This Is Y Magazine Digital Edition - May 2020 by Welcome to Yorkshire

David Hockney Inspirational art during lockdown

GARDEN GURU A L A N T I TC H M A R S H O N T H E G R E AT O U T D O O R S A N D E N CO U R AG I N G M O R E P E O P L E T O G R O W.

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Sabrina Ghayour Chef and author on delicious dining Dig it Glorious gardens still blooming Yorkshire on screen Catch up on some great film and TV

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W E LCO M E When I started at Welcome to Yorkshire a few months ago, I was looking forward to working with the team, promoting this brilliant county, showcasing all that Yorkshire has to offer across the globe and welcoming visitors to enjoy our exciting world-class events. What I hadn’t expected was for a global pandemic to completely change the course of life as we all knew it, but the reaction and subsequent action to the coronavirus curveball is what has taken priority for now. The current situation has spurred on the passion, even more, at Welcome to Yorkshire to support and promote the county’s amazing businesses and fantastic visitor attractions. So, for the first time in over a decade of Welcome to Yorkshire’s This Is Y annual magazines, we’ve decided to create a monthly online mag and this is the first edition. Packed with celebrity interviews, fantastic features with places that we can all plan to visit, as we really do need something to look forward to when we can once again enjoy Yorkshire’s spectacular countryside, breathtaking coastline, vibrant cities, towns, villages, outdoor locations, art venues, heritage sites, restaurants, pubs, cafes and lots, lots more. And, it just wouldn’t be lockdown without a quiz...a great opportunity to sit back and test your Yorkshire knowledge. This month’s online This Is Y also features lots of inspirational stories, highlighting the ways Welcome to Yorkshire member businesses have adapted to the current situation. Plus, our team of business and tourism experts, share advice on how to spend this time effectively, preparing for being even stronger and ready to Welcome ‘back’ to Yorkshire visitors from across the world. This is now a time, more than ever for us to work together. Enjoy inside...and then out! #YorkshireTogether

JAMES MASON Chief Executive, Welcome to Yorkshire

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CONTENTS 6 BUSINESS AS UNUSUAL Inspirational ideas from businesses adapting. 10 ALAN TITCHMARSH Interview with Yorkshire’s green-fingered gardening guru.

Lockdown in May, may have its limitations, but working from the home office (not as in a ministerial department, but actually from at home) can be quite inspiring. Brilliant birdsong, sometimes sunshine, bleating lambs and buds bursting into beautiful blooms are just some of lockdown life’s little pleasures.

14 YORKSHIRE DAYS IN Lockdown inspiration.

Outdoors and indoors have opened up a whole range of activities. Britain’s baking boom has meant flourishing flour sales and creative cooking is making the kitchen more appealing for peeling than ever before.

22 BECOME A MEMBER Join Welcome to Yorkshire today.

Some of Yorkshire’s finest share their inspirational isolation ideas. Alan Titchmarsh talks tending everything from potted plants to blooming borders. There’s world-class cuisine served up from celebrity chef Sabrina Ghayour and David Hockney springs into art action capturing the sights of the season.

16 WHAT’S ON THE MENU Chef Sabrina Ghayour shares mouth-watering menus. 20 LET’S GET QUIZZICAL Test your Yorkshire knowledge.

23 READY, STEADY, LOOK Expert tips for your website. 24 HOCKNEY IN SPRING Home is where the art is with David Hockney. 30 BEST ASSURED World Cup of Yorkshire… Iconic Buildings. 34 BOOK IT, BANK IT, ENJOY IT Our online voucher scheme supporting local business.

Enjoy the new online monthly This is Y and all things Yorkshire.

36 DIG IT Yorkshire’s glorious gardens.

Stay in and stay safe.

40 FEAST FOR THE EYES Switch on to the county’s top TV and film productions.

C A R O LY N N I C O L L

46 PLAN YOUR JOURNEY (when the time’s right)

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David Hockney “No. 132” 23rd March 2020, iPad drawing © David Hockney.

ON THE COVER Alan Titchmarsh MBE VMH DL was born and brought up on the edge of Ilkley Moor in Yorkshire. He trained at horticultural college and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

GET IN TOUCH Editor Carolyn Nicoll cnicoll@yorkshire.com

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UNUSUAL Times are changing and Yorkshire businesses are too, from delivery services to making scrubs, and drive-throughs to virtual visits, check out these inspiring ideas.

Below: Nwando Ebizie - Hildegard, work in progress, Resonance 2018 ÂŠ Opera North. Right: Some of the amazing bread in Bettys Bread Boxes. Accommodation for keyworkers in the Hideout Apartment Hotel in Hull. Bottom right: Tipple Tails online orders have skyrocketed.

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HULL HIDEOUT Beautiful boutique accommodation Hideout Apartment Hotel in Hull has opened its doors to a completely different clientele during the coronavirus outbreak. Keyworkers are staying in the ideally equipped lockdown location. Staff are pleasantly surprised at just how suitable and adaptable the apartments have been - contactless (so no human interaction when accessing the building and checking in) room access through a keypad with a personal code, all apartments have kitchens (perfect for dining after a busy shift), no carpets making sterilising the rooms using strong detergents achievable during guest changeover, plus some apartments have street access through private patio areas. There are views of Hull Minster and Trinity Square making this an appealing key(worker) lockdown location.

M E L O DY M A K E R S Tuning in to the current coronavirus times, Opera North has announced a new ‘Lockdown Edition’ of its successful Resonance programme. Designed to support artists and musicians from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds in exploring new ideas and collaborating with other creatives, it’s part of the Leeds-based company’s drive to address the impact of the pandemic on the arts, under current, uniquely challenging circumstances. Applications by Friday 8th May.

TA I L S O F T H E UNEXPECTED Being a small business owner can be challenging at the best of times and at the very start of the Covid19 outbreak

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Jane Stammers, passionate baker of yummy rich, moist cakes at Tipple Tails, lost a lot of business when Spring events were cancelled and excess stock was left, BUT Tipple Tails online sales skyrocketed. Jane’s spirits have certainly been lifted, from the lovely personal messages being sent out with the delicious cakes to people who are isolated from family and friends for all sorts of occasions (birthdays still happen)...or just because!

B R I N G I N G DA N C E T U T U YO U Due to the impact of COVID-19, many of Northern Ballet’s upcoming performances have been cancelled. Whilst the Company is not performing live at this time, a selection of ballets from Northern Ballet’s repertoire plus a new original dance film will be available to watch online or on television as part of the company’s Pay As You Feel Digital Season. Northern Ballet are asking audiences to consider making a donation as they watch to support the company, their people and work during these unprecedented times.

Isabel Innes, wardrobe assistant at Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre has adapted her handy needle skills to create scrub bags, face masks and headbands for NHS staff during the Coronavirus pandemic, after reading an appeal on Facebook from For The Love of Scrubs – Our NHS Needs You. From working on productions such as A Christmas Carol, The 39 Steps, Alice in Wonderland and Stepping Out to Treasure Island, Isabel has now switched her sewing skills to help those treading the wards as opposed to treading the boards.

