Whitby, United Kingdom

Saltmoore

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Style

Perfectly seasoned des-res

Setting

Moor-backdropped coast

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Sartorial Saltmoore shines like a beacon between North Yorkshire’s heather-carpeted moors and rugged coastline. This picture-perfect retreat brings together a fetching setting — a lake-stamped estate that’s a stroll from Sandsend Beach — and enviable, romance-inspiring interiors. A holistic spa restores with a view-blessed pool and pink-salt sauna, and a clutch of eateries whip up superlative, seasonal dining. Despite its saline setting (and name), Saltmoore hits all the sweet spots.

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A cryotherapy treatment for two, and a 20 per cent discount at the spa

Facilities

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Need to know

Rooms

72, including seven suites.

Check–Out

11am; check-in, 3pm. Both are flexible on request, subject to availability and an extra charge.

More details

Rates at Saltmoore usually exclude breakfast, which is available for £25 each.

Also

One Divine and two Coastal Classic rooms are accessible for guests with reduced mobility as they have adapted bathrooms. The hotel can also provide Deafgards on request.

At the hotel

Gym and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: smart TV, Roberts radio, tea- and coffee-making kit, minibar, free bottled water, bathrobes, slippers and Wildsmith Skin bath products.

Our favourite rooms

Saltmoore takes palette cues from its rugged natural surroundings: each individually styled room is a canvas of earthy ecru, fern green, sea blue or gorse-like gold. Roost in the Nest Suite, which is set in Saltmoore House’s historic hall; it’s a meditative space with a cosy reading nook, orchard views and a freestanding nickel bath. There’s a nautical edge to the Saltwick Suite with its Beach House setting, seafoam-hued shiplap panelling and bath tub set under the bay windows. The Coastal Classic with Outdoor Bath is primed for alfresco soaks that overlook the lawn.

Poolside

There’s a forest-bathing feel to the indoor spa pool: the estate’s woodland and garden wrap the floor-to-ceiling windows, casting verdant reflections on the water. Its interiors are just as soothing with washed walls, soporific sunloungers and leafy plants, and a Himalayan-salt sauna and steamy hot tub overlook the pool.

Spa

You’ll tick off a lot of buzz words (and therapies) at the all-bells-and-whistles Sanctuary: endorphin-releasing ice baths or spells in the cryotherapy chamber are contrasted with dips in the pool or hot tub, and sessions in the sauna or steam room. Further pampering is found in bespoke massages, botanical facials and salt scrubs that heal with Wildsmith Skin products. You can feed your soul in a floating sound bath, then nourish your body at its Wellness Café.

Packing tips

Green fingers for garden workshops and a roll of film to capture the head-turning scenery.

Also

Saltmoore’s pristine interiors and cosseting spa mean we’re inclined to hole up and relax, but the always-on-the-move can burn some extra energy at the gym or on a ramble around the estate’s lake-toting grounds.

Pet‐friendly

Four-legged friends are welcome in the cottages or Coastal Classic with Outdoor Bathtub rooms for £25 each a night. Your pooch can join you in the Orangerie, but the rest of the retreat is for humans only. See more pet-friendly hotels in Whitby.

Children

Welcome. Under-threes stay for free; extra beds for under-12s can be added to some rooms for £25 each a night. Little Smiths can splash in the pool from 7am–9am and 5pm–6pm, the restaurants have kids’ menus, and children's breakfast is £12.50 each.

Sustainability efforts

A farm-to-fork approach with season-led dining and kitchen-garden produce leads Saltmoore’s sustainability initiatives, along with renewable energy sources, low-impact activities and local materials and suppliers.

Food and Drink

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Top Table

Huge light-casting windows adorn each space, but the Brasserie’s terrace is a go-to in warmer months.

Dress Code

Takes cues from your soigné hosts and opt for muted, locale-inspired shades: fern green, seashell pink, heather mauve.

Hotel restaurant

Saltmoore understands that with fresh-air-filled days come appropriate appetites, and chef Adam Maddock leads the charge at a host of dining spots. The Brasserie’s earthy colour palette matches its natural plates: its menus change with the seasons — in line with the kitchen garden’s bounty — and spotlight hyper-local produce in contemporary British dishes, such as Whitby crab tart and truffle-laced oxtail soup. Soul-warming favourites are given a Saltmoore twist at breakfast where porridge is topped with a brown sugar brûlée and the full English is a celebration of nearby suppliers (as are Sunday’s roast lunches).

