Flower and Produce Show 2025

The Show The summer flower and produce show has been a staple part of British village life since the 18th Century. We’re not sure how long our own local show has been running, but we’ve entered every year since moving to Appleton Le Moors. The 2025 Flower and Produce...

Our small business

A midlife crisis It’s 12 years since what we like to call, our midlife crisis and our escape to the North York Moors. We’re Ian and Jackie, and we decided to swap corporate life for the fresh air and big skies of the North York Moors. We poured every bit of our...

January Jobs

Making the decision to sell up and set up the Long Barn was the second best decision we’ve ever made.  For those of you wondering, our best was to agree to go out for a date together when we met many years ago at Leeds Uni. We feel very lucky to have made these two...

North York Moors Champion

We love living in the North York Moors National Park and want all our guests to experience this wonderful place to its full. Staying self-catering in the Long Barn, means that you can chose exactly where you want to explore and spend your time. But with so much...

Behind the Scenes

We get lots of comments whenever we post anything about behind the scenes on social media. So, we thought we’d let you see behind the scenes on a changeover day at the Long Barn. As you can imagine, turning round a large self-catering barn for 14 people is quite some...