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Mostyn's Garage, Goathland, North Yorkshire
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Goathland
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  • By Sjalen on September 3, 2006
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    I could just as well have put this as a tourist trap, was it not for the fact that it is so pretty it merits to be on my tip list. The most well known village on the North York Moors, Goathland was a quiet moorland place until it was chosen to become Aidensfield in the TV series "Heartbeat". Therefore, hoardes of tourist flock here to see the shop, post office and garage, all which have now changed names to their TV ones! As the NYMR steam train railway also runs past the village, try to visit it off season if you can. Having said that, it IS gorgeous in August when the heather is in bloom...To escape the worst crowds, you can also walk to Beck Hole with its pub, or the Mallyan Spout waterfall nearby.

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  • Directions: Between Pickering and Whitby.
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    Hawes
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  • By Sjalen on September 3, 2006
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    One of my favourite Yorkshire towns, Hawes is not big but still has a very lively feel to it as it has been a crossroads kind of a place ever since stagecoach days. The hub of Wensleydale and much of the Dales farming life, Tuesdays is market day here, but any day is full of interesting things summertime, such as sheepdog demonstrations. Hawes also has excellent things to see and do in the form of the Dales countryside museum and Wensleydale Creamery with the famous cheese making. Many walkers also meet here to discuss the strains of the Pennine Way.

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  • Address: Wensleydale
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    Castle Howard
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  • By Sjalen on September 3, 2006
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    Impressive castle from 1699 (designed by Vanbrugh) and still lived in by the Howard family. It is famous for being the location where the TV-series 'Brideshead Revisited' with Anthony Andrews and Jeremy Irons was filmed and has featured in other TV-series too. The house is huge and has its own chapel. You can see many of the fantastic rooms with a guide and also visit the grounds. Whatever you do, don't miss the astrology fountain!

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  • Address: Malton
  • Directions: Drive from York to Malton (or take the Coastliner bus) and follow signs.
  • Website: http://www.castlehoward.co.uk/
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    Robin Hood's Bay
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  • By Sjalen on September 3, 2006
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    Just outside Whitby is one of the most famous places along the Yorkshire coast. Robin Hood's Bay has a stunning location and no matter which direction you approach it from, you will have to face extreme downhill country lanes. Once in the village itself, you can stroll around and enjoy the shops and seaside atmosphere or just let yourself get lost in the alleys winding their way up or down the hill. Down in the harbour, there are families at low tide, trying to pick interesting shells or just having fun. When the tide comes back in, it is fast and better observed from the streets above or why not from the famous harbourside pub which is the goal for so many Coast to Coast walkers as this is the end of that famous walk across England.

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    Reeth
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  • By Sjalen on September 3, 2006
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    Swaledale's biggest village and hub for Coast to Coast walkers and other tourists is a nice place to spend a day, supping a pint or two in a village green pub and admiring the surrounding fells. There are also great short walks for those who don't want to walk a whole trail, and for children there is one of the most scenic playgrounds in the Dales as well as a short hop to Hazel Farm in Low Row. Being a hub, Reeth also has lots of handicraft shops and galleries and the Swaledale Museum, giving you great insight into lead mining, sheep farming and other major livelihoods in this area throughout history.

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  • Address: Swaledale
  • Directions: Signposted from the Richmond to Leyburn road and can also be reached from Hawes in Wensleydale.
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    Bolton Castle
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  • By Sjalen on September 3, 2006
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    Bolton Castle sits on its own on a fellside, visible for miles in Wensleydale (click on the picture). The castle was built by one of the Lords of the Scrope family in the 1380s and looks like a fortress but was actually used to live in. Mary, Queen of Scots was imprisoned here for some months and when she escaped, she lost a scarf which is the reason for the village name Preston-under-Scar nearby. Or so the legend says, since a scar is also a geological feature in the Dales, no one knows for sure I think. What we do know is that when the castle was abandoned after damage in the Civil War, local families settled in it and lived here until 1898! The Scropes still own it though, and in later years, they've earned money on letting it be used as a film location so you can see it in for instance "Ivanhoe". Today, you too can visit the castle and its lovely garden. See the website below for current opening hours.

