Hotels in High Marishes

High Marishes makes a peaceful, low-key base for a North Yorkshire hotel stay, trading the crowds of the coast and the honeypot villages for wide-open Vale of Pickering farmland within easy reach of both. There is no hotel in the hamlet itself, but Malton and Pickering, both a short drive away, offer a good choice of traditional coaching inns, small independent hotels and characterful B&Bs, many set in historic buildings in the heart of their respective market towns. Malton in particular has become known for its food scene, so a stay there pairs well with evenings spent at its restaurants and Talbot Yard producers after days out exploring the surrounding countryside.

Staying in this part of the vale suits visitors who want a genuinely rural North Yorkshire base rather than a coastal or moorland one. From here it is an easy drive to Castle Howard, the North Yorkshire Moors Railway at Pickering, the Ryedale Folk Museum, and the southern edge of the North York Moors National Park, as well as York itself for a day of city sightseeing. Hotels in Malton and Pickering tend to be smaller and more personal than in bigger tourist towns, and prices are generally more reasonable than equivalent stays in Whitby, Scarborough or York city centre, particularly outside the summer peak.