Deer Park House

Name: Deer Park House
Address: York, YO178HW, GB
Telephone: +447790407115
Price range: £££

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A North Yorkshire holiday home for free range families, + pets🐕! Loads of living space, secure garden & parkland🌳 to play in. Parking for 6 cars.

Sleeps 10 (2 double beds, 2 twin/super kings, 2 single rooms) with step free bed & bathroom. 3 bathrooms. Deer Park (aka The Gothick House) is a much loved family holiday home in 20 acres of Capability Brown park. From spring 2015 you will be able to rent Deer Park for your own holidays. The house sleeps 11 comfortably, in four double bedrooms and three singles, with three bathrooms. There is a large farmhouse kitchen, breakfast room, comfortable sitting room with woodburner, dining room and amazing 18th drawing room with views across the park. Guests are welcome to use the park as their own: great for hide and seek, tree climbing, den making, stream paddling and generally messing about. Or simply sit quiet and watch the amazing variety of wildlife that a historic park supports. For days out, Deer Park, on the edge of the beautiful Yorkshire Wolds, is less than 30 minutes from a huge range of family attractions (Castle Howard, Flamingo Land, Pickering Steam Railway, Eden Camp, Sledmere House) the Yorkshire Coast, York and its many attractions, and excellent walking, riding and cycling (The North Yorks Moors, The Wolds). See www.thegothickhouse.com for more information, pricing and availability. We look forward to meeting you!

03/11/2026

Winter is coming!

Frozen mornings, misty walks, beautiful woods, well earned cakes in a warm cafe, spectacular sunsets, warm lights in the house as you get home.

It's also brilliant time for a great value break...we have a couple of weekends left Deer Park House in December (not to mention Christmas week) so do get in touch for details!

- sleeps 10 (with 3 bathrooms)
- short drive from Yorkshire coast, moors, in the heart of the Yorkshire Wolds
- ground floor bedroom and bathroom
- dogs welcome (but downstairs if you don't mind)
- parking for six cars
- choose from huge kitchen diner or formal dining room for your dinner
- 3 living rooms (cosy sitting room, grand drawing room, useful breakfast room)
- cots, baby gates, baby chairs on site
- Airbnb superhost with more than 100 5* reviews. But you can save £££s booking direct.

Do get in touch if you'd like to know more about available dates and rates

Hermione x

01/11/2026

Christmas on your mind? Hoping to get the family together without the stress of hosting at home?

In a last minute change of plan we are releasing the Christmas dates for Deer Park House, so if you haven't quite found the perfect venue take a look!

Some things that make Deer Park a great place for a special family gathering:

It’s is a beautiful, spacious house set in 20 acres of private ‘Capability Brown’ parkland, with stunning views across the North Yorkshire countryside. An enclosed garden, very peaceful and surrounded by acres of space for you to roam, watch wildlife, run and walk off Christmas feasting!

Inside, the house is large, welcoming and practical for every generation of the family; with a huge kitchen diner, two sitting rooms, a grand octagonal dining room and step step free access to a ground floor bedroom and bathroom.

🛌We can sleep 10 people in two double bedrooms, two twin (or superking) bedrooms and two single bedrooms

3 bathrooms (two upstairs, one downstairs)

🐕 Dogs welcome (but downstairs if you don’t mind): an enclosed garden for them to romp in while you enjoy a glass of w**e. 20 acres of parkland where you can walk them, then miles of footpaths beyond that

🚗Parking for up to six cars (and Santa’s sleigh)

🍾 For the Christmas dinner choose from the kitchen table or the grand dining room - both will seat 10 comfortably, plus baby seats.

👼Cots, baby seats and stair gates available if you need them

⭐️Airbnb superhost, more than 100 five star reviews. But you can save £££ by booking direct

🌳Outside, the beautiful Scampston Hall gardens and cafe are a gentle stroll across the park. A pleasant green lane walk will take you to Rillington which has two pubs, a chippy and village store. The Yorkshire Moors, Scarborough and all of the best of North Yorkshire is within a 30 minute drive.

Do have a look at our page (Deer Park House) from there you can message me. Or comment below if you’d like to ask a question or to book.

Hermione x.

PS New Year dates are also available.

29/08/2026

Holiday moments no.3: you set out from the house for an adventure!