R I S I N G TO THE OCCASION Famed for its tea rooms serving tasty treats and delicious dining, Bettys is also known for its beautiful bread range. Sold through its six branch shops around Yorkshire, now for the first time, Bettys is selling bread online. The Bettys Bread Box contains five loaves of freshly baked artisan bread delivered straight from the bakery to anywhere in the UK. Handpicked by Bettys’ craft bakers for their comforting flavours, the box includes Yorkshire Cobble, Wholemeal Loaf, Yorkshire Pebble, Swiss Fitness and Yorkshire Millers Loaf. All suitable for freezing.

CASTLE H O WA R D ’ S WAY From sausages to shrubs the Farm Shop and Garden Centre at Castle Howard are keeping locals stocked up. Regional fresh produce, store cupboard essentials and locally reared meats are now available through an online ‘order, pre-pay and collect’ service, as well as being delivered into local villages. Keep those borders bedecked with blooms, as the Garden Centre’s pick of the crop in plants, garden tools, outdoor furniture and accessories reflecting the long traditions of the estate’s landscape can be delivered too.

Left: Northern Ballet’s Pay As You Feel Digital Season is available to watch online or on TV.

N E V E R D I D T H E Y T H I N K T H AT T H E I R AA R OS E T T E FO O D WO U L D B E S E R V E D I N A TA K E AWAY B OX . H O S P I TA L ( I T Y ) H E L P

Right: The White Hart Hotel in Harrogate. Below: Delicious food available from Blacker Hall Farm’s Drive-Thru shop.

Yorkshire hotel company, HRH Group, saw their business model change almost overnight to accommodate NHS and key worker personnel in hotels and turned its AA rosette restaurant into a takeaway service for Yorkshire’s Nightingale Hospital in Harrogate. Hotels including The White Hart Hotel adapted fast, with staff working around the clock and a small skeleton team pitching in whilst social distancing. In addition to their usual jobs, the managing director delivers takeaways, the commercial manager cooks breakfast and the rooms manager takes takeaway orders. Simon Cotton, Managing Director said; “It has been a humbling experience for all of us at the HRH Group to be able to do our little bit to support our amazing NHS teams and the other key workers in the community who are indeed going above and beyond.” Never before did the group think that their AA rosette restaurant food would be served in a takeaway box. However, The Fat Badger’s takeaway business is now going strong.

FA R M ‘ D R I V E -T H R U ’ To minimise social contact Wakefield’s Blacker Hall Farm has opened a ‘DriveThru’ shop, offering pre-packaged essentials, including fresh meat, fish, veg, fruit and salad boxes, without having to leave the car. The award-winning family business had to adapt quickly amid the coronavirus outbreak to satisfy the needs of their loyal customers including a local delivery priority service for the over 70s,

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vulnerable and self-isolating, and a click and collect service. Over 80% of everything sold from the Calder Grove-based farm is made onsite at the Farm Shop, or home reared on the land. Many more Yorkshire farm shops are offering similar great services including Bert’s Barrow, Cannon Hall Farm, Drewton’sand Keelham Farm Shop.

VIRTUAL VISITS Walk the walk as the Wharfedale Grange wedding team have proposed a new way to view their dream destination in preparation for the big day, with virtual FaceTime tours of this luxury location. Nestled between Leeds and Harrogate, couples can see the wonderful wedding venue from the safety of their sofa whilst taking in everything that this stunning rural redevelopment of four beautiful barns combined with farmhouse-luxe has to offer, plus the breathtaking panoramic Yorkshire vista. Take a look around during lockdown and plan the perfect wedding day.

Top to bottom: Anna and Al’s wedding at Wharfedale Grange © Toast of Leeds. Emma and Adam on their big day © Cream Photography. Cooper King Distillery in York.

P R E PA R E F O R YO U R B I G D AY, W I T H V I R T U A L FA C E T I M E T O U R S O F A L U X U R Y L O C AT I O N .

IN THE SPIRIT Serving up gin and whisky, Cooper King Distillery have added to their range by busily producing hand sanitiser and distributing it for free to local care homes and hospitals, and are now making enough to also purchase online. Plus there’s free nationwide delivery on their spirits, including a free hand sanitiser with any bottle purchase. We’ll drink to that (well, not the sanitiser!) Also offering similar services, and many more too, include Harrogate Tipple and Whitby Gin.

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INTERVIEW

ALAN T I TC H M A R S H Avid author of over 40 gardening books, bestselling novelist, poet, TV presenter and radio broadcaster... ‘Kew’ Britain’s greatest gardening guru. Carolyn Nicoll gets the lockdown latest from Yorkshire’s Alan Titchmarsh. My first memories of Yorkshire are walking on Ilkley Moor, paddling in the River Wharfe fishing for tiddlers and wandering through woods filled with bluebells. In Ilkley the proximity to moors, woods and river meant that I was always only minutes away from a variety of landscapes. I’ve been in love with the outside world ever since. It was such a brilliant place to grow up. During the holidays I was allowed to simply take myself off …as long as I was home in time for tea. The best bits Yorkshire has to offer are the countryside, the folk, the food – and Bettys Café. Coronavirus has meant I’m at home in Hampshire and have been since mid-March. Being over 70 (just) I’ve been told I’m vulnerable. I haven’t done so much gardening every day since I was an apprentice. A typical day at the moment is up at around 7.30am, make Mrs T a cup of tea, shower, get dressed, go out and do the watering, mowing, staking and planting before a light lunch. There are still columns to write and emails to answer in the hope that when things get back to normal we can start filming again. For now all that is on hold, but I do get to FaceTime my grandchildren every day. Gosh, I miss ‘em!

Filming for Love Your Garden on ITV and a new show that I was scheduled to start filming in the middle of April. All that must wait, but I have a lovely garden to tend and so the frustration is tempered by that and I really am enjoying getting stuck in. Normally I have two people to help me, but they are at home and so I garden solo. I’m finding great contentment in gardening almost all day every day. I always do something, but thanks to great spring weather I’ve been outdoors from dawn till dusk, remembering why I love it so. The most difficult thing is missing my daughters and my grandchildren, two boys and two girls all under eight. Like all grandparents I am desperate for a cuddle. I’m still actively involved with broadcasting my Classic FM show on a Saturday morning from home. Still writing for Country Life and BBC Gardeners’ World magazines, plus the Daily Express so there’s still plenty to do. I also have a novel brewing, but quite slowly. I need to finish it by next spring so naturally I haven’t started it yet. I’m still basking in the glory of Marigolds, Myrtle and Moles, my first book of poetry, spending two weeks in The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller List. There’s also lots of Skyping into news and current affairs programmes, mainly about the closure of garden centres which

saddens me. Many growers may go out of business and we need our gardens and plants more than ever in these times. Plants, flowers, wildlife, the glory of the great outdoors all inspire my poetry. I feel driven to champion it and to reconnect folk with the earth and things that grow. Children love being outdoors and we need to give them a chance to come into contact with the earth and nature far more. The future of the planet will be in their hands and I am anxious that they love it and understand it. How do I relax? Gardening! Driving an old car, reading and pottering about in my garden on the Isle of Wight. One day I’ll be rumbled. May is usually a time to enjoy gardens, parks and fabulous flower shows. All those of us in the gardening community are so sad that RHS Chelsea, Malvern and so many other flower shows have had to be cancelled, though we can see the necessity. Our thoughts are really with the growers, garden centres and nurseries who could struggle to stay afloat. All we can do is hope they weather the storm and that either a rescue package or a reopening of garden centres and nurseries will have some kind of positive effect.

