Talbot Hotel

Top choice in North York Moors National Park


There's something homely and familiar about the Talbot, a Grade II-listed 17th-century hunting lodge that is so classically beautiful in appearance it almost looks like an overgrown doll's house. Rooms are well sized and elegant, and breakfasts star Malton's famed local produce – add a dash of decadence with a glass of English sparkling wine to accompany your full English.


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