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Location of The Shippon, Newton-le-Willows.

If using Sat-Nav the postcode DL8 1TG will bring you to the cottage.

Kiplin hall snowdrops

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Come and stay in wonderful Yorkshire, where a warm welcome always awaits you.

The Shippon is close to the village of  Newton-le-Willows and an area of Outstanding National Beauty.  The charming market town of Bedale is only 4 miles away and it is surrounded by exceptional Yorkshire attractions.  Here in Wensleydale is the Creamery at Hawes, home of Wallace and Gromit Cheese; Hawes Ropemakers; the renowned Hardraw Force and Aysgarth Falls; Bolton Castle where Mary Queen of Scots was held prisoner; Middleham Castle, favourite of Richard lll; the Forbidden Corner; Tennants, the largest auction House in Europe with exhibitions and galleries; views from your train window on the heritage Wensleydale Railway; a tour of the Black Sheep or Theakston's Brewery at Masham; a stroll around peaceful, privately owned Jervaulx Abbey followed by a visit to the Tea Room; for garden lovers we have Constable Burton Hall Gardens, Thorpe Perrow Arboretum and Newby Hall;  not to mention breathtaking scenery, magnificent walks and fantastic village pubs, restaurants and tea rooms. 

Masham sheep fair
Wensleydale
local beer
sheep
Flower meadows
Jervaux Abbey

Further afield are more outstanding attractions.  Beautiful, wild Swaledale with historic Richmond and its Norman Castle, the Georgian Theatre Royal and Museum, the Green Howards Regimental Museum, Easby Abbey and the River Swale and falls. 

Richmond castle
Fountains Abbey

The world heritage site of Fountains Abbey, Castle Howard, and less than an hour away the treasures of York and Durham.

waterfall
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