Welcome to the Official Beck Hole Site
Home Village History Map of Village Birch Hall Inn History of the Inn The Beer Tour of the Inn The Food Who's who Top Dogs Inspirational Beck Hole Pixieland Gallery Places To Stay B&B Cottages Things To Do Walks NYMR Quoits Sword Dancers Legend & Folklore The Worm Wild Thing	A hamlet of 9 cottages, a farm and a pub. The dwellings of Beck Hole cluster around an old fording point on the Eller Beck, just before it meets West Beck to become Murk Esk and eventually the River Esk, flowing out to sea ten miles away at Whitby Beckhole is set in the deep, tree clad valley where the Ellerbeck and West Beck meet to become the Murk Esk, eventually reaching Whitby as the Esk. GOATHLAND PLOUGH STOTS DAY OF DANCE 2010 SATURDAY 16TH JANUARY Not the best of days......it was cold ,wet and blowy with melting snow underfoot.....but they're a hardy bunch and two teams and their attendant musicians danced unabshed around the village... eventually accumulating at the Birch Hall Inn for pints of beer, a warming mug of soup and cheese bannocks...then it was outside for another round of dancing as dusk fell over Beckhole . More pints and a rousing rendition of traditional folk songs finished the afternoon off nicely and all too soon was time to get ready for the Grand Dinner at the Inn on the Moor up the hill in Goathland. Thanks to the Plough Stots for yet another good day and to all who came along to watch and enjoy the fun !           and thanks especially to Dave for his irresistible Parkin and stuff ! -------------------------------------------------------- Beckhole Woodland and Heritage Foundation was formed in 2006 by residents of Beckhole in order to preserve and protect this ancient woodland and interpret the wealth of local heritage. In Victorian times Beckhole was famous for its many orchards. Visitors would come from miles around to enjoy the walks and waterfalls and take tea beneath the apple trees.. In 2009 the Goathland School celebrtated its Bi-centenary.The BHWF decided to mark the occasion by planting an apple orchard on land in Beckhole - kindly provided by the Ainley family, formerly of Firs Farm. With help from The Tree Council, donations from Goathland Post Office, the North York Moors National Park and collection boxes at The Birch Hall Inn money was raised to prepare the orchard and plant 20 different heritage apple trees, each of which has been adopted by a child from Goathland School. Trees were planted on March 1st 2009 and once they were established the children came down to 'meet' their trees on 24th April. It's just on the side of the Rail Trail before the Ellerbeck Footbridge... we hope you enjoy watching it grow ! ORCHARD UPDATE..... All the young trees ( or maidens as the nurserymen fancifully call them ) seem to be flourishing and are in good leaf ...the children come down regularly to water and weed.... the trees have had their Winter Pruning and so all we have to do now is look forward to the blossom next Spring ! Comments Contributions to and feedback on the Beck Hole web site are welcome... Please pass your copy or ideas onto Glenys	Beck Hole Notice Board --- What's New ? don't get caught out... SUMMER OPENING TIMES ENDED Mon 14th September we've had our holidays and are now on WINTER HOURS ! Open 11 to 3 Monday CLOSED ALL DAY TUESDAY and 11 to 3  then  7.30 to 11 for the rest of the week ................................................ Pub for Sale ! NO...don't panic...! we're not going yet but we have commissioned Scenecraft to do a detailed, hand-finished scale model of the Birch Hall Inn...which will look great on '00' gauge model railways or just as good on top of your telly ! WE now have the models..in pride of place on the bar of course.. we were initially given a delivery date of late September but were sadly let down by their shipping procedure.... many apologies to anyone who ordered earlier We collected them, in a borrowed landrover, from a lorry on top of the moor in a blizzard on Friday 8th January ! Now they are all here safe and sound. Here are two in their new homes ! . . You will be able to buy them from the pub, or by mail order...call us on 01947 896245 or  e.mail      glenys@birchhallinn.fsnet.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------ Birch Hall Inn is Camra Summer 'Pub of The Season' 2009 our beer's been voted top out of the 200+ pubs in our Camra Area for the summer season... we had the Official Presentation on 3rd.October with six lovely beers on tap and a bus load of Camra Members to help us and our trusty locals celebrate in style ! Thanks to anyone out there who ticked the right boxes for us ! It makes all those hours spent tinkering about in the cellar worthwhile. ------------------------------------------------- Quoit Season 2009 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, The outdoor 2000 Quoits season was a successful one for the Beckhole Team. come and see the Trophies in our cupboard in the bar !!! e