Grassington Travel Guide

 Gillybob Says:  This museum is provided by the Upper Wharfedale Museum Society.This museum has a selection of displays. Unfortunately, due to building works, it was not open during our visit to Grassington but re-opened on Monday, 16 July 2012.Please see website below for information about... 

 Gillybob Says:  This Centre is an excellent source of information for the Yorkshire Dales area. There are a great selection of leaflets, booklets, DVDs and books on the Yorkshire Dales, with lots of information of various walking/hiking routes. The welcoming and helpful staff can answer... 

 suvanki Says:  The National Park Centre is located next to the car park. It was worth visiting. As well as a wide array of information on things to see and do in the area (and further afield) there is a well stocked gift shop selling many locally produced goods at reasonable prices. There... 

 Britannia2 Says:  Just a short distance out of the village is a show cave at Stump Cross Caverns. 350 million years ago this range of stalactites, stalagmites and unusual rock formations were formed in a warm , shallow sea.It was discovered by lead miners in 1860 and opened some years later... 

 Britannia2 Says:  The National Park Centre is a very good tourist office that has books, maps, souvenirs etc of the Dales. Accommodation can be booked here and general advice given on places to visit, travel options etc. 

 Britannia2 Says:  This folk museum is based in a cottage that dates from 1728 and was opened in 1975. A main room from the entrance displays a range of domestic memorabilia from dentists instruments to mobile phones and Victorian toys.The kitchen has an old and deep ash pit discovered when... 

 bugalugs Says:  If you visit Grassington during the festive season, you need to wrap up warm, and also bring an umbrella. The day we visited he had rained during most of the journey, but thankfully stopped when we got there.It was therefore cold and damp, here we are in the photo (dont know... 

 Gillybob Says:  A wet weekend camping in Appletreewick had us seek out what little sunshine could be found, as well as the possibility of some interiors to hide from the passing showers - an afternoon in Grassington it was then!Whilst take a stroll around this market town it was decided to... 

 bugalugs Says:  There are a few restaurants/cafes and pubs in Grassington, but as you can imagine they are very busy. We popped into the pub, only to get warm really!!!!!This is a photo of one of the restaurants. 

 Britannia2 Says:  There have not been trains to Grassington since 1931 and the only way to reach here is by bus.You do not need a car to explore the Dales although it remains the easiest way to get around this vast area. There are many bus routes in the Dales and by using a rail head such as... 

 bugalugs Says:  Murder is not a local custom here in Grassington, but in the late 1700's Tom Lee who lived here then did exactly that. Some reports say that it happened in 1779 and some say 1766. I dont know which is correct. However, it is reported that Tom Lee did in fact murder a local... 

 bugalugs Says:  Not sure whether I would class this as culteral, but along with other activities going on, there is also a Punch and Judy show. I suppose with the residents dressing in dickensian costume, (meaning from the time of Charles Dickens), that Punch and Judy must have been around... 

 bugalugs Says:  This is an organ which the sign said is from the Netherlands. It is a sheet music organ. The sheets of music are fitted onto something inside which reads and plays the music. The figures on the front move when the music is playing.