Holmefield House

Things to Do

• The Rugby Club is 300m away from the house (left out of driveway)

  • The Barons fitness centre contains a sports hall, four squash courts, pickleball and padel courts, and two state of the art gyms and fitness studios.

  • Barons offers classes you can take as a non-member, like yoga and pilates. You can find a timetable here. A day pass to the gym does not require prior booking, but classes and courts do. Bookings can be made by calling reception on 01723 357740 and selecting option 2. 

    • Padel tennis £24 (1 hour court hire)

    • Squash £12 (45 minute court hire)

    • Classes (£7.50 each)

    • Gym pass (£7.50 each)

  • The Rugby Club is home to our town’s excellent rugby team. The team currently plays in the North East One League and has been home to former England players such as Robert Michael Marshall, as far back as 1938. More recently, Zoe Aldcroft and Ben Foden have come through the club.

  • The J.M. Guthrie Clubhouse contains three bars, meeting and function rooms, a snooker room, eight changing rooms and the club shop.

  • Harley’s cafe-bar (no dogs allowed) is on-site and open to the public:

    • Monday – Friday 8am to 10pm

    • Saturday 8.30am to 6pm

    • Sunday 9am to 6pm 

• The Old Railway Line / Cinder Track. The cinder track is accessible from either village or a track at the side of the Rugby Club. The cinder track runs from Scarborough to Whitby and is popular with walkers, cyclists and horse riders.  

• Other Popular Locations. Further afield you will find Whitby (25 min by car) and Scarborough (10 min by car). Robin Hood’s Bay (15-20 minutes away) is a lovely little village between here and Whitby. It is at the end of the Wainwright Walk and an old smugglers’ village nestled into the cliffs provides charming sea views and lovely walks.  

Popular attractions in Scarborough 

• Sea Life Centre   

• North Bay Miniature Railway

• Peasholm Park  

• Alpamare water park 

• Scarborough Open Air Theatre, where regular international artists perform throughout the summer, also hosts a high ropes course. The Plough pub in Scalby offers a transport service to/from the theatre. 

• Scarborough’s South Bay – here you will find the harbour and arcades and amusements usually associated with a seaside resort.

Popular attractions around the area

• Hayburn Wyke Waterfall – lovely walk down to the waterfall and pub restaurant 

• Falling Foss 

• Whitby Abbey 

• Whitby – replica of the Endeavour 

• Whitby Jet shopping 

• North Yorkshire Moors 

• Forge Valley 

• Wykeham Lakes water park 

• Dalby Forest

• North Yorkshire Moors Steam Railway 

• Castle Howard 

• Flamingo Land 

• 40 miles to the Walled City of York 

Local Transport 

Bus. The X93 stops directly outside the property, and the bus stop is called “Scalby Holmefield”. You can find timetables, plan your journey and pre-purchase tickets at https://arrivabus.co.uk/ 

The bus serves a number amazing local areas to visit including:  

• Scarborough (10-15 minutes) 

• Burniston 

• Cloughton 

• Robin Hood’s Bay (25 minutes) 

• Whitby (45 minutes) 

• Scaling Reservoir 

• Middlesborough 

Taxis

Scarborough has a number of reliable and affordable taxi services. There are also a couple of taxi ranks in the town centre which are well serviced in the evenings. Here are a few that you can call:  

• Scalby Taxis 01723 501500

• Nippy Taxis – 01723 377377 

• Boro Taxis – 01723 361111 

• Station Taxis – 01723 366366 

• Beeline – 01723 366666 

• A1 Airport Taxis – 01723 365841