A few minutes’ drive from both the A64 and the A1237, Knights Manor offers easy access to both York city centre and the surrounding countryside. Leeds is around half an hour’s drive away, and Hull and Scarborough can be reached in just over an hour. Half hourly bus services stopping close to the development include Coastliner services between Leeds and Scarborough or Whitby, and routes through York to Haxby. York is on the Intercity network, with excellent rail connections throughout the country.

In Copmanthorpe village, a ten minute walk from Knights Manor, the shops beside the Royal Oak pub include a Post Office, a pharmacy, a Co-op, a butcher, a convenience store, hairdressers, takeaways and a café. The local library is also located beside the shops, and a Tesco Extra supermarket approximately a mile away is open 24 hours a day. The historic centre of York, three and a half miles from the development, presents a varied, exciting shopping environment. Traditional cobbled streets lined with local traders, pubs, tearooms and restaurants complement shopping parks such as Designer Outlet York, home to over 100 high street fashion, sports and homeware brands, or the contrasting Shambles Market with its fresh produce, apparel, crafts and gifts.

Copmanthorpe Sports and Community Centre, known as The Rec, is the focal point for village activities from quiz nights to football, tennis, bowls and cricket. Pike Hills Golf Club is just half a mile from Knights Manor, and the village is an excellent base for recreational cycling. Energise Leisure Centre in York incorporates a 98-station gym, two swimming pools, and badminton and tennis courts. As befits a popular destination, York has a rich spectrum of culture, entertainment and nightlife, with a choice of cinemas, theatres and galleries as well as outstanding historic buildings, museums and visitor centres, including the castle and the famous Jorvik Viking Centre. York Racecourse is just two and a half miles away, and there is a wealth of open countryside, woodland walks and nature reserves nearby.

Copmanthorpe Primary School, assessed as Good by Ofsted, and Quackers pre-school facility, rated Outstanding, are both approximately ten minutes’ walk from the development. Students normally move on to Tadcaster Grammar School and Sixth Form, also assessed as Good. Tadcaster Grammar School is nine miles away, and qualifies for free bus travel. The village also has a dentist and two medical practices, the full-time Old School Practice and the Front Street Surgery, open on weekday mornings.