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I FEEL DRIVEN TO C H A M P I O N T H E G R E AT O U T D O O R S A N D TO R E CO N N E C T FOLK WITH THINGS T H AT G R O W.

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Previous page: Alan relaxing in the garden. This page clockwise from bottom left: The gardens at York Gate in Adel. Bettys famous Fat Rascals. The Cow and Calf Rocks on Ilkley Moor. The Grove, Ilkley. Landscaping on a grand scale at Fountains Abbey © National Trust images.

A great idea for your garden during lockdown is to do plant swaps with neighbours (leave them at the end of the garden path). Dig up and divide overcrowded clumps, provided they’ve not grown too tall, and above all, order plants by post from the specialist nurseries who so desperately need the trade. The RHS has listed on their website all those growers who were going to exhibit at flower shows and many of them are selling by mail order. House plants are mercifully back in fashion. Look for those that suit your living conditions. Moth orchids (Phalaenopsis) are easy to grow and last for three or four months in flower. Just don’t overwater them. One watering every ten days or so is plenty, and don’t leave them standing in water. My favourite flower or plant depends on the time of year. First it’s snowdrops, then daffs, then tulips, right now it is Japanese maples – exquisitely delicate and wonderfully varied. The great thing about gardening in the UK is the seasonality, our gardens and predilections change with the seasons. I love York Gate Garden at Adel near Leeds, which was created by Robin and Sybil Spencer, because it shows what wonderful proportions and spectacle can be achieved in just an acre, and Parcevall Hall for its setting in the Yorkshire Dales. Studley Royal (at Fountains Abbey) is matchless when it comes to landscaping on the grand scale. I love it.

I always walk up on Ilkley Moor and look down across the Wharfe Valley at the town itself, feeling grateful to have grown up in such a place. Bettys on The Grove is essential for lunch and I’ll take home a box of Fat Rascals. I’ll look over the parapet of the Old Bridge to see if I can spot any trout and gaze wistfully on the little nursery beside the bridge. I’ve loved it since I was a boy. Then I’ll just wander the streets of my childhood and reignite happy memories. I’m looking forward to returning to the theatre, going for long walks, seeing friends and above all reconnecting with my family. Never again will I take such freedoms for granted. Having always revered those who work in the NHS and as carers, I now view them with even more respect than ever. When everyone is out and about again they should walk on the wild and woolly moors, a perfect place to connect with nature. Then head down to the riverbank and watch trout nosing upstream, before enjoying a hand pulled pint in front of a glorious Yorkshire view.

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WA L K O N T H E W I L D MOORS, THE PERFECT P L AC E TO CO N N E C T W I T H N AT U R E .

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DAYS I N

Welcome to Yorkshire have created Yorkshire Days In a one-stop shop full of inspiration and ideas for life on lockdown.

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Right: Make your own cheese with Wensleydale Creamery. Below: Activities about Viking life and culture with Jorvik. Bottom: DIY cocktails with Slingsby Gin.

he COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in lots of us needing to self-isolate and has restricted people from visiting their favourite restaurants, attractions and shops. As a result, we wanted to create a Yorkshire Days In section online. The concept is simple - we have put together a range of fun and inspirational ideas that can be done by you and your family at home. We’re working with all your favourite places to provide a place packed full of ideas to keep you entertained. These include recipes to try, books to read or even how to create your own science experiment! Keep checking back as we will be adding more and more content to these pages, and don’t forget to join in the conversation on social media too using #YorkshireTogether and share how you have made the most of Yorkshire from your own front room.

4 OF THE BEST

Keep dancing

Northern Ballet have made it their mission to keep bringing world-class ballet to your doorstep. Over the next few weeks they’ll be presenting a season of unmissable dance on screen.

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Does it dunk?

It’s fair to say that our friends at Yorkshire Tea take their dunking seriously. So seriously that they’ve undertaken a proper science experiment to find out which biscuits dunk and which don’t.

Funday Monday

Every Monday morning at 9am, The Deep will be posting some of their Deep themed resources for you to enjoy. From colouring sheets, to puzzles and informative quiz questions!

Baking secrets

With over a century of baking experience, who better to turn to than Bettys for some top tips? You might follow in the footsteps of Yorkshire’s many Great British Bake Off greats!

W H AT ’ S O N T H E M E N U ?

SABRINA G H AYO U R

Celebrated chef and author Sabrina Ghayour moved to London from Iran at the age of two. Fast-forward to a couple of years ago and a delicious dining experience prompted another life-changing move. Carolyn Nicoll found out more.

I booked dinner and an overnight stay at Tommy Banks’ The Black Swan in Oldstead. By the next morning, I had fallen head over heels in love with the area and knew I wanted to make Yorkshire my home. I’m based In North Yorkshire, in a little village not too far from Thirsk. What do I love about it? What don’t I love about it? The fact that my rudest awakening in the morning comes from birdsong and the occasional dog bark is blissful. I never even had a window box growing up and now all I can see for miles and miles is beautiful green land, hills and countryside. I have travelled all over the world and genuinely, there is no place I’d rather be than home in Yorkshire, it has quickly become my happy place. I’m involved with food festivals like Malton and I host my Supperclubs at Robinsons Café in York. I am keen to support as many restaurants, pubs, bakers, butchers, cheesemongers, grocers and other food businesses as I can, by choosing local whenever possible. Much like many others, coronavirus has had a dramatic financial impact on my business and as my

mother is diabetic, we began selfisolation from the beginning of March, so we have been stuck indoors for quite a long time. But I cannot complain because thank goodness we have managed to stay healthy and have the most wonderful friends, neighbours and food suppliers that ensure we have all we need. I still cook, write and work almost constantly as I am not the type to sit still and do nothing. It is important not to lose sight of the fact that things will return to normal and when they do, we can all assess the damage and take steps to rebuild our lives and work, however we need to.

I have had to cancel my first-ever Supperclub in York for 50 people at Robinsons Café, which is sad and another Supperclub for 120 in London at Barboun. So far I have cancelled more than half a dozen sold out cookery classes too, not to mention consulting work with brands and businesses in the UK and overseas. Also so many food festivals and similar events that I was booked on have now had to cancel their events and so it has been quite difficult. My next cookbook comes out at the end of August, which is a godsend as usually that would be April time, which would have been disappointing.

My typical day is waking up and having two strong cups of coffee. I am useless to anyone if I haven’t had coffee. Three days a week I exercise (during COVID, especially) to keep sane but also balance out all the excessive snacking and eating I seem to be doing at the moment. I work day and night, so I don’t have a fixed time to sit at my desk. I spend my days either cooking, baking or recipe testing and usually writing for different magazines and newspapers, in the absence of my usual client jobs and campaigns.