The Orangerie is a whimsical conservatory-style space with verdant plant-dotted interiors. Tuck into light lunches of salads and sandwiches, but save room for its afternoon tea: a decadent daily ritual with scones, sausage rolls and sweet treats. Soon-to-open Calluna will be the hotel’s fine-dining restaurant, and with input from chef Tommy Banks, it’s set to impress…

Hotel bar

As afternoon tea wraps up at the Orangerie, you’ll realise it’s five o’clock somewhere — that place being here — and can dip into its deftly curated cocktail list. All-natural ingredients lead the charge: sip a thyme-infused Sandsend Negroni, hole up with an aromatic Buckthorn Tonic, or nurse a fermented-chilli Bloody Mary. The fireplace-warmed Lounge Bar pours preprandial glasses of wine and after-dinner digestifs; the Beach House Bar is a bright and airy spot for a post-hike pint, and the Wellness Café is your detox to the above with fresh smoothies, my-body-is-a-temple juices and all-the-rage bone broths. In-the-works Calluna will also be home to another signature bar.

Last orders

At the Brasserie, breakfast is 7.30am–10.15am, lunch is noon—2pm, and dinner is 6pm–8.30pm. The Orangerie serves lunch between noon and 2.30pm; afternoon tea is 2. The bars pour from 11am to 11pm.30pm–4pm.

Location

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Address
Saltmoore
Sandsend Road
Whitby
YO21 3ST
United Kingdom

Saltmoore is a stroll away from Sandsend Beach in Whitby, a seaside town in North York Moors National Park on the northeast coast of England.

Planes

Teesside International Airport is an hour’s drive from the hotel; Newcastle International Airport and Leeds Bradford Airport are each under two hours away by car.

Trains

Rail routes from Middlesbrough call at Whitby station, which is a 10-minute cab ride from the hotel. If you’re travelling from further afield, such as London, you’ll have to connect a couple of times.

Automobiles

Your own set of wheels will give you the freedom to explore bays and beaches along the Yorkshire Coast, as well as its national park. York is just over an hour away by road; if you’re driving from London, expect to be in the car for at least five hours. There’s free parking at the hotel.

Worth getting out of bed for

There’s a lot to unearth on Saltmoore’s 80-acre estate: woodland walking trails, a tranquil lake and a kitchen garden that hosts wholesome workshops where you can learn about no-dig growing techniques. At the end of its driveway lies Sandsend Beach — a vast stretch primed for bracing dips and thrilling surfs. Staff can pack picnics for your coastal yomps or hikes across the North York moors; arrange bike hire for Cinder Track cycles, or organise scenic horse rides. In storied Whitby, scale 199 steps to its impressive clifftop abbey or brush up on local legends and ghost stories at the harbour-framing Dracula’s Tunnel.

Local restaurants

The menus may change daily at Estbek House’s seafood restaurant, but warm service, elegantly presented plates and Yorkshire-sourced produce are permanent features. Its next-door neighbour, the Hart Inn, is a local favourite for alfresco lunches of Whitby cod and chips and other polished pub classics. Small-but-mighty Ditto is an intimate bistro with British ingredients, Modern European flavours and homely interiors.

Local cafés

Family-run Mr Cooper’s Coffee House is a sociable spot for generously stuffed bagels and speciality brews. Hopes & Beans delivers coffees and homemade treats as good as its puns and harbour views.

Local bars

Cheers your coupe or glass of vino to the waterfront setting at the Moon & Sixpence, a cocktail-shaking brasserie with an all-day menu. Bites at tapas bar Crocodile include charcuterie sharing boards and sizzling garlic prawns, but its house wines and Whitby gin and tonics are what get the town talking.

Reviews

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Anonymous review

By Mr & Mrs Smith

Every hotel featured is visited personally by members of our team, given the Smith seal of approval, and then anonymously reviewed. As soon as our reviewers have returned from this well-heeled hotel in Yorkshire and unpacked their dry robes and walking boots, a full account of their bathed-in-nature break will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside Saltmoore in Whitby…

Beautiful pastoral scenery, top seasonal produce and crisp pints might come to mind when thinking about England’s stand-out qualities, and you’ll relish these fine frills at close-to-the-coast Saltmoore. But this soigné stay has a few other national claims to fame up its well-dressed sleeve: chef Tommy Banks from Great British Menu and it-girl Montana Brown from Love Island are the media masterminds behind this epicurean retreat.

They’ve now stepped out of the limelight to shine it on Saltmoore’s pristine interiors, best-of-Yorkshire setting and close-to-home cooking. The sauna-flanked pool turns heads; the lounge bar is primed for fireside chats, and the soothing interiors are everyone’s type.

And in contrast to your hosts’ pedigrees, you’ll find entertainment in analogue forms: blustery beach walks, spa therapies for two and kitchen-garden workshops are the romantic preludes to cosy night caps, twinkly-eyed dinners and pillow talk in pastel-perfect boudoirs.

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