Westwood Lodge Ilkley Moor News: September 2013

Monday, 23 September 2013

Ilkley Literature Festival Tickets still available (as at 23rd September)!

Tickets still available for over 150 exciting events including Peter Snow, Kirsty Wark, Duncan Bannatyne, Kate Humble, Douglas Hurd, Simon Armitage, Melvyn Bragg, Barry Norman, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and many more...

Buy your tickets online: www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk

Or by phone via our Box Office: 01943 816714

Thursday, 19 September 2013

Ilkley Literature Festival Short Break Accommodation (better than hotels, guest houses or B&B)

LATEST from Westwood Lodge, Ilkley Moor - we've still got accommodation availability for key Festival dates. If you're coming to the Ilkley Literature Festival (4th to 20th October 2013), we've now reduced the prices of most remaining dates too! We are Ilkley's ONLY Five Star and Four Star Gold Award self-catering properties and we are within walking distance of ALL Ilkley Literature Festival key venues.

3-night short breaks for two from just £269, when booked online! Click here for current availability and prices.

Are the big hotels (often miles away!) just too impersonal? Will a B and B (usually without the breakfast bit these days!) not hit your spot? How about a short break in one of our FIVE STAR apartments, either on your own or with your significant other?

Or why not bring the family for a few days in the Dales and book one of our Four Star Gold Award cottages?

There are still some great Festival tickets to be had, so book soon! Click here to go straight to the Festival!

The Top Places to Eat and Drink, as chosen by YOU!

Emporio Italia, Railway Road - friendly place with a true Italian feel. No longer open in the evening.
Quinta - Mediterranean cuisine - Wells Road
The Vine off main car park - small and friendly Italian
The Swan (Addingham) - great reviews! The best of the surviving Addingham pubs
The Timble Inn, Timble - 20 minute drive but beautifully restored village pub - now almost totally food focused
La Casita - now on Cunliffe Road - top quality (but salty!) Spanish-style tapas
Betty's Tea Rooms, The Grove - expensive, but the crowds just keep coming!
The Wheatley Arms, Ben Rhydding - great food , especially the Early Bird menu
Friends of Ham - Wells Road - sharing platters
The Angel, Hetton - not cheap, but worth driving there and splashing out!
Bistro Pierre at The Crescent Inn, Brook Street - popular buzzing place with great bar
The Box Tree, Church Street - If only a lapsed Michelin star will meet your needs - you must go!
The Veggie - daytime only though
Bah't at Ale and Wine Bar, Cunliffe Road - much more of an ale house than a wine bar!
Joel's Bar and Kitchen (was Host) - latest Monkman venture run by Chris's son Joel
Pranzos - moved from Ben Rhydding to the main car park in Ilkley
The Ilkley Cow, New Brook Street - replaced long-time favourite Farsyde
Pizza Express, Ilkley Station - it's a chain, but for families, it's hard to beat!

20 Things you MUST do!

Sing "On Ilkley Moor Baht' at" outside our gates
Orienteer or Geocache on Ilkley Moor
Pop into The Toy Museum or try the new Climbing Wall!
Take afternoon tea at Betty's
Visit the World Heritage site at Saltaire
Walk to the Cow and Calf Rocks
Head into Bradford for a curry or a theatre trip to the majestic Alhambra
Bask at Ilkley Lido on a sunny day
Visit the limestone wonder of Malham Cove or the powerful Ingleton Waterfalls
Wander around the bluebell woods at Middleton in April
Take a ride on the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway
Shop at Harvey Nicks in Leeds
Walk part of The Dalesway long distance path
Climb up Brimham Rocks
Take the train to York - pretend to be an overseas tourist (or a British one if you really are!)
Play games and learn at Eureka (if you're between 5 and 95!)
Take a day return on the Settle- Carlisle railway but get off en-route to take in the scenery and small towns. Garsdale Head or Dent are best
Run wild around the ramparts of Skipton Castle
Wander around the RHS Harlow Carr Gardens