Broom House at Egton Bridge

About Broom House at Egton Bridge

Broom House sits a quarter of a mile from the village of Egton Bridge, deep in the Esk Valley and about eight miles inland from Whitby. It is a family home first and a guest house second, with seven en-suite rooms, a breakfast room that opens onto a long garden and a guest lounge with an open fire, board games and an honesty bar.

Breakfast is the strong suit, built around local eggs, Whitby kippers and bread baked on the premises, and the owners are a reliable source of advice on which moorland paths are worth doing in which weather. The Good Hotel Guide has listed it among its best British boltholes and it holds a long run of Tripadvisor awards.

Egton Bridge is a genuinely good place to be stranded. The Esk Valley Line stops in the village, which means you can take the train to Grosmont, connect onto the steam railway and get back without moving the car. The village has two pubs, the annual Gooseberry Show in August, and stepping stones across the river. Whitby, Goathland and the northern moors are all within twenty minutes.