Welcome to Low Penhowe

Great news! We have just been selected as Yorkshire's finalist for 'Guest Accommodation' of the Year and the 'Taste of Yorkshire' finalist for our breakfasts and to cap it all, our website has been chosen a finalist for Tourism Website of the Year!

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"Anyone visiting Low Penhowe Bed and Breakfast can be assured of a warm welcome and a truly comfortable stay."

‘Low Penhowe’ is old Yorkshire dialect for ‘the sheep pen on a hill’. Today, the house has been described as “a very elegant home” by the English Tourist Council, which has awarded owners Philippa and Christopher Turner the Council’s 5 Stars and the Gold award for their outstanding Yorkshire B&B. For the last three years we have been awarded “Yorkshire Finalist for Guest Accommodation of the Year”

A traditional Yorkshire stone-built farmhouse, with stunning views overlooking the Howardian Hills, Yorkshire Wolds and across to the North Yorkshire Moors, the house makes an idyllic spot for a quiet few nights away.

Low Penhowe is also the perfect location for anyone wishing to enter into the hustle and bustle of York, while enjoying the peace and tranquillity of rural England.

2007 FINALIST
Guest Accommodation of the Year
Tourism Website of the Year
Yorkshire Breakfast Champion - Finalist

2006 WINNER
UK Breakfast Champions

2006 FINALIST
Guest Accommodation of the Year
Taste of Yorkshire Awards
Tourism Website of the Year

2005 WINNER
Tourism Website of the Year
FINALIST
Guest Accommodation of the Year

We pride ourselves on the excellence of our Aga cooked breakfasts, offering a variety of local and homemade produce. Enjoy a selection of our own free-range eggs, and from our butcher, locally cured bacon, black pudding and sausages. Even the tomatoes and mushrooms are all sourced locally. As an alternative our guests are able to enjoy locally smoked kippers, smoked salmon with scrambled eggs and home roasted York ham with poached eggs. To finish off your breakfast we offer homemade marmalade and jams, home baked bread and honey from village farms. We are proud to have been awarded our “Deliciously Yorkshire Breakfast” seal of approval for our commitment to the promotion of delicious, healthy breakfasts using regional produce!

Our Bed and Breakfast guests are spoilt for choice when it comes to eating out within easy reach of Low Penhowe. There are 4 excellent pubs, all within 3 miles! The Stone Trough Inn at Kirkham, recommended in “The Good Pub Guide”, is a country inn that offers the ideal combination of a traditional pub and elegant restaurant, over the years has won many awards for its food. The Bay Horse Inn at Burythorpe has been recently renovated throughout and is now a warm and welcoming local pub and restaurant. The Jolly Farmers at Leavening, also mentioned in The Good Pub Guide is a good local pub situated in the heart of the village and offers a good selection of local home cooked dishes combined with a friendly welcoming atmosphere typical to North Yorkshire. The Blacksmiths Inn at Westow, has been completely renovated and again offers a combination of a village pub and restaurant.

North Yorkshire has been crowned Garden of England. The county was praised for "breathtaking countryside" like the Yorkshire Dales and the quality of its stately homes, such as Castle Howard near York.

From Low Penhowe our bed and breakfast guests are within easy reach of some of Yorkshire’s finest attractions which include Market towns of Malton, Pickering, Helmsley, Pocklington, Driffield and Beverley; Stately homes and houses of Castle Howard, Duncombe Park, Hovingham Hall, Sledmere House, Fairfax House, Burton Constable Hall, Newby Hall, Sutton Park and Burton Agnes Hall; National Trust properties of Nunnington Hall, Beningbrough Hall, Treasurer’s House, and Rievaulx Terrace; Seaside towns of Whitby, Scarborough, Filey, Bridlington and Robins Hood Bay; the RSPB nature reserve at Bempton; English Heritage Castles of Pickering, Scarborough, Helmsley and Clifford’s Tower, and Abbeys of Rievaulx, Byland, Whitby and Kirkham; Cathedrals, known as Minsters in Yorkshire, including York Minster, Beverley Minster and St Gregory’s Minster; Gardens of Burton Agnes Hall which recently won ‘Garden of the Year Award’, RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Helmsley Walled Garden, The Walled Garden at Scampston, Wytherstone Gardens, Jackson Wold Garden and Burnby Hall Gardens; Museums including Eden Camp, National Railway Museum, Yorkshire Air Museum, Jorvick Museum, Ryedale Folk Museum, Beck Isle Museum, Malton Museum, York Castle Museum and Captain Cook Memorial Museum; North Yorkshire Moors National Park, including Goathland, better known as Aidensfield for those who watch the TV series Heartbeat and the North Yorkshire Moors Steam Railway; Horse Racing, York, Thirsk, Ripon and Beverley Racecourses; Newest attraction, The Norwich Union Yorkshire Wheel located at the national Railway Museum in York.

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