It has been such an education…one that I am not entirely sorry to have had, but suddenly all the little things mean so much and you really stop and smell the roses. Picking flowers from the garden for the house to brighten things up, collecting wild garlic and nettles and using them in cooking, the beautiful sunny weather we have been having despite these difficult times, my neighbours helping with bits of shopping as we can’t leave, the funny text messages we exchange with friends and loved ones, not wasting a single scrap and really being

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incredibly thrifty and creative with food in the house, watching all the TV shows I’ve wanted to see for years but never had the time and so much more. All lessons I take with me as I go forward in life. I am surprised at how much I have been able to adapt to the situation but I genuinely miss my freedom, meeting people, hugging them, chatting and having drinks and enjoying good food socially. I miss my friends and loved ones and miss letting my hair down and having fun nights out. Obviously one of the most serious impacts will be financial but I’m in the same boat as everyone else and there is nothing I can do to help the situation, so torturing and agonising over matters, won’t help my cause. Travel, good produce and ingredients, mood and learning from others all influence what I cook. I’m not a rule-follower and I like to be a footless and fancy-free kind of cook. I just genuinely love food, culture and travel and that has given me a real passion for cooking and eating which provides me with endless fuel and inspiration. I have pretty adventurous taste and I’ve made food from around the world from burgers, fried chicken, curries and shepherd’s pie to Indonesian satay, Vietnamese Pho, doner kebabs, Jamaican goat curry, patties and Persian and Middle Eastern food galore. But by far, one of the best and most satisfying things I’ve made during COVID was a home-made version of a McDonald’s double sausage and egg McMuffin. It was absolutely fantastic. My favourite Yorkshire dish has to be Yorkshire Pudding. Long before ever living here, I could eat it with breakfast, lunch or dinner, not just as part of a cracking Sunday roast. But I’m also rather partial to a bit of parkin

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as well and anything with rhubarb in it, especially if that happens to be The Dawnay Arms’ rhubarb trifle Before assessing the damage after lockdown and diving into work, I want to see all my friends and have some really fun nights out with the wonderful people in my industry. I am going to make many, many plans! My perfect Yorkshire day out? I absolutely love a good pub lunch, Dawnay Arms is my favourite pub, and Mannion & Co in Helmsley are both regularly visited. I love taking people to see Castle Howard, Fountains Abbey, Byland Abbey, Helmsley Castle and Shibden Hall in Halifax too. I’ve yet to visit Harewood House but I do love exploring all these beautiful places. Driving visitors to Oldstead is great and showing them The Black Swan, where my idea for living in Yorkshire first started and of course, I love walking through York, it’s so beautiful, especially all the lovely little backstreets. From lockdown lunches to dining in dinners, check out some of Sabrina’s top tips on dishing up delicious delicacies and cooking creative cuisine.

Simple recipe Feta and spring onion stuffed potato skins Prep 30 min Cook 1 hr 30 min Serves 4-6 4 baking potatoes 50g butter 5–6 spring onions thinly sliced from root to tip 200g feta cheese crumbled Small packet of tarragon leaves (about 15g) finely chopped 1 tablespoon garlic granules 1 teaspoon nigella seeds Maldon sea salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper

Nothing screams comfort to me more than creamy mashed potato, and this dish provides a delicious twist by combining it with another favourite of mine – the humble potato skin. Simple, delicious and quite filling, you can easily adapt the flavours to use up whatever other ingredients you have lurking in your fridge. It’s also perfect for little hands, as kids love getting stuck into making these. Preheat the oven to 220°C (200°C fan), Gas Mark 7. Place the whole potatoes on a baking tray and bake for 25–30 minutes, then reduce the oven temperature to 200°C (180°C fan), Gas Mark 6, and cook for a further 1 hour, until the potatoes are cooked through. Remove from the oven. Allow the potatoes to cool slightly, then cut each potato in half. Scoop out the flesh from each half into a bowl and set aside the skins. Season the flesh generously with salt and pepper and add the butter to the bowl. Using a potato masher or a fork, roughly mash the butter, salt and pepper into the potato – don’t worry if the mixture is not completely smooth. Use a spoon to stir in the spring onion, feta, tarragon, garlic granules and nigella seeds and mix well. Adjust the seasoning if desired. Fill the potato skins with the mash mixture and pack the filling firmly into the skins. Set the stuffed skins on a baking tray and bake for 30 minutes, or until just starting to brown on top. Serve hot. Bazaar: Vibrant Vegetarian and Plant-Based Recipes by Sabrina Ghayour is published by Mitchell Beazley, £26.00, www.octopusbooks.co.uk Image © Kris Kirkham

YO R K S H I R E Q U I Z

LET’S GET QUIZZICAL It’s 2020, we’re in lockdown, so why not test your Yorkshire knowledge? (That’s the first question). Here are 20 in 2020 to see how much you really know about the UK’s largest county.

1 Project Polar at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park is home to some magnificent polar bears, one of them named after a famous historical Russian figure and a hit single for Boney M in 1978. What is the polar bear’s name? 2 The Great East Window is the largest expanse of medieval stained glass in the country. In which spectacular Yorkshire building can it be found? 3 The world’s first ever floodlit football match was played in 1878. At which Yorkshire football ground?

4 Yorkshire is home to Britain’s highest pub at 1,732 ft (528m) above sea level. Located on the Pennine Way, it has starred in many TV ads and top musical acts from the Arctic Monkeys to Mark Ronson have been welcomed there. What’s the name of the pub? 5 Suranne Jones plays Anne Lister, the heroine of TV’s Gentleman Jack. What is the name of Anne’s stunning historical Halifax home where the series was also filmed? 6 The smallest pub room in Britain nestles in the 1829 established The Minerva. Which city is this 3-seater snug located?

7 A famous literary figure was born 200 years ago in 1820, grew up in Haworth and is buried on the cliffside at Scarborough. Who is it?

8 Sir Titus Salt was a manufacturer, politician, and philanthropist. He built Salts Mill (now home to a Hockney art gallery, restaurants and book store). Which village and UNESCO World Heritage Site is home to the mill? 9 Wallace and Gromit love their cheese. Which area of the Yorkshire Dales is also the name of their favourite cheese?

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ANSWERS: RASPUTIN • YORK MINSTER • BRAMALL LANE/ SHEFFIELD UNITED FC • TAN HILL INN • SHIBDEN HALL HULL • ANNE BRONTË • SALTAIRE • WENSLEYDALE • WHITBY JAMES HERRIOT • ALISTAIR AND JONATHAN • BETTYS THE DEEP IN HULL • KAISER CHIEFS • DAME JUDI DENCH ARCTIC MONKEYS • 2014 • BIRD GARDEN • 1ST AUGUST

10 Dracula was inspired by Yorkshire. Which Yorkshire seaside town was the inspiration for Bram Stoker’s novel?

15 Ricky, Nick, Vijay,

11 This year celebrates the 50th anniversary of the original publication of James Alfred Wight’s much-loved books about his life as a Yorkshire vet. What is the well-known pseudonym he used when writing?

Piece Hall in September.

12 Yorkshire’s Brownlee brothers are Olympic and World Championship winning triathletes. What are their first names?

Simon and Andrew are members of a Yorkshire band scheduled to play at the incredible The Who are they? 16 A York-born acting great won the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award at the 1999 Oscar ceremony for her role in Shakespeare in Love. Who is she? 17 The music video Four Out of Five was filmed at the fantastic Castle Howard. It features which Sheffield band? 18 Yorkshire famously

13 Only to be found in Yorkshire but visited by tourists from across the globe and founded over a century ago by Swiss confectioner and baker Frederick Belmont. Can you name the much-loved tearooms?

hosted the Grand Depart

14 Yorkshire is home to the world’s first ‘submarium’. Where is it?

20 Yorkshire Day is

of the Tour de France. In which year? 19 Harewood House is celebrating a special birthday this year. Which of its gardens is 50?

celebrated every year. On what date?

