All Day Excursions

Peasholm Park has a tranquil lake and in the summer months people can hire boats of all sorts to enjoy the water at close quarters. Boats include traditional rowing boats and canoes but pedaloes with dragon heads are available too and these prove to be very popular with summer visitors and locals alike. If you don't fancy pedaling then go for a sail in the Swan launch where you can relax on the water and let someone else steer the boat. There is a bandstand in the middle of the lake and music concerts which are free of charge can often be heard during the summer season. During the tourist season there are two cafes where hot and cold drinks can be purchased and, of course, ice cream, plus sandwiches and full meals if wanted. What a beautiful place to sit sipping your coffee, looking at the lake whilst listening to the music. If you prefer, you can bring your own picnic. There are plenty of places to sit and enjoy it. There is an island in the centre of the lake and a bridge leading across to it allows the visitor to explore the island with a path leading round it or by climbing up to the top with its impressive pagoda. The park has been designed with an oriental theme and there is much evidence of this as you wander through its pathways....more info

Why not come and experience Bedale's fine cobbled, Georgian-fronted market place, filled with the stalls, sounds and smells of Bedale Market. The market hosts a range of local suppliers offering fresh food, locally baked bread and cakes, household supplies, clothes, cards, crafts and other goods to attract the shopper. Bedale Market is truly at the heart of the community. We then travel on to Asygarth Falls. Aysgarth Falls are a triple flight of waterfalls, surrounded by woodland and farmland, carved out by the River Ure over an almost one-mile stretch on its descent to mid-Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales of England, near the village Aysgarth....more info

Fish and chips and ice cream; history and culture; vampires and Goths: it’s all on offer at Whitby, one of the North East coast’s best-loved seaside towns.

With Blue Flag beaches and many attractions, including the world-famous steam North Yorkshire Moors Railway, Whitby is the perfect base for a day out. But it does not end there. Whitby wallows in history, including fishing, the jet industry (did you know that it is still the best place in the world to find the gleaming black gemstone so beloved by the Victorians?), Captain Cook (who was born nearby, and whose famous ship the Endeavour was Whitby-built) and whaling. And its literary connections – Bram Stoker’s famous Dracula features the town, with the vampire first coming ashore here from Transylvania in the guise of a black dog – have inspired the world-famous Goth Festival, which now takes place twice a year.

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Back by popular demand. The Norths leading agricultural event.

The Great Yorkshire Show is an annual agricultural show which takes place on the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate, North Yorkshire....more info

Otley Market features a wide variety of goods, including fresh produce, artisan products, crafts, clothing, and household items. The market blends with the town's independent shops, cafes, and historic architecture, making it a popular destination for local and tourist. We then head off to Harrogate, Harrogate is a town in North Yorkshire, England, east of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Its heritage as a fashionable spa resort continues in the Montpellier Quarter with the Royal Pump Room Museum, documenting the importance of local mineral springs....more info

 

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