Yorkshire Heart Vineyard

Stick around the countryside for walks and bike rides from here, or get along to market towns like Knaresborough and Harrogate, shopping and heritage cities like York and Leeds or day trips to famed North Yorkshire seaside towns such as Whitby and Scarborough. Yorkshire Heart Vineyard's local village of Nun Monkton, set where the River Ouse joins the Nidd, is a handy base for miles' worth of gentle countryside walks or easy cycling: look out on the village green for the tallest maypole in England too. The Vale of York, North York Moors National Park and Brontë country around Haworth are all top options for nearby hikes. Heaps of historical highlights are all around, such as the fab Minster at York, Castle Howard and its vast gardens, Newby Hall and the National Trust's Nunnington and Beningbrough Halls. For museums and history, the Jorvik Viking Centre in York, the World War II sights and smells at Eden Camp in Malden and the National Railway Museum, also in York, are all good options for family days out. To steam around the Yorkshire countryside (much recommended), take a trip on the award-winning North Yorkshire Moors Railway on its 18-mile puff from Pickering to Whibty, or (and) the Derwent Valley Light Railway, on a gentle three miles around Murton Park.