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  • Address: Bolton, Wensleydale
  • Directions: Signposted from the road Leyburn to Hawes.
  • Website: http://www.boltoncastle.co.uk/
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    Richmond
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  • Updated By Sjalen on September 2, 2006
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    Richmond is a wonderful little town on the north-eastern fringe of the Yorkshire Dales National Park and in fact one of my favourite towns in England. It is so well preserved that it is sometimes used in TV-series where the setting should be 19th century. It also happens to have one of the biggest and oldest castle ruins in the country, with frequent shows such as falconry and jousting throughout summer, but also a great general exhibition. All in all, an excellent base for exploring Swaledale, one of the prettiest Yorkshire Dales, as it ends nearby. The river Swale even flows through town and walking below the castle, you will see its waterfalls. Richmond also has a strong military history and the Green Howard museum shows this, whilst more peaceful souls can enjoy a great local museum or the old theatre.

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  • Directions: Just off the motorway at Scots Corner if driving. Train to Darlington, then a short bus ride.
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    Herriot trail
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  • Updated By Sjalen on September 2, 2006
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    James Herriot, or Alf Wright as was his real name, is one of Yorkshire's most famous personalities today, thanks to his books about life as a vet in the North Yorkshire countryside. It is amazing that a Scotsman can find it so wonderful that he didn't even leave on his holidays! If you want to go for a trail in his footsteps, you want to visit Thirsk (see off the beaten path tips) where he had his real surgery and which has today been opened as an exhibition. Then you can visit Scarborough's Grand Hotel where he did his army service during the war, before setting off to the film locations. He never really worked much in the Dales, but more in the Vale of York itself and the fringes of the North York Moors. However, TV locations have to have that little extra so the beeb made the village of Askrigg in Wensleydale (second pic) the main location for filming outdoors Darrowby. The opening scene is not from there though, but from Langthwaite in Arkengarthdale. The surgery scenes were of course shot in a studio but the whole surgery set was bough by Richmondshire Museum in Richmond so that is where you have to go to see the TV set. Still have time for more? Head for the little village of West Tanfield between Middleham and Ripon as that's where Alf holidayed year after year :)

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    Stump Cross caverns
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  • Updated By Sjalen on September 2, 2006
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    High up on Craven Moors in the Yorkshire Dales you will find the entrance to one of England's biggest underground caverns, discovered by lead miners in 1860. Here you can go on a guided tour for some time to see stalagmites and stalagtites in the limestone caverns and also buy some gems in the souvenir shop. There are famous caves near Malham too if you like the underground, but I haven't been to those yet.

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  • Directions: Between Ripon and Pateley Bridge.
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    Yorkshire Dales National Park
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  • By Sjalen on September 2, 2006
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    The second national park is the Yorkshire Dales and it is one of the most scenic parts of England. A "dale" is an old Norse word for valley (dal in modern Swedish) as Norwegian vikings settled here which you can see in many place names. There are five distinct dales areas, all with rivers through them which they are often named after (apart from Wensleydale which is now named after a village instead of its river Ure). Wensleydale is the broadest and Swaledale the most dramatic. They all have postcard pretty villages full of stone cottages, dry-stone walls and great countryside pubs and the fells (hills) above them are full of sheep, notably the black headed Swaledale breed. The Dales used to be an important lead mining area which you can learn about in the many village museums here. That and farming made people here outdoor folk and today it is one of the most popular areas for walkers in England with both the Coast to Coast walk and the Pennine Way crossing the park, apart from numerous smaller paths. Tips below will include several of my favourite sights within the park and you can read more on my dedicated Dales page.

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  • Website: www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/
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