Maybe you want a 'walk from the door' outing - take your pick from family friendly fun at Woldies, gorgeous gardens and bakes in Scampston or miles of downland walking on the Wolds Way.

Or maybe you want to go further afield? Trips to the beach (caves or sand? Flamborough or Scaborough?), to the forests and moors 20 minutes away past Pickering. Or perhaps you want some shopping and culture in York.

There's so much to do a week may not be enough - let us know your favourite Yorkshire outings in the comments below😍

Hermione

18/08/2026

A quick question - What's the first thing you pack to go on holiday with your dog?

At Deer Park House we need to upgrade our 'don't forget the doggies' cupboard, so that owners don't have to fret about forgetting leads / poo bags / some toys / dog towels.

There might be some other things I'm missing, so please do share what are the essentials that make a holiday with your dog fun and relaxed? Let us know in the comments.

Hermione x

18/08/2026

A quick question - What's the first thing you pack to go on holiday with your dog?

At Deer Park House we need to upgrade our 'don't forget the doggies' cupboard, so that owners don't have to fret about forgetting leads / poo bags / a few toys / dog towels.

There might be some other things I'm missing, so please do share what are the essentials that make a holiday with your dog fun and relaxed? Let us know in the comments.

Hermione x

16/08/2026

Does anyone know their dragonflies?

The historic park at Deer Park House has always had lots of great insects; beautiful butterflies and moths, endless grasshoppers in the summer.

But this absolute unit turned up next door last week at Woldies and I think we might have gone back in time to when dragonflies were a foot long.

And just when I thought the insect excitement was over we saw our first hummingbird hawk moth in the garden. Absolutely gorgeous with his grumpy little face.

Please tag in anyone who likes their insects!

(And if you would like to spend some time in the middle of all of these wildlife riches, we still have some short breaks left in Sept. Message me for details).

14/08/2026

Gorgeous eclipse picture taken by one of our lovely neighbours at [Deer Park House](1540266062866929).

Am I the only person who spends lots of time on holiday watching the sky? Sitting outside, listening to family chat, checking out the sunset or the stars. When we're all so busy sometimes a chance to stop and look up is the most valuable thing we can give ourselves.

For more big skies (and stargazing) we have some weekend breaks remaining before the end of the year. Winter, summer, night or day, there's always something to see - do drop me a line to check availability.

14/08/2026

Gorgeous eclipse picture taken by one of our lovely neighbours at Deer Park House.

Am I the only person who spends lots of time on holiday watching the sky? Sitting outside, listening to family chat, checking out the sunset or the stars. When we're all so busy sometimes a chance to stop and look up is the most valuable thing we can give ourselves.

For more big skies (and stargazing) we have some weekend breaks remaining before the end of the year. Winter, summer, night or day, there's always something to see - do drop me a line to check availability.

10/08/2026

Looking for somewhere to get away from the heat?

When not running Deer Park, my life is spent monitoring what works to make housing more comfortable and energy efficient. This year - not surprisingly - it's all been about how to keep homes cool.

So, if you're booking a summer house in the UK, here are three, science based, tips for you to book the comfortable house and reduce your risk of hot, sticky and sleepless nights:

1. look for an older building, especially stone or brick. They often have higher ceilings, better ventilation and more 'thermal mass' which holds the cool for longer.
2. check you will be able to open windows or doors over night. 'Purge' ventilation (getting cold air in the house after dark) is vital to reset the temperature before the next hot day. Check your rental isn't in a location (like a busy road) where you won't be able to do this.
3.is there green space around the house? Gardens, trees, even a vine, plants are very effective at reducing temperature, even more so than man made shading.

Several guests at Deer Park this year have been very grateful for the cooler nights we get in North Yorkshire, but even if you're looking for something a lot smaller bear these rules in mind and hopefully you will get a truly relaxing break.

Hermione x

07/08/2026

Oh my days...LOOK at the cakes at Scampston Bakery.

Sticky orange and double Belgian chocolate, anyone?😍

You can get to the bakery with a beautiful 40 minute stroll across Scampston Park. Work up an appetite, buy yourself some lovely cake, take it home and eat it in the upstairs drawing room just like they did in the 1780s.

We've got late summer and autumn dates available at Deer Park House for anyone who wants to sample the best of Yorkshire bakery. Tag in a friend who's a cake lover!

Hermione x

Address

York
YO178HW

Telephone

+447790407115

Website

http://www.thegothickhouse.com/

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