongside over 200 species of wildflowers and a haven for wildlife, takes constant care, hard work and investment.

The sad truth is, more people walk past the honesty box than stop to support it. We only ask for £5 to visit – about the price of a coffee in some places, or a pint. If everyone who enjoyed this special place contributed, it would help ensure it’s here for future generations too.

02/07/2026

Are you looking for a large holiday cottage in Masham or group accommodation in the Yorkshire Dales?

Well you've just found it!

Perfect for family holidays reunions birthday celebrations, walking weekends, cycling, special occasions and just all round relaxing countryside breaks.

We're waiting for you!

13/06/2026

Come and see Masham for yourself 😉

Masham in North Yorkshire has two famous breweries, a market square dating to 1250, and a story of family rivalry that produced some of England's…

05/06/2026

Just a short drive from Masham is the little village of West Tanfield. Take the time to stop and walk through the churchyard to view this tower. It's a lovely quiet spot to enjoy a pretty view and you have two pubs to choose from for a bit of Yorkshire pub grub!

Italy? France? No, it's West Tanfield in the Yorkshire Dales near Masham. You can still visit the lovely 15th century Marmion Tower, once part of the manor house by the River Ure owned by Knight John Marmion, and eventually the brother of Catharine Parr (6th wife of King Henry VIII - the one who survived!) whose house was nearby - but that's a tale for another day...

When you visit the Marmion Tower, look out for the gorgeous, romantic Oriel window on the side, once a lovely place to sit and look out. Inside you'll see the vaulted ceiling, latrine, fireplace, squint to look out into the passage and even a window supposedly designed for dogs to use as a look out!

Close to the Tower is the small village church where you can still see several intricately carved effigies and the remarkable alabaster tombs of John Marmion and his wife, complete with a rare iron framework and candle holders, known as a 'hearse'.

West Tanfield was an important river crossing, once with a ferry and then a ford and finally the imposing current bridge. The power and reach of the monks at Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal, National Trust stretched all the way here, with one of their granges. West Tanfield still has two pubs. The The Bull Inn, West Tanfield has a fine riverside garden, and the former 18th century coaching inn The Bruce Arms serves excellent food.

In the field between the two pubs you'll usually see two grazing donkeys and across the road the wonderful small Tanfield Village Shop which manages to cram in all kinds of tasty treats. Perhaps you can make a picnic and enjoy walking part of the Rowel Ring walk, either going towards Mickley and on to Visit Masham to or towards North Stainley to Visit Ripon

Photo thanks to Richard Kendall

02/06/2026

We visited here not long after I arrived in the UK ... after watching Brideshead Revisited we went to Castle Howard and took in all the grandeur of this fantastic property. And visiting at Christmas 🎄 it's another world. Add it to your list of Yorkshire places to see for yourself 😉

June has arrived and brings with it thousands of red poppies.

The poppies, which can be seen across fields to the south of the House, have returned thanks to cultivation, not using herbicides, and recent hot, dry weather.

We are actively reverting the fields to a species rich parkland landscape, and they will be cut for hay following the nesting season. Over the next few years, we will be lightly grazing the fields with cattle.

📷 Nick Howard

Image description: A vast field of red poppies stretches toward Castle Howard under a partly cloudy sky.