14 Answers at the top of this page (no cheating!)

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G O O D F O R YO U A N D YO U R B U S I N E S S . G O O D F O R YO R K S H I R E . W H AT ’ S I N I T F O R YO U ? Welcome to Yorkshire membership provides businesses with a chance to showcase to the world what they have to offer. Alongside promotion on our award-winning website yorkshire.com. Members can tap into a wide variety of resources including access to free social and training events, PR support, potential editorial coverage, money-saving offers, the opportunity to be nominated at the White Rose Awards (the UK’s largest

tourism awards ceremony) and be part of Welcome to Yorkshire’s annual Y conference (the biggest onstage tourism show in the UK), plus so much more. Tourism in Yorkshire is worth £9billion to the Yorkshire economy and can be as strong again, after the coronavirus situation, if we continue to bring together businesses from all four corners of the county, to continue to achieve even more and be seen on the world stage as a top tourist destination, showcasing the county globally. During such unprecedented times it’s important for Yorkshire businesses to work together, share tourism and business advice, as well as supporting and promoting the county’s businesses and attractions. The aim is to be as strong as ever once lockdown is lifted, to continue offering fantastic staycations and to attract international visitors once again (when it’s safe to do so).

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W H AT D O O U R M E M B E R S S AY ? Becky Whitaker Owner, People Buy People As a member I have worked with the team at Welcome To Yorkshire for many years, both as a venue and a supplier. They have always been extremely professional, friendly & helpful. I like the the opportunity to get involved with different events as a delegate & as an exhibitor and have always made valuable connections, gathered leads & generated business. I think the key to this good relationship with WTY is to communicate regularly. I see the hard work the team have all put in throughout difficult times and how it has paid off with the massive success of the likes of the Tour de Yorkshire. Becky Leach Marketing & Communications Manager, The Deep Welcome to Yorkshire have been a great support to The Deep for many years across our business, including social media, web, print, PR and events. Working closely with the them has helped to increase awareness of our product across the region and has resulted in a big increase in web traffic to our site. The team are always on hand for advice or assistance and go the extra mile to help.

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WEBSITE TIPS

R E A DY, S T E A DY, L O O K Take this time to be prepared for when things return to business as usual. Create or improve your online presence, focus on giving your organisation that all important window of opportunity to connect with your audience and showcase all that your business has to offer. Lydia Hawes shares 10 top website tips.

Update and refresh

Keep your content relevant and up to date. There’s nothing more frustrating as a consumer to see out of date information on a website. Make sure you read your own copy on a regular basis and assess all information making sure it’s precise and relevant. Perhaps you could change content seasonally, address certain holiday periods or adapt it to suit cultural trends. You’ll eventually find the task of updating your website easier over time, so keep doing it and before you know it you’ll be a copywriting pro.

Ensure links are working

Visit your website regularly and check all your links are in working order. Malfunctioning links can cause frustration to users and inevitably lose their interest in your site altogether. Broken links are often easily fixed so don’t panic if you do find some.

Upload new images

You know the saying – a picture is worth a thousand words. In our modern world, never has this statement been so true. In fact, as far as websites are concerned, an image can completely transform an online presence. Updating the images, you already have on your website is a fast and easy way to make improvements. Just make sure the images are clear, focused, on subject and check any copyright.

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Translate your website

Check out the competition

The internet is indeed worldwide, so you don’t know who will be wanting to learn more about your business. Make sure your website can be translated into different languages so you can attract international interest. Don’t worry, you don’t need to brush up on your French GCSE, there are plenty of online companies that can do this all for you. There’s nothing wrong with checking out competitors. It’s always good to see how companies within your industry are presenting their information online. It may inspire you to up your game or introduce ideas you hadn’t thought of.

Add a blog to your website

If you’re a business owner, chances are you have a pretty strong skill set within your industry. Why not put those skills to good use and create a blog on your website? This form of content marketing gives your business great online visibility. It creates a direct connection to your customers, generates engaging comments and could even attract new daily visitors to your website. Make sure readers can share your blog posts so your message reaches people far and wide.

Make it Mobile Friendly

We all use our phones to browse the internet now so you need to make sure your website can be viewed efficiently on any mobile device. Most website builders can do this for you. It may be as easy as making buttons bigger or changing the design to a simpler format.

Get Social

Shout out

Add some social media icons to your website to encourage users to follow you. Most platforms have a plug-in that you can add to the backend of your website so that you can pull your live social feeds onto your website. This gives your customer another way in which to keep up to date with what is happening with your business and provides a different way in which they can get in touch with you. Give a shout out to the businesses you work with. Create a suppliers, supporters & partners section to your website. It’s nice to have support from businesses in your industry or network. This way you can celebrate all the brilliant organisations that you work with and that are in your area.

Introduce video content

Videos are a quick, easy and fun way to get your message across. Research shows that video is the way consumers are absorbing content on the internet now. Don’t see it as a daunting task, instead see it as a really great way to engage with your customers. You don’t have to be the next Steven Spielberg, it doesn’t have to include graphics or special effects! A simple video of the local area around the B&B you’re promoting or an insight into how you make your delicious coffees will be a great addition to your website. Step into the action with a few handy hints on how to film a great video from Welcome to Yorkshire’s camerawhizz Al Jones here

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ARTISTIC

HOCKNEY IN SPRING Breaking all records, David Hockney’s Portrait of an Artist - Pool with Two Figures, became the most expensive work of art by a living artist ever to be sold at auction, for over 90 million dollars at Christie’s in New York, back in 2018. Fast-forward to 2020 and Alice Bailey gets the latest on the whereabouts of the world-renowned and internationally acclaimed Yorkshire legend.

F Left: David Hockney with his painting ‘The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty-eleven)’. Above: David Hockney painting “Winter Timber” in Bridlington, July 2009 (detail) © David Hockney, Photo: Jean-Pierre Goncalves de Lima.

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rom the rainbows we’ve made to brighten up our windows and life drawing classes streamed online to the 500 artists painting portraits of our NHS heroes, the lockdown is encouraging many of us to be a lot more creative. And what better inspiration for our artworks could there be than the sun-filled springtime happening all around us. We only need to look out of our windows, get out into our gardens, or do some exploring during our daily exercise to see nature reawakening in all its glory. One Yorkshire artist who is doing just that is David Hockney, although he’s not holed up here in God’s Own County, but over in Normandy, where he’d recently bought and renovated a country house. Born in Bradford in 1937 and often given the moniker the godfather of British art, Hockney was an important contributor to the pop art movement of the 1960s and is widely considered to be one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century. He was synonymous for many years with the vivid colours of the west coast of America where he moved to; a life of Californian sunshine, palm trees and technicolour swimming pools.

