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Discovering Yorkshire’s Canals on Foot

North Yorkshire has everything! Here, we have beautiful old market towns nestled in glorious countryside, which visitors can immerse themselves in, time and time again. And with those magnificent towns comes history. These places were self-sufficient – you would once have found the “butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker” and many more besides. A relatively recent introduction to these... Read more

Magnificent Mount Grace Priory

The sign to Mount Grace Priory sits at the side of the A19 near Northallerton in North Yorkshire and a narrow road leads down to the best preserved Carthusian Monastery in Britain nestled at the foot of the Cleveland Hills. Mount Grace Priory was built in 1398. One of nine Carthusian monasteries established in England. Founded initially by St Bruno in 1084 the Carthusian community lived as... Read more

The Cathedral of the Ainstey in Bolton Percy

Down little winding country lanes, midway between York and Tadcaster, lies the pretty village of Bolton Percy.  Here the discerning visitor will find the magnificent church of All Saints, known locally as The Cathedral of the Ainstey.  The present church dates from the C15th but was probably constructed on the site of an earlier Anglo Saxon building.  The land around Bolton and the church was... Read more

Did you know Britain’s tallest ever man was a Yorkshireman?

William Bradley – often known as “The Yorkshire Giant” or “Bradley the Giant” was born in Market Weighton in the East Riding in 1787 and went on become the tallest ever recorded British man who ever lived reaching a height  of 7ft 9 inches (2m36cm). He was the fourth son in a family of thirteen children and born to parents of average size (his father measuring just 5ft 9 inches). He grew rapidly... Read more

Clifford’s Tower, York

English Heritage have enhanced the visitor experience at Clifford’s Tower in York.  You get views from their new walkway right across the Vale of York to Drax Power Station, the Kilburn White Horse and the Yorkshire Wolds.  York Minster, so dominant in the walled city, looks good from this higher elevation too. The walkway is sited where a roof over the castle keep would have been originally,... Read more