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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...
Food and Drink!!!!! - Best Part !
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: Skipton which is about 9 miles south of Grassington is the nearest train station. There are buses from Skipton which take you into Grassington.
bugalugs Says: We parked on the road leading to Grassington last time we visited. Things though have certainly changed. Before entering Grassington you will see signs for visitors parking. Parking is on the site of a working quarry, but as it is a saturday when these special christmas...
bugalugs Says: With these events held just before Christmas its nice to have a look round the local shops. Selling books, paintings, toys, crafts, and all manner of things.This photograph I took in a lovely little shop, with big oak beams. The shop is a combination of lots of little rooms,...
bugalugs Says: Apparently Tom Lee had been friends with Dr Petty and they had been out together to a cockfight (cockfights were popular in these days - thank goodness not any more). The next day Dr Petty was reported missing. Tom Lee was detained, in fact twice and released through lack of...
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: As I said it was extremely crowded in Grassington on this last visit. We did not arrive until about 3.30pm, as to see the christmas trees lit up seemed more attractive when darkness fell. Whether or not earlier in the day it had not been quite so busy I dont know. The...
bugalugs Says: This is the back of the barrel organ, you can see in the photo the sheet music stacked up.
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.
bugalugs Says: Besides the shops, there are not actually that many, there are also market stalls, selling craft goods, hot chocolate, hot mulled wine, chestnuts, coffee with brandy etc.The place does look lovely when it gets dark with all the lights and christmas trees, but there are just...
bugalugs Says: For three Saturdays from the end of November, Grassington becomes Dickensian!!!In actual fact all the shop keepers/hoteliers/locals dress up in dickensian costume and we the tourists, flock there!!! Well thats the way it seemed when we visited.
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Skipton which is about 9 miles south of Grassington is the nearest train station. There are buses from Skipton which take you into Grassington.
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Grassington in the Yorkshire Dales
Grassington is situated in the Yorkshire Dales, in an area known as Upper Wharfedale. I had always thought Grassington to be a village but apparently as it name depicts Grassing 'ton', meaning a town....
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Grassington is one of the Dales most popular villages for tourists. A very busy village popular with both walkers and day trippers and of course those who base themselves for a holiday in the Dales....
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A small town in picturesque Wharfedale, Yorkshire, England. First granted a charter and fair in 1282 that it continually ran until 1860 when lead mining took over the town bringing prosperity and in...
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