But in the early 2000s he brought some of that energy back to a very different environment here in Yorkshire with a highly regarded body of work based on the quiet drama of the Yorkshire Wolds, an area he experienced often as a child. The East Yorkshire landscape he knew so well was the inspiration for a bold collection of paintings, sketches, iPad and film work displayed at the Royal Academy in London in 2012. The exhibition “A Bigger Picture”, included images of trees, hills and byways in his unique style with vivid colours and names like The Road Across the Wolds. A standout piece was the huge and instantly iconic Bigger Trees Near Warter. Now around a decade since he explored the arrival of Spring in Yorkshire, he’s been doing something similar while on lockdown in France where he’s been holed up since earlier this year. Hockney was drawn to the Normandy region because of the rich variety of trees in the area that bring a diverse range of blossoms at this time of year; apple, cherry, pear and plum. He’d started drawing the winter trees and then simply continued when travel was halted and the severity of the COVID-19 outbreak became apparent, telling the BBC “this virus started...I went on drawing the winter trees that eventually burst into blossom. This is the stage we are right now. Meanwhile the virus is going mad, and many people said my drawings were a great respite from what was going on.”

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Clockwise from left: David Hockney “Do remember they can’t cancel the Spring” 2020, iPad drawing © David Hockney. David Hockney “No. 133” 22nd March 2020, iPad drawing © David Hockney. David Hockney “No. 139” 25th March 2020, iPad drawing © David Hockney. Hockney poses in front of some of his new work in his ‘Painting and Photography’ exhibition. Incredible Wolds woodlands near Warter.

“ I W E N T O N D R AW I N G T H E W I N T E R T R E E S T H AT E V E N T U A L LY B U R S T I N T O B LO SS O M . M E A N W H I L E T H E V I R U S I S G O I N G M A D, A N D P E O P L E SA I D M Y D R AW I N G S W E R E A G R E AT R E S P I T E . ”

He initially sent some works out to his to friends, one with the title: “Do Remember They Can’t Cancel the Spring” and then decided to share them with the wider public too. Writing to a BBC journalist Hockney continued “Why are my iPad drawings seen as a respite from the news? Well, they are obviously made by the hand depicting the renewal that is the spring in this part of the world.” Now nine images and one animation produced during the lockdown have been released online to help bring some light during these dark and difficult days. The artworks include images of Hockney’s Normandy home, some of daffodils and other spring flowers, and some of trees just starting to blossom. For anyone moved to explore more of his work once the lockdown is over a trip to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Saltaire near Bradford is a must. The village, built by mill owner Sir Titus Salt as a utopian vision to house his workers, is now a fashionable place to live and work with thriving bars, boutiques and restaurants. Once the centre piece of the village, Salts Mill, which opened in 1853 and still produced cloth until 1986, is now a place where culture and commerce thrive together. It’s home to the 1853 Gallery – which displays many of Hockney’s paintings, etchings, and drawings. In the 3rd Floor Gallery, you’ll find his ‘The Arrival of Spring’ collection. This set of original works was drawn on an iPad in 2011 just the year before his London exhibition and, like those works, printed at an incredible scale.

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T H E N I N E I M AG E S A N D O N E A N I M AT I O N P R O D U C E D D E P I C T T H E R E N E WA L T H AT I S T H E S P R I N G .

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BEAUTIFUL MARKET TOW N S S I T I N U N S P O I L E D S C E N E R Y, W I T H F I N E C H U R C H E S , O U T S TA N D I N G COUNTRY HOUSES AND A BEAUTIFUL SWEEPING COAST L I N E . The mill also now houses many independent shops including everything from bikes and outdoor gear, to antiques and jewellery, luxury homeware, a brilliant book and poster shop, and both a café and a diner. The Cartwright Hall Art Gallery in the magnificent Green Flag-awarded Lister Park is another essential visit for Hockney fans. The site of the more recently opened Hockney Gallery, it contains Bradford’s unrivalled collection of Hockney’s early work from his time at Bradford School of Art. Visitors can see an introduction to the artist and his techniques, early works showing how it all began in Bradford and watch previously unseen footage of the artist in his Bridlington studio. The gallery also houses Bradford’s public art collection which inspired Hockney as a child and student and welcomes both contemporary and historical exhibitions. Hockney himself remarking: “I used to love going to Cartwright Hall as a kid, it was the only place in Bradford I could see real paintings.” If you’re itching for some fresh air after the COVID-19 crisis Hockney’s beloved East Yorkshire is a perfect destination. The Yorkshire Wolds is a broad crescent of rolling chalk hills and valleys just south of the North York Moors, arcing from the coast at Flamborough towards Malton and then down to the Humber Bridge. Peaceful, charming and full of character the Wolds is full of glorious, gently undulating hills,

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perfect for picnics, and picture postcard villages with landscaped gardens and ponds aplenty. Beautiful market towns sit in magnificent, unspoiled scenery, with fine churches, some outstanding country houses and a sweeping coastline too. And until we’re allowed to experience these things first-hand for ourselves, immersing ourselves in Hockney’s latest works online might just help put a spring in our step while we stay home to stay safe.

Opposite: David Hockney “No. 136” 24th March 2020, iPad drawing © David Hockney. Above: Autumn mist on the Wolds. Skidby windmill and hay bales on the edge of the Yorkshire Wolds Below: David Hockney “No. 132” 23rd March 2020, iPad drawing © David Hockney.

BEST ASSURED A bit of lockdown light relief is connecting online, discussing things weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking forward to doing, where to visit (after loved ones, of course) and to have a good old bit of banter about the best things in Yorkshire.

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any sporting events are currently cancelled or postponed across the globe, we’re missing the Tour de Yorkshire, Olympics, Premier League, Euro 2020, The Open, Wimbledon and so much more. BUT fear not because in true sporting fashion, Welcome to Yorkshire have arranged the online WTY World Cup of Yorkshire (psst … there’s more to come) and the first category to battle it out for spectacular supremacy was (drum roll) … iconic buildings. It was nervously nail biting, the build up to the final was bigger than the actual building of the celebrated constructions themselves (well, it felt like it), but most of all it was great fun. Everyone’s a winner, as they say, but here’s who actually came out on top. Remember to visit! (when you can)

The Piece Hall took top prize in the WTY World Cup of Yorkshire - Iconic Buildings. Competition was tough, but this spectacular piece of architecture is truly breathtaking and is often compared to many stunning similar Italian destinations, such as St Mark’s Square in Venice. After a multimillion pound restoration project, this unique location nestled in the centre of Halifax, opened its ornate gates again in 2017 and has attracted over 7m visitors to date. It has fast become a historic hub for enjoying independent shops, bars and restaurants, as well as being a world-class, all year, events venue.

I M AG I N E A N H I STO R I C T U S C A N S Q UA R E H AS B E E N D I S M A N T L E D, S H I P P E D A C R O S S F R O M I TA LY A N D R E B U I LT I N H A L I FA X . Think music concerts with some of the world’s biggest bands and singers including Elbow, Kaiser Chiefs and Embrace, outdoor film screenings, site-specific performances, circus spectacles and seasonal markets, alongside food and drink fairs. The magnificent courtyard setting has played host to the start of the annual Tour de Yorkshire (transmitted across the globe), an impressive setting for BBC’s Antiques Roadshow and has also starred on the big screen in the multi-award-winning film Brassed Off. This grand Grade I listed building dates back to 1779 and was originally designed to support the trading of ‘pieces’ of cloth, with the stories of Georgian Halifax told in specially created heritage spaces and there is an art gallery hosting visual art exhibitions. There is nowhere quite like it in the world. The monumental masterpiece is the only surviving intact cloth hall in the UK and an iconic symbol of the important role played by Yorkshire at the booming centre of the world’s woollen trade. Whilst the Piece Hall is temporarily closed due to coronavirus, you can visit it online and currently experience virtual activities. Be sure to see this wonderful iconic and unique space when it re-opens.

