The cottage s located virtually next door to Compos cottage and Nora Batty's house and is just a minutes walk from the shops, pubs and restaurants. The owners were helpful and pleasant to deal with. The cottage was clean and well appointed and ideal for our weekend break. We found everyone very friendly in the shops and restaurants. This cottage is high recommended and is in a brilliant location. Would definitely stay again.

We loved our stay at Ripple Cottage and had a great weekend in Holmfirth- we were met at the door by Lynett's lovely Mum with the key- inside we found Tea/Coffee/Milk/Cereal and Fresh Flowers which is a lovely thoughtful touch-the house is in a great central location but down a very pretty and very quiet lane a 1 minute walk to the centre which has a large selection of shops/bars/good restaurants- outside the house is traditional stone and inside is ultra modern with every convenience available- open plan Living/Dining Room and Kitchen[all very well equipped] and a large bedroom with a big comfy bed and huge bathroom with bath and shower upstairs- all light/airy and spacious- every thing was spotlessly clean with plenty of towels and extra pillows if required- the house is beautifully and tastefully decorated with some lovely personal touches- right next to the river we fell asleep to the sound of running water and woke to the same plus ducks- outside was every bit as good with a wrought iron table and chairs and a hanging basket and flowering plant pots- it is obvious that this house is very well looked after and cared for and is a real home from home- also it was obvious that Lynette was on hand and close by should you have any problems which may be reassuring to people staying- our car was way too big for the carport but we had no problems with parking at all over the 3 days and got a spot very close to the house-we have stayed in many self catering properties and this was one of the best- not sure that any more could be done as we thought it was perfect and we would not hesitate to recommend a stay here and we look forward to a return visit- Thank you Lynette

Holmfirth is a good location to use as a base for exploring other parts of Yorkshire. It will only take you a few hours to look around the town itself which is full of places to eat and a good selection of charity shops. If you're interested in Last of the Summer Wine, there's also a bus tour you can take. If you want to buy and cook your own food, there's a Sainsbury's in the town, and a Morrison's a few miles away.

On arrival, we couldn't find the cottage so we had to call Lynnette, one of the owners, who kindly met us at Compo's Cafe and we followed her into town. If you stay here, look for the Elephant & Castle pub, drive over the small one-way bridge just past the pub, then take a sharp left down the lane past the row of wheelie bins. You'll see the Cottage half way down the lane on your right.

As others have said, Ripple Cottage is set overlooking a duck filled river and does have private parking in a small enclosed car port. If you have a larger car - say a saloon or hatchback, you are unlikely to get it in as there's not much room to manoeuvre between the entrance and the stone wall next to the river. You can't park outside the house either, as you will block access for other houses in the lane. There might be parking available elsewhere in town so check this first if you do have a larger car. I managed to get my Nissan Note in to the parking space with some effort. Also, be warned that there are a family of birds living in the roof of that parking space so you'll have a lot of bird poop to clean off your car windscreen each morning. I recommend bringing an old sheet or towel with you to cover the car each night!

The house only has one entrance door leading in to the lounge, so we were a little concerned about getting out if there had been a fire in the lounge. The only other means of escape would be the bedroom windows which, although they do open (they are sash windows), were very stiff and not easy to open. If there had been an emergency at the front of the house we'd have been stuck.

The lounge area is open-plan with the kitchen which has almost everything you need if you're dining in. The only thing missing was a freezer - it just has a fridge with no freezer compartment. There's nice large TV in the lounge with freesat and a DVD player, along with a good selection of DVDs. There was supposed to be Wi-Fi but it wasn't working when we were there. The owners tried to fix it and an engineer was supposed to call on our second day, but it never worked - perhaps it's working now. In the lounge area, they have a 2 seater sofa bed which would be handy if there's more than two in your party.

The bedroom was very large with a huge bed (actually it's two singles pushed together). It has a heavy winter duvet which was really too much for the recent warm humid nights. It would have been nice if there'd been some lighter sheets available as an alternative but there wasn't so we had to remove the duvet and just use the cover instead. Note that the floor in bedroom is very creaky so you will disturb your partner if you get up during the night.

The bathroom has quite a low ceiling for some reason, so when you're standing in the bath to shower, your head almost hits the ceiling. If you're 6 foot tall or more, you'll have to duck when showering.

If this was my house, I would fix the bedroom floorboards and make sure there was a light at the top of the stairs - (No bulb there when we stayed). Cheap and easy fixes. I would also think about evacuation in the event of a fire. If the bedroom windows are meant to be the means of escape - make sure they are easier to open.