5 rooms · Sleeps 2 · 22 m²
The Tide Rooms
A deep window seat, a big bed and nothing between you and the water.
From $185 / nightSample
A twelve-room house by the sea · Larrow Point
Twelve rooms at the edge of the tide.
A white-walled house on the dune above Larrow Sands, with sea-view rooms, a kitchen that cooks what the coast brings in, and a wood-fired sauna for after the swim.
Demo: this opens the request form with your dates. Nothing is booked, checked or sent.
The house
A former coastguard station, kept as a place to slow down.
Shorelark House sits on its own on the dune above Larrow Sands: twelve rooms, one kitchen, a long table and a great deal of sky.
There’s no spa menu and no televisions — just good beds, wide windows, a sauna on the dune and the sound of the sea at night.
- rooms, no two quite alike
- 12
- down the path to the beach
- 2 min
- breakfast, included in every stay
- Daily
- to dogs, in the Boathouse
- Yes
Rooms
Four kinds of room, each facing somewhere good.
Rates are sample prices for this demo: per room, per night, with breakfast included. They change with the season.
4 rooms · Sleeps 2 · 20 m²
The Dune Rooms
Glass doors onto your own terrace, with the dunes right outside.
From $160 / nightSample
1 room · Sleeps 2 · 34 m²
The Lookout
The old watch room: a round window, a telescope and a bath by the glass.
From $290 / nightSample
2 rooms · Sleeps 4 · 40 m²
The Boathouse
Two timber cottages in the garden, with a kitchenette and room for the dog.
From $260 / nightSample
With every stay
Everything you need for a long walk and a slow morning.
Breakfast at the long table
Eggs from up the lane, bread baked that morning, and porridge on the cold days.
A sauna on the dune
A wood-fired cabin, open 4 – 9 pm. Book a slot at the desk; the towels are already there.
Bikes and route cards
Six bikes, helmets and hand-drawn cards for the rides to the harbour and the lighthouse.
A proper boot room
Hooks, a drying rack and a warm hose for sandy dogs and sandier boots.
Beach kit to borrow
Windbreaks, blankets and a flask of something hot, filled for you on request.
Parking and charging
Free parking for every room, and two car chargers by the gate.
The Kitchen
Breakfast every day. Supper four nights a week.
The kitchen cooks what the coast brings in: fish from Hollin Harbour, vegetables from the farms around Rookby, and bread from our own oven. Supper is one set menu, served at the long table or at a table for two.
This week’s supper
Sample menu- To start
- Smoked mackerel, pickled cucumber, dark rye
- Main
- Hake, brown butter, sea beet and new potatoes
- Or
- Roast squash, hazelnuts, sage and soft polenta
- To finish
- Burnt honey tart, crème fraîche
$48 a head (sample price). Tell us about allergies when you book.
- Breakfast
- Every day, 7:30 – 10:30 am (weekends to 11)
- Supper
- Thursday to Sunday, 6:30 – 9 pm, booked by noon
- Picnics
- Ordered the night before, ready at 10 am
Menu, prices and hours are sample content.
The coast
Everything worth doing is a walk or a bike ride away.
Our route cards cover all six. Pick them up at the desk with a flask and a weather report.
Illustrated map — Larrow Point and every place on it are fictional.
Larrow Sands
The beach below the house: a mile of pale sand, safe swimming at low tide, and rock pools at the north end.
2 min on foot
The Coastguard Path
A six-mile clifftop loop past the lighthouse and back along the beach. Allow three hours and a flask.
Starts at the gate
Marram Point Lighthouse
The white tower on the headland. The keeper's garden opens on summer weekends.
40 min on foot
Tern Island
A low island of terns and grey seals. Small boats leave from the harbour when the sea allows.
Boat trips, Apr – Sep
Hollin Harbour
Fishing boats, a smokehouse that sells from the hatch, and the best chips on this stretch of coast.
15 min by bike
Rookby village
A farm shop, a bakery, a small bookshop and a Sunday market on the green.
10 min by car
Your stay
The practical bits, before you pack.
Arriving
Check-in is from 3 pm to 8 pm, and check-out by 11 am. Arriving later? Tell us and we'll leave a key in the boot room.
Getting here
Hollin station is four miles away; we can collect you if you book ahead. By car, it's the last turning before the lighthouse road.
Minimum stays
Two nights on Fridays and Saturdays from June to August. One night is fine the rest of the year.
Children
Welcome in every room. The Boathouse sleeps a family of four, and we have two travel cots to lend.
Accessibility
Dune Room 1 is step-free from the car park, with a roll-in shower. The Lookout is up a narrow stair.
Cancelling
Free cancellation up to 14 days before arrival. After that, we'll refund any nights we can fill again.
Questions guests ask
Sample answers for a sample hotel — starting with the obvious one.
Is Shorelark House a real hotel?
No. Shorelark House is a fictional business, and this is a demo website made by RAZ DESIGN to show how a small hotel's site can work. The rooms, rates, hours, places and contact details are all sample content. Nothing on this site can be booked, and the request form sends nothing.
Is breakfast included?
Yes, in every stay. It's served at the long table in the kitchen, and we can make it earlier for early walkers.
Can we bring our dog?
Yes, in the two Boathouse suites — up to two dogs, at a sample charge of $25 per dog per night. Dogs are welcome on the beach all year, apart from the north end in nesting season.
Can we book the whole house?
From November to March, yes, for two nights or more. Send a request with your dates and mention it in the notes.
Is there Wi-Fi and phone signal?
Wi-Fi reaches every room and the garden. Phone signal is good in the house and patchy on the beach — which most guests count as a feature.
Do you take same-day bookings?
If a room is free, yes. The quickest way is the request form, and we'll confirm within the hour during reception hours.
Ready when you are
Come for two nights. Stay for the light.
Pick a room and your dates, and see how a booking request works. It’s a demo, so nothing is sent.