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National Trust property Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden was a very worthy finalist in the WTY World Cup of Yorkshire – Iconic Buildings vote. The largest monastic ruins in the country date back to the twelfth century and the spectacular site is home to an elegant Elizabethan Hall, a Gothic church and a mill created by the devout monks who were skilful masters of machinery. From humble beginnings the impressive abbey grew to be wealthy and powerful. Boasting wonderful grounds, with the water garden gaining global glory in 1986 when it was granted UNESCO World Heritage status, it was created by father and son John and William Aislabie. The design of the grounds being a precursor to the later style which became synonymous with lauded landscape architect Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown. Eyecatchers and fabulous follies were a common feature within English gardens back in the day and the Aislabies built many of these. Elegant ponds and cascades entwined with rustic bridges, classical temples and statues enthral today’s visitor just as they would the pleasure-seeking Georgians. With delightful deer dotted around the site, the luscious landscape is the perfect backdrop for not only walking and exploring, but for many events and exhibitions throughout the year.

Above: Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Gardens. Opposite from top: Whitby Abbey. Harewood House.

FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS THE IMPRESSIVE ABBEY G R E W T O B E W E A LT H Y A N D P OW E R F U L . THE SEMI-FINALISTS Whitby Abbey has been inspiring visitors for nearly 1500 years, including Caedmon, the first named English poet and Dracula author Bram Stoker. The world famous Abbey’s stunning seaside setting is a truly breathtaking location. A 17th-century mansion is home to a fantastic visitor centre, gift shop, coffee bar and an abbey entrance that is fully accessible. Centuries of history can be uncovered with new interactive guides in the recently revamped museum. First founded circa AD 657 by King Oswy of Northumbria, the abbey was refounded after the Norman Conquest and remained a centre of religious life until it was suppressed in 1539. Years of wear, weather and war have left their mark, as for nearly 700 years, the splendid 13th-century Gothic abbey has towered high above the town of Whitby, with the iconic English Heritage site offering vast views of the impressive coastline and historic seaside town.

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RIPLEY CASTLE Ripley

Familiar as the setting for scenes from ITV’s Victoria and the Downton Abbey film, Harewood House is home to the Earl and Countess of Harewood and is the perfect place to explore inside and out. Filled with art, culture and heritage, its sweeping drive leads to an impressive heritage house and sprawling grounds. It has a bird garden with over 40 rare species (celebrating its 50th anniversary this year), restaurants, an adventure playground, a walled garden, a Himalayan garden, boat rides on the lake and wonderful walks in over 100 acres of exquisite estate. One of the Treasure Houses of England, the historic Georgian property sits within Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown designed landscape and offers vast views from the award-winning tended terraces. Step inside and there’s an impressive collection of the best Chippendale furniture in the country, with an astounding collection of paintings by masters of the Italian Renaissance and from renowned English artists, such as JMW Turner, who visited Harewood as a young man, aged just 22, to paint the new house and its landscape. Explore the opulent state rooms and contemporary art exhibitions with the chance to step back in time to explore life ‘below stairs’ too. With a packed annual events and exhibition programme, there are plenty of reasons to return again and again.

R I E VA U L X ABBEY Helmsley

K I R K S TA L L ABBEY Leeds

S K I P TO N CASTLE Skipton

CASTLE H O WA R D York

Halifax

CITY HALL Bradford

RICHMOND CASTLE Richmond

YO R K MINSTER York

NEWBY HALL Ripon

WHITBY ABBEY

SEWERBY HALL

Whitby

Bridlington

B O LT O N ABBEY

THE DEEP

Skipton

Hull

BEVERLEY MINSTER Beverley

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THE PIECE HALL

SLEDMERE HOUSE Driffield

TOW N HALL Barnsley

KIPLIN HALL Richmond

B O LT O N CASTLE Leyburn

WINTER GARDENS Sheffield

S A LT S MILL Bradford

V I C TO R I A TOW E R Huddersfield

B U R TO N AG N E S HALL

LEEDS TOW N HALL

Driffield

Leeds

R OT H E R H A M MINSTER Rotherham

RIPON C AT H E D R A L Ripon

H A R E WO O D HOUSE Harewood

CONISBROUGH CASTLE Doncaster

F O U N TA I N S ABBEY Ripon

S C A M P STO N HALL Malton

H E PWO R T H WA K E F I E L D Wakefield

B R O DSWO R T H HALL Doncaster

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Left from top: Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough. Hotham’s Gin School and Distillery. Swinton Park. Opposite left to right from top: The Grand Yorkshire Train in the Yorkshire Dales. Gisborough Hall. Grimm & Co in Rotherham. The Feverhsm Arms and Verbena Spa. Las Iguanas. Oulton Hall. Shibden Mill Inn. York’s Chocolate Story. Whitby Gin.

The Best of Yorkshire? We can voucher for that. Welcome to Yorkshire is dedicated to supporting and promoting members, especially during the current coronavirus (COVID-19) situation. Book it. bank it. enjoy it.

WE CAN VO U C H E R F O R T H AT W

e have created an online page with links to brilliant businesses and lovely locations, to encourage the purchase of vouchers for people to buy as gifts for fabulous friends and loved ones, enabling receivers to have an exciting experience or tasteful treat to look forward to and an opportunity to support Yorkshire’s tourism industry now. You can book it now, bank it and enjoy your experience at a later date. This is also a perfect way to showcase the county’s wonderful venues and attractions, as well as inspirational ideas to give as a special surprise. For anniversaries, birthdays, Father’s Day or just to brighten up somebody’s day, give a gift experience to look forward to. From delicious dining to afternoon tea, alpaca walks to wonderful wildlife, shopping to surfing, chocolate to gin, theatre to theme parks, tandems to trains, aqua parks to gliding, a spa day to an overnight stay...and so much more to give.

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GARDENS

DIG IT Lockdown may mean many things for the green-fingered amongst us. When it comes to heavenly horticultural, picturesque parkland and glorious gardens, Yorkshire is blooming marvellous! Think about where you’ll be making a path to when we all get the green light. NEWBY HALL & GARDENS

Top left: The magnificent stately house and stunning gardens of Burton Agnes Hall is a mustsee in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Left: RHS Harlow Carr is one of England’s most relaxing and innovative gardens. Opposite: Outdoor sculpture and glorious gardens at Hepworth Wakefield. 40 acres of glorious gardens at Newby Hall.

Crowned Historic Houses Garden of the Year Newby Hall & Gardens received nearly a third of all votes when it recently triumphed as the nation’s favourite country house garden. A fabulous 40 acres of glorious gardens and wonderful woodland, its grand grounds frequently feature on film and TV (Victoria, Mansfield Park, Peaky Blinders). Discover rare and beautiful plants and scented shrubs in 14 stunning garden ‘rooms’. Boasting one of the longest double herbaceous borders in the UK, two heritage orchards, vast woodland, sculpture, plus a delightful children’s adventure playground and miniature railway.

