Jasmine Cottage is an <b>ideal base to explore the Yorkshire Dales</b> with Masham and Leyburn only a short drive away. The Cottage is also ideally located for visits to <b>Ripon, York, Harrogate, and the North Yorkshire Moors. </b> Yorkshire’s east coast resorts of Whitby and Scarborough are also about 1 hour’s drive away, and well worth a day trip out. There are several racecourses within easy reach including Ripon, Catterick, Thirsk and York.