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The Boot Room

Ripon, North Yorkshire
The exterior of The Boot Room and Whitefields Cottage, Ripon, Yorkshire
The exterior of The Boot Room, Ripon, Yorkshire
The exterior of The Boot Room, Ripon, Yorkshire
The kitchen at The Boot Room, Ripon, Yorkshire
The kitchen of The Boot Room, Ripon, Yorkshire
The kitchen at The Boot Room, Ripon, Yorkshire
The kitchen at The Boot Room, Ripon, Yorkshire
The kitchen at The Boot Room, Ripon, Yorkshire
The double bedroom at The Boot Room, Ripon, Yorkshire
The double bedroom at The Boot Room, Ripon, Yorkshire
The double bedroom at The Boot Room, Ripon, Yorkshire
The shower room at The Boot Room, Ripon, Yorkshire
The exterior of The Boot Room, Ripon, Yorkshire
The local views at The Boot Room, Ripon, Yorkshire
The local views at The Boot Room, Ripon, Yorkshire
The local views at The Boot Room, Ripon, Yorkshire
Sika deer in Studley Royal deer park
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At-a-glance details

  • Guests 2
  • Bedrooms 1
  • Preferred changeover day Friday
  • Minimum stay 3 nights
  • Number of dogs welcome 1
  • Acorn rating 2 What's this?
  • Reference 020034
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About The Boot Room

Explore the dramatic moorland and beaches of Yorkshire from this rustic cottage on Fountains Estate.

In the far corner of Studley Royal deer park, The Boot Room is our newest hideaway. Once used as part of an outbuilding by the estate gamekeepers, it has been converted into a compact holiday cottage. Inside, the cottage has been designed for practical comfort with a basic kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. Its location on Fountains Estate makes it the perfect base for two people on a walking break. The Boot Room can also be booked with the adjoining Whitefields Cottage.

Enjoy free access to wander across the 700 acres of the busy Studley Royal deer park from the doorstep. Staying here really gives you the opportunity to experience life in a working deer park. You’ll also have the privilege of your own key to experience the atmospheric ruins of Fountains Abbey and the beautiful water gardens of this World Heritage Site when our day visitors have left.

A 10-minute drive from the cottage takes you Ripon town centre where you’ll find plenty of independent shops, restaurants and pubs. If you want to go further afield, it’s about an hour’s drive into the windswept wilds of the Yorkshire Dales, where there are trails to suit every type of walker. Or you could head to the sandy beaches at Whitby and Robin Hood’s Bay.

Why book with us?

  • Unrivalled locations
  • Free entry to our places
  • Award-winning customer service
  • Help us care for nature, beauty and history

Our Covid promise

  • Postpone or refund with no admin fee
  • Enhanced cleaning regime
  • Discover more about our Covid promise

Features and facilities

  • Cot & high chair not available
  • Microwave available
  • Fridge available
  • Freezer not available
  • Dishwasher not available
  • Washing machine available
  • Tumble dryer available
  • Telephone not available
  • Television available
  • DVD available
  • WiFi* available
  • Open fire / wood burner not available
  • Garden not available
  • BBQ not available

Accessibility

Not accessible

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Layout

  • Ground floor

    Enter the kitchen through the glass windowed stable door. On the right is a doorway to a double bedroom with a small seating area and en-suite shower room.

Notes for guests

Access: The accessibility guide is for guidance only. For up to date photos, please see the images on the webpage.

Heating: Calor gas heating throughout the cottage.

Parking: There is ample parking space for 4-6 vehicles in an area just below Whitefields Cottage garden, approximately 150m away from the cottage.
 
Garden: There is a small cobbled yard with enough seating for two people. The area is used by members of staff to access their accommodation over some periods of the year.

Offers: Holiday cottage guests have free access to Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Estate during opening hours and after hours until dusk once the public have gone home. This is with the exception of Fridays in November, December and January when the estate is closed on Fridays.

Guests will benefit from a late Sunday checkout at 4pm.

Cooking: There is a microwave and a Baby Belling (small oven with 2 hobs) for guests to cook with.

Please note: The cottage backs onto the B6265 main road.

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Abbey in autumn with kids throwing leaves

Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden

Ancient abbey ruins and an awe-inspiring water garden at this World Heritage Site
Brimham Rocks Autumn landscape

Brimham Rocks

Explore dramatic moorland rock formations
Braithwaite Hall in the Yorkshire Dales

Braithwaite Hall

17th-century farmhouse in beautiful Coverdale
A row of golden leaved trees with a red brick hall in the distance

Beningbrough Hall, Gallery and Gardens

A place of reinvention; evolving gardens and changing art exhibitions
Visitors enjoying Mount Grace Priory house and garden on a sunny summer's day

Mount Grace Priory

Ruin of a 14th-century Carthusian priory
Rievaulx Terrce in autumn colours

Rievaulx Terrace

One of Yorkshire's finest 18th-century landscape gardens, containing two temples

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About the Acorn rating

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To help find the best cottage for you, we have created our own quality rating system for our holiday cottages called the Acorn rating. Ranging from 1-5 Acorns, the rating gives you an indication of a property’s facilities, fixtures and fittings, with five being the highest quality level. The Acorn rating is not connected to any other industry rating system that may be used for holiday cottages and is only to be used as a guide that covers location, style of interior and the facilities you may be looking for. We do not set our cottage pricing based on the Acorn rating we have given a cottage as all our cottages are of an individual nature. Therefore, we recommend that all factors are considered when making your choice. In addition, some of our cottages are curated to be sympathetic to their time period. This means that they might not have all of the aspects of modern living, but impress in so many other ways.

1 Acorn: simple living accommodation with basic furniture and fixtures fit for purpose and clean. Running water and a toilet are provided. There could be some limitations to heating and washing facilities – details of these will be stated clearly on the cottage's webpage. Bedding, linen and towels are supplied with a few exceptions, which are again clearly stated). Facilities for basic catering and living are provided. In general, a 1 Acorn cottage does not have WiFi.

2 Acorn: a mid-quality range of furniture and fittings. Bathroom facilities are basic or there may be a high number of guests to bathroom ratio depending on the size of the cottage. Very few 2 Acorn cottages have WiFi and the kitchen white goods and washing facilities are basic. Bedding, linen and towels are supplied in all 2-5 Acorn cottages.

3 Acorn: a good, standard offer. Generally it is correctly proportioned for the number of guests but could have a few compromises, for example a small kitchen, or a lower bathroom to guest ratio. The variety of white goods available will be better than a 2 Acorn cottage.

4 Acorn: these cottages have more premium furniture, fittings and lighting. Additionally the ratio of bathrooms to guests is likely to be higher, and the bathrooms would be more likely to have separate and spacious showers instead of showers over baths.

5 Acorn: a luxury accommodation offer with very few limiting factors. This is the highest offer available. It is well-equipped and has spacious facilities throughout the cottage or is set within an extraordinary location or building. The furniture is of a high standard, and has real comfort for modern living.

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