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Hawes,
high up in Upper Wensleydale has a weekly Town Market on
Tuesdays and has much to please the visitor with the Ropemakers
which has demonstrations of the traditional craft and the Dales
Countryside Museum. Nearby there is the Wensleydale Creamery
where the famous crumbly cheese is made in your presence. |
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Leyburn, has it’s own
Chocoltier and unusual Teapottery & Shop plus and Tennant's
Antique Auction House, for walkers the Wensleydale Railway
offers a regular service along the dale.
The terraced gardens of
Constable Burton Hall are nearby along with Bolton Castle where
Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned and don’t miss Aysgarth
Falls.
The Wensleydale
Agricultural Show is in August after the Food & Drink Festival
on May Day weekend, the weekly Farmers Market in on Friday. |
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Middleham, has a awesome
12 century castle where Richard III lived during his childhood.
The town is Georgian, laid out with two village squares with
Art, Craft & Teashops to fulfil your day out.
The Forbidden Corner is
nearby, pre-booking is required to enter this delightful theme
garden guaranteed to entertain all. Jervaulx Abbey set in a 120
acre park where Wensleydale cheese is said to have originated is
also on hand.
Leyburn is only a few
miles away to complete your day in Wensleydale.
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Reeth, a delightful
village green located in Swaledale at the bottom of
Arkenscarthdale, there is an Old working Smithy nearby at
Gunnerside and the Highest Pub in Britain is at the top of
Arkenscarthdale on Tan Hill.
Family entertainment is
on hand at Hazel Brow Organic Farm with childrens play area and
field walks, the farm makes milk and a local craft workshop is
open to view.
More Arts and crafts are
available at the Reeth Dales Centre and the Reeth orchard is a
place to relax with the apples are on sale during August. |
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Richmond, is
a Norman town originating shortly after William The Conqueror
invaded Britain in 1066, overlooking the river Swale it’s huge
castle flanks the large cobbled town square where a large
active market is held every Saturday.
The modern Georgian
buildings blend comfortably alongside the many medieval buildings
still standing. Below the castle on the riverbank is ideal for a
picnic lunch and afternoon walks on both sides of the river.
The Georgian Theatre has
bee refurbished and attracts quality performances with well
known actors, there is a Theatre museum near the Richmondshire
and Green Howard military museums all giving an insight of past
life in Richmond. |
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Bedale,
market town is located at the entrance to Wensleydale from
where there is a regular rail service up the dale. The line is
17 miles long originating in Leeming Bar through Bedale and
Leyburn to Redmire.
Bedale is centrally
located offering exploration of both the North York Moors and
Yorkshire Dales National Parks.
Dating back to Saxon times Bedale was
given it’s charter to hold regular markets in 1251 and the
market cross was erected in the 14th century |
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Masham,
is a tranquil village surrounding the large market square which
is alive twice a week with markets on Wednesday and Saturday.
Located in lower Wensleydale.
Masham is famous for
it’s Steam Engine Rally which is now combined with Fairground
Organ Rally, then in September there is the Annual Sheep Sale
Fair and is also the proud owner of two Breweries of national
renown.
The Theakston family
were brewing beer in Masham for 170 years until it was bought
out by a national conglomerate, the family distributed the
spoils of the sale. Only one member was against the sale and
became the Black Sheep of the family.
He bought the warehouses
next door and continued the family tradition of brewing in
Masham, prodcing many fine Real Ales to a wider and wider
appreciative puplic from the Black Sheep Brewery.
Hence Masham has two
breweries to visit from there respective vistor centres.
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Pateley Bridge,
in Nidderdale has Britain’s Oldest Sweet Shop which opened in
1827, plus a selection of arts and crafts workshops and all
amenities required to make Pateley Bridge the base for a
Yorkshire holiday.
Nearby there are Brimham
Rocks where time has erroded the millstone grit into a variety
of strange and interesting formations, plus the most magniicent
views over rural Yorkshire. An ideal location for family day out
and picnic lunch while absorbing the surrounding countryside.
How Stean Gorge is a
ravine 80 feet deep with a footpath which criss crosses the
gorge along it’s length, also Stump Cross Caverns are a must to
view the world below with colourful stalagmites and stalactites.
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Harrogate,
has been on the International visitors list since natural spring
with medicinal qualities were discovered in 1571, after which it
grow into a Spa Town of a high standard to accommodate the
wealthy European wishing to be revived by tasting the waters.
The architecture in the
original centre of Harrogate ie elegant with the Georgian and
Victorian influence still there against the modern backdrop
which offers a wide range of high quality shopping including
many antique shops.
There are a host of
first class hotels and restaurants to enhance your stay in
Harrogate, an stole through the the towns Parks and Gardens
before or after Lunch or Afternoon Tea at the World famous
Betty’s Tea Rooms is a must.
The serious gardener
will no doubt get more from the Royal Horicultural Society’s
Harlow Carr Garden. After having walked the length and breadth
of the gardens get revived at the restored Victorian Turkisk
Baths and Health Spa.
The Ripley Castle Estate
and walled gardens near Harrogatehas have some of the Oldest Oak
trees in Britain the oldest being over 1000 years old.
Knaresborough nearby stands high over the river Nidd and a
wealth of shops and attractions as well as boating on the river.
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Ripon,
is one of the oldest towns in Britain with it’s 7th
Century Cathedral centred around a host of medieval streets
filled the interesting shops and tearooms, enough to fulfil a
whole day out.
Those staving till 9 pm
can visit the market place where the Ripon Hornblower blows his
horn for all to set their clocks, a town tradition which has
been maintained for over 1,100 years.
Nearby Fountains Abbey
and the Studley Water Gardens plus the landscaped gardens of
Newby Hall are just a few of the cultural attractions as one
explores the Yorkshire dales from Ripon.
The Lightwater Theme
Park will thrill the whole family with rides and shows to
entertain all, makes Ripon the ideal base to explore the Dales.
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