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steventilly Says: Eight of us met up in York for a day's sightseeing and a lovely lunch in Betty's, and then I took us all to one of my favourite little villages, Nun Monkton. There's not a lot here, but it's pretty, it's quiet and it has a pub. What more can you want?
sandysmith Says: This laid back country village centres around the green and duck pond. The cottages here looked liked an idyllic place to live - pricey too I should imagine being a short distance away from the historic city of York.
Alice Hawthorn Inn: Absolutely Top Quality!
OllieRAW Says: This is an upmarket pub/restaurant in an upmarket village, refurbished after being closed for two years, and apparently reopened in August 2009. It's overlooking what must be one of the prettiest villages in Yorkshire! I received a fantastic welcome when I arrived, and all...
The Alice Hawthorn: Meat Dishes Rule!
cheekymarieh Says: A traditional country pub with tables outside (in the form of picnic benches). On a hot summer day it was the quiche, chips and salad that appealed to me (as usual the salads on the menu seemed to be a bit pricier than they should be). The side salad on the quiche was quite...
The Alice Hawthorn: The Beautiful Quiche
steventilly Says: This place is famous for its meat and fish dishes and to be honest there's nothing much on the menu for us (veggies) but we love this place so much that we come here time and again. We tend to just have the Quiche (or a sandwich), but the Quiche is nice and so are the chips...
sandysmith Says: Ploughmans and homemade Quiche with chips and salad were popular and portions were generous - so much so that a local cat enjoyed the food from our table too but I'm glad the huge old goose didn't come wandeing over for some grub!
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Nun Monkton is at the end of a dead-end road, off the A59 a few miles out of york (and quite close to the A1). Pretty much the only way to get there is by car, unless you happen to own a boat (see "general" tips).
The fact that it is a dead-end means there's no through traffic (doh) which gives the village it's quiet air. It probably also led to it's demise in some ways because there would surely be an increase in custom for the pub, shop (now gone) etc if there was through traffic.
Updated Jun 15, 2003
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Many villages have a "feast day" at which there are various activities and fetes. The Nun Monkton feast day is to celebrate St. Peter's day, and is usually held on the first Saturday of June. So we missed it by exactly one week.
Next year I'll make an effort to get there on the right day ;-)
Updated Jun 4, 2003
steventilly Says: We got to the village to sit in the pub garden and eat and drink. We were amazed (and disappointed) to find that the pub doesn't open until 6pm (except Sunday when it's open all day). Still, that did give us an hour to look around the village and do te walk to the river.
steventilly Says: Look out for this girl, easily distinguished by the digital camera where once her right eye used to be! :-P
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This whole village is "off the beaten path", lying some 3 miles down a dead end off the main road. There's no passing trade and it's only really visited by people who are "in the know". And there are more of those people now that I've taken my VT friends there ;-)
Written Jun 5, 2003
steventilly Says: After a hard day's sightseeing all you want to do is sit and relax somewhere nice, with good friends and a cold beer.Happy to oblige :-)
steventilly Says: Across the rivers, in the V of the Ouse and the Nidd is Beningborough Hall, a stately home now run by The National Trust. In winter you can see it from here, but in summer the leaves of the trees hide it from view.Across the Ouse only, is Moor Monkton - "twin" village of Nun...
steventilly Says: Here's the confluence of the two rivers. To the right and away into the distance is the Ouse. York is to the right and Newton and Linton is up in the distance. To the left runs the Nidd, which would eventually take us to Knaresborough.This is a popular stopping point for...
steventilly Says: Go up towards the church and turn right towards a rather posh looking garage. At the garage, turn left through a gate and there is a path down to the river.On the way down this path, on the left against a wall, is a marker for the floot heights. At the end of the path is a...
steventilly Says: The church at Nun Monkton is quite unusual. It's also very difficult to photograph because it is surrounded by huge trees. The best I could do is this one of the churchyard.The church is unusual because it is built without aisles or a chancel arch (like I know what one of...
steventilly Says: If the village green and the duckpond are amongst the biggest I have seen, then the maypole is made to match. It stands some 20m tall and is decorated with green & white stripes.Apparently it is no longer used for maypole dancing and is purely decorative.
steventilly Says: The ducks naturally want feeding when you turn up, so it might be a good idea to take some bread along. They'll pester you even if you have no food, so you may as well take some ;-)
steventilly Says: In the middle of the village green (or to one side to be more precise) is the duck pond. The size of some small lakes it is populated by a variety of waterfowl from the usual mallards to muscovy ducks, snow geese and greylag geese (and some strange looking, aggressive cross...
steventilly Says: The focal point of any good English village is the village green. The green at Nun Monkon is some 18 acres and is the biggest that I have ever seen.
Nun Monkton is a small rural village a little way out of York. It is so "typically" English, with it's village green, duck pond, maypole, pub, church and river. Basically all you could hope to find in...
Nun Monkton a sleepy village with its village green and duck pond was the chosen venue for a VT meal after a hard days sightseeing and shopping in historic York. Located some 8 miles out of York.
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