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The Golden Lion

Leisure and Tourism Β· Settle, North Yorkshire

AI Readiness Certificate

Independently assessed by Code Inclusive
AI Readiness Score
61 / 100
Exceptional
πŸ… Advanced AI Ready
Company:
The Golden Lion
Location:
Settle, North Yorkshire
Sector:
Leisure and Tourism
Assessment date:
28 October 2026
Reference:
CI-AI-2026-189523
Directory Status:
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Executive Business Summary

Current score
61/100
AI readiness
Exceptional
AI visibility
High
Local discoverability
Low
Improvement potential
High

This business has several strong foundations for AI-powered search, but our assessment identified areas preventing AI systems from understanding the organisation as confidently as they could.

AI Readiness Benchmark

Independently assessed

22 points above the Leisure and Tourism average.

The Golden Lion scores the same as or higher than 96% of assessed businesses in its sector.

Leisure and Tourism

Sector Β· 454 businesses assessed
Rank 17 of 454
The Golden Lion
61Average
39Top score
77

Yorkshire

Region Β· 7,420 businesses assessed
Rank 405 of 7,420
The Golden Lion
61Average
39Top score
89
All bars run from 0 to 100.

Compared against businesses in the UK AI Readiness Index, not every business in the sector.

AI Search Readiness Score

Technical crawlability & indexability10/10
AI crawler accessibility3/8
Entity identification & business clarity8/12
Structured data quality8/12
Content answerability6/12
Topical depth & expertise5/10
Geographic & local relevance5/10
Trust, authority & verification5/10
Technical performance & user experience6/8
AI discoverability & machine comprehension5/8
Overall61/100

AI Business Profile

Business name
The Golden Lion
Sector
Leisure and Tourism
Location
Settle, North Yorkshire
Geographic coverage
Settle, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire
Customer profile
Customers in and around Settle, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire looking for a trusted provider of leisure and tourism services.
Primary services identified
Ribblehead viaductWalks in The DalesBedroomsAwards and AccreditationsBedrooms to rest those weary legsCharming bedrooms

AI systems currently have moderate confidence understanding this business β€” several gaps make confident recommendations less likely.

How AI Currently Sees This Business

AI confidently understands
  • This business operates in the Leisure and Tourism sector.
  • This business serves customers in North Yorkshire.
  • This business offers ribblehead viaduct.
  • This business offers walks in the dales.
AI is less certain about
  • robots.txt does not name any AI crawler individually β€” they are only covered by the catch-all rule.
  • No substantial llms.txt was found at the site root.
  • No company registration number is published, so the business cannot be matched to a public register.
  • The areas this business covers are not declared in any machine-readable form.
  • 0 of 10 pages checked have exactly one H1 and a clean heading structure.
  • No logo is declared in the structured data.

Key Issues Identified

High Priority
Your robots.txt does not name the AI crawlers individually
A technical barrier is limiting how AI crawlers reach this site.
High Priority
You have no llms.txt file
An improvement opportunity was identified.
High Priority
Your company registration number is not published
High Priority
The areas you cover are not declared in machine-readable form
Coverage and location signals are unclear.
High Priority
Your heading structure is inconsistent
Page content does not clearly state what this business does.
Medium Priority
Your logo is not declared in structured data
The site’s machine-readable business data is incomplete.

Improvement Potential

Current score
61
Potential to improve visibility
High

We have identified 20 actions that could strengthen this website's AI readiness.

5
High-priority issues
8
Medium-priority issues
7
Low-priority issues

Improvement Roadmap

Your complete roadmap has been generated.

  • Detailed technical recommendations
  • Structured-data implementation guidance
  • Entity improvements
  • Content recommendations
  • Trust-signal improvements
  • AI crawler recommendations
  • Prioritised implementation order
  • Where the biggest visibility gains are

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About

The Golden Lion is a charming inn located in Settle, North Yorkshire. It offers heart-warming hospitality, home-cooked food, and modern boutique bedrooms.

Detected from the business’s website during the assessment.

Services

Detected from the business’s website during the assessment.

Ribblehead viaductWalks in The DalesBedroomsAwards and AccreditationsBedrooms to rest those weary legsCharming bedroomsCountry Inn in The DalesFreshly produced food

Service areas

Detected from the business’s website during the assessment.

SettleNorth YorkshireYorkshire

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