Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival will take place between Thursday 21st to Sunday 24th July 2022. The event celebrates the very best in crime fiction and the festival has become a firm date in the UK literary calendar. The festival is based at The Old...

ROWNTREE PARK The discerning visitor to York may well need a break from the numerous wonderful and wide-ranging attractions that the city offers. What better place to escape from the hustle and bustle of the crowds than to Rowntree Park. Situated just a short scenic...

The much awaited second series of ‘Gentleman Jack’ is recently hit our screens. Sally Wainwright’s clever and witty writing tells of the eccentric life of Anne Lister - a landowner, industrialist, explorer, mountain climber, socialite, A–grade shopper and sometimes...

Is the name Gertrude Bell one that you’re familiar with? No? But the chances are that you will have heard of Winston Churchill and Lawrence of Arabia, in whose company Gertrude spent many hours. Gertrude was an exceptional woman, a writer, traveller, political...

In June, one of the most extraordinary and hilarious community events in the UK – The Great Knaresborough Bed Race usually takes place in Knaresborough town centre. First held in 1966, this spectacular event has been going strong every year. The fun usually begins in...

Inside Harrogate’s Grade 2 listed Valley Gardens, beloved by the composer Elgar and famed for its 36 mineral springs, lies a beautiful Japanese garden. This style of garden has its origins in Japan, beginning in the 8th century and is inspired by Chinese landscape...

For any of you that watched the brilliant 3-part BBC adaptation of Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’, the haunting scenery of the North Yorkshire fishing village of Whitby will be familiar. And it is against this dramatic and spooky backdrop that the Whitby Goth Weekends (WGW)...

When you ask people about Yorkshire, many will know about our two national parks – The Yorkshire Dales and The North York Moors, but the Yorkshire Wolds never seems to get the recognition it deserves. This could soon be set to change with last year’s announcement by...

You’ve probably heard the phrase “there’s nowt so queer as folk” and it’s probably nowhere more apt than when applied to Yorkshire people and our -some people may think – strange eating habits! Of course, everyone in the country must be familiar with our glorious...

The Yorkshire Dales has 5,000 miles of dry stone walls, weaving straight (and not so straight) grey lines into the green fabric of the land. But there are also hundreds of roads and tracks crossing these Dales, providing high level, and dry, routes for cattle and...

Before we got frozen into our lockdown world in 2021, York’s popular free Ice Trail in previous years had embraced themes like ‘Myths and Legends’ followed by ‘Fantastical Fiction and Fairy Tales.’ Attractions and businesses are able to advertise next to the ice...

The new television adaptation of James Herriot’s books called ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ is charming viewers around the world with its pastoral setting in the Yorkshire Dales. The episodes follow the gentle adventures of a newly qualified veterinarian in...

The Whitby Regatta presents visitors with a full weekend of entertainment, embracing yacht racing, rowing races and a host of free entertainment including the Royal Air Force Typhoon Display Team, finishing with a prize presentation and spectacular firework display....

The Great Yorkshire Show was born in October 1837 when a group of leading agriculturalists, led by the third Earl Spencer, met at the Black Swan Hotel in Coney Street, York to discuss the future of the farming industry. The result was the decision to form an...

South Yorkshire is enjoying the limelight at the moment with record numbers of people wanting to see inside Wentworth Woodhouse where Downton Abbey was filmed. But only 6 miles away is a little-known attraction with lots to tempt the visitor – 63 acres of formal...

Although most frequently found in seams of shale on the Yorkshire Coast between Robin Hood's Bay and Boulby, Whitby Jet can also be discovered washed up on the shore when bad weather or rough seas occur where seams that extend under the sea have broken away. Unlike...

Question - what do Anastacia, Audrey Hepburn, Whitney Houston, Donnie Osmond, Ivanka Trump, Orlando Bloom, Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Victoria and David Beckham, Bruce Willis, Venus Williams, Justin Timberlake, Johnny Depp and Jose Mourinho all have in common?...

No visit to the beautiful and historic city of York is complete without spending at least a couple of hours in the National Railway Museum, which is the biggest railway museum in the world with more than 100 locomotives. Furthermore, being a National Museum, entry is...