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The Boot Room

The exterior of The Boot Room, Ripon, Yorkshire
The exterior of The Boot Room, Yorkshire | © National Trust / Chris Lacey
The kitchen at The Boot Room, Ripon, Yorkshire
The kitchen of The Boot Room, Ripon, Yorkshire

The Boot Room

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

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The kitchen at The Boot Room, Ripon, Yorkshire
The kitchen of The Boot Room, Ripon, Yorkshire
The exterior of The Boot Room, Ripon, Yorkshire
The double bedroom at The Boot Room, Ripon, Yorkshire
The shower room 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

© National Trust / Chris Lacey

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

  • Guests

    2

    Bedrooms

    1

    Acorn rating

    2What's this?

    Number of dogs welcome

    1

    Reference

    020034

    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 to 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.

    • Wi-Fi, available
    • Garden, not available
    • EV charging, not available
    • Fridge, available
    • Freezer, not available
    • Microwave, available
    • Open fire / wood burner, not available
    • Television, available
    • DVD, available
    • Washing machine, available
    • Dishwasher, not available
    • Tumble dryer, available
    • Cot & high chair, not available

Book together

There are three cottages in and around the deer park, which can be booked together for groups of up to 18 guests. There are 14 cottages overall at Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal.

A view of the exterior of Choristers' House in winter, Yorkshire

Choristers' House 

A striking Grade II listed house in the middle of Studley Royal deer park. Sleeps 10.

The garden at Whitefields Cottage, Ripon, Yorkshire

Whitefields Cottage 

This cottage, on the edge of Studley Royal deer park and next to The Boot Room, has a Yorkshire farmhouse feel. Sleeps six, dog friendly.

The exterior of The Boot Room, Ripon, Yorkshire

The Boot Room 

A tiny cottage in corner of Studley Royal deer park, next to Whitefields Cottage. Sleeps two, dog friendly.

View all of the cottages at Fountains Abbey 

Image: Fountains Hall, which houses two holiday apartments, Proctor and Vyner.

A view of Proctor apartment, within Fountains Hall, North Yorkshire

Things to see and do at Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal

Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden 

Ancient abbey ruins and an awe-inspiring water garden at this World Heritage Site

Ripon, North Yorkshire

Fully open today
Autumn colour fills the landscape from the Studley water garden to Fountains Abbey

Things to do at Fountains Abbey 

The ruins of Fountains Abbey are truly something to behold. Discover what to see when you come face to face with some of the oldest abbey ruins in the country.

Two visitors walking through the grounds of Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal with the abbey ruins in the background

Fountains Abbey Estate Boundary walk 

Yorkshire

See all the highlights of Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal on a circular walk, taking in the Abbey ruins, hall, deer park and 18th-century water garden.

Activities
Walking
DistanceMiles: 5 (km: 8)
Autumn colour fills the landscape from the Studley water garden to Fountains Abbey

Light up your evening at Fountains by Floodlight 

Make memories this autumn racing through the abbey glow in the quiet of the autumn night. Create shapes in the shadows and hear the crunch of your footsteps echo through the ruins on a late-night adventure you won’t forget!

Fountains Abbey is aglow with lights from the East Green

Exploring the area

Brimham Rocks 

Explore dramatic moorland rock formations

Harrogate, North Yorkshire

Fully open today
A couple walk along the accessible paths at Brimham rocks on an autumnal morning

Treasurer's House, York 

Step inside this house of contradictions in the centre of York

York, North Yorkshire

Fully open today
Stone house with a lawn and fountain in the foreground

Yorkshire Dales 

Enjoy picturesque villages, drystone walls, flower filled hay meadows and the characteristic rolling hills of the Dales.

Settle, North Yorkshire

Fully open today
Janet's Foss wetland site on the Malham Tarn Estate in the Yorkshire Dales in autumn

Beningbrough 

Art exhibitions, history, and evolving gardens in the Yorkshire countryside

York, North Yorkshire

Fully open today
The south front of Beningbrough Hall showing a large green lawn

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