HEPWORTH WAKEFIELD

Sculpture and art combine at The Hepworth Wakefield, with a gorgeous garden designed by internationally acclaimed landscape architect Tom Stuart-Smith. Free for all to enjoy, this piece of glorious ground is positioned beside the award-winning art gallery on Wakefield’s historic waterfront, overlooking the River Calder. There is a rolling programme of outdoor sculptures, with works by Lynn Chadwick, Rebecca Warren, Michael Craig-Martin and Barbara Hepworth being the first to be installed.

RHS GARDEN HARLOW CARR From woodland to wildflower meadows, RHS Garden Harlow Carr, Harrogate, is a growing landscape with much to see across its 68 acres. This breathtakingly beautiful, relaxing and innovative garden offers a hedgehogfriendly area, the longest streamside gardens in the country, a Kitchen Garden, a wonderful Winter Walk and an Alpine House with stunning views of the woodland. Dine in Bettys Café Tea Rooms, browse in the extensive shop and plant centre, and look out for an exciting schedule of events happening all year round.

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G LO R I O U S G A R D E N S , WO N D E R F U L WO O D L A N DS A N D B E A U T I F U L P L A N TFILLED LANDSCAPES.

Left to right: Castle Howard. Harewood House. Sewerby Hall and Gardens. Brodsworth Hall and Gardens.

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KIPLIN HALL AND GARDENS Built in 1619 Kiplin Hall and Gardens is an oasis of calm and tranquillity, with scenic walks by the lake, through stunning woodland and picturesque parkland. Take in the far-reaching views to the folly and enjoy the flora and fauna in the gorgeous grounds. The restored walled garden provides produce for the Tea Room, just as it would have served Kiplin’s family kitchen. There are cut flowers on display in the Hall and there’s a petite garden museum to the rear of the Walled Garden, helping to piece together the earth’s rich history.

BRODSWORTH HALL AND GARDENS A plant-lover’s paradise, the grounds at Brodsworth Hall and Gardens are a collection of ‘grand gardens in miniature’, which have been restored to their full Victorian splendour, reflecting the desires and aspirations of the country gentry at the time. There’s a seasonal sensation of ever-changing colour palettes, from spring tulips and laburnum to the Rose Dell’s display of spectacular wild and native roses, in full flower and scent all summer, followed by an array of golden autumnal leaves, with snowdrops and winter evergreens.

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BURTON AGNES HALL AND GARDENS Described as ‘the perfect English house,’ Burton Agnes Hall and Gardens was listed as one of the twenty finest in ‘England’s Thousand Best Houses’, alongside Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace. There’s a walled garden containing a staggering four thousand plant species, heavenly herbaceous borders, a jungle garden and a national collection of campanulas. Look out for wildlife sculptures on the woodland walk, lose yourself (or not) in the amazing maze and get engrossed in the giant games for children and adults alike.

HAREWOOD HOUSE Filled with art, culture and heritage Harewood is an historic Georgian country house set within 100 acres of stunning gardens and grounds. Surrounded by a vast variety of plants from all over the world, amidst an impressive landscape created by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, explore the Terrace, the Lakeside Garden, the Himalayan Garden and the Walled Garden. There’s even a Bird Garden which is home to 40 species of birds from across the globe. Take a lake boat trip to admire the estate from the water. Astoundingly more than 30 tons of leaves are collected in the

grounds each autumn and between April and October over 5,000 hours are spent cutting the grass in the gardens and park.

CASTLE HOWARD A glorious 120 acre garden of 6,000 trees from across the globe, The Yorkshire Arboretum spans a stunning landscape of parkland, lakes and ponds on the Castle Howard Estate and is run in conjunction with Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Wander through peaceful hidden glades and wildflower meadows, admiring native plants and wildlife.

SEWERBY HALL AND GARDENS Set within 50 acres of early 19th century parkland Sewerby Hall and Gardens has spectacular views over Bridlington from its dramatic clifftop setting. The award-winning gardens and woodland include a Pleasure Garden with some of the oldest monkey puzzle trees in England, a Walled Garden displaying an ever-changing kaleidoscope of box hedgerows, shrubs and flowers, a blaze of colour and patterns. Discover a variety of wildlife and tree species on the Woodland Walk or visit the zoo for even more exotic species. Taken from the annual edition of This is Y For more Yorkshire gardens click here

FILM & TV

FEAST FOR THE EYES Yorkshire is renowned for its TV and film locations and productions, from rural Emmerdale to magical Harry Potter. Now is the time when you may be at home a little more than expected, so relax and catch up on some sensational Yorkshire based and county inspired productions. Here’s a selection suggested by Screen Yorkshire to sit back and enjoy in the comfort of your front room.

ttracting an increasing number of high-profile productions in recent years, with some of the industry’s biggest names attached, it’s really no surprise, as Yorkshire is an outstanding area of natural beauty, the largest county in England offering large sweeping vistas of moorland, coastline, vibrant cities and the stunning Yorkshire Dales. Shows such as Gentleman Jack (BBC 1) and Victoria (ITV) have showcased Yorkshire’s historic mill towns and rich portfolio of stately homes. It’s not just the pretty cobbled streets and quaint villages that pull in TV crews however. Yorkshire’s gritty industrial heritage and modern urban cityscapes have recently featured in TV dramas like The ABC Murders, The Virtues, Peaky Blinders and Doctor Who.

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DRAMAI THE ENGLISH GAME NETFLIX

COMING SOON

A new six-part drama from Netflix, The English Game charts the origins of football and how those involved in its creation reached across the class divide to establish the game as the world’s most popular sport. YO R K S H I R E F I L M L O C AT I O N S Broughton Hall near Skipton, Little Germany in Bradford, Saltaire, the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway and Sowerby Bridge, Calderdale.

L A S T TA N G O I N H A L I FA X BBC Bafta-winning series following the surprising and uplifting journey of Celia and Alan as they rekindle a passionate relationship after 60 years apart. Their marriage is proof that, whatever your age, relationships will always be complicated. YO R K S H I R E F I L M L O C AT I O N S Last Tango In Halifax is set in the Calder Valley and filmed widely across Calderdale including Holdsworth House and Halifax town centre, Sowerby Bridge, Ripponden and Elland. Other filming locations include: Bridlington, Ilkley, Batley, Doncaster Sheffield Airport, the Royal Armouries Museum (Leeds) and Broughton Hall (Skipton). The production was based at Studio 81 in Leeds.

All Creatures Great and Small

Celebrating 50 years since the first publication of Alf Wight’s books, known to the world as James Herriot, and all about the adventures of this much-loved country vet in the Yorkshire Dales, there’ll be a new TV series of All Creatures Great and Small towards the end of this year on Channel 5. Watch out for some spectacular Yorkshire Dales locations.

Clockwise from left: The cast of Last Tango in Halifax in beautiful Calderdale. Kevin Guthrie stars in the story of football and class struggle.

The Secret Garden

With an original cinema release date of 17th April The Secret Garden is now set to hit the big screen in August. Based on the classic children’s novel, this popular Yorkshire story stars an impressive line-up of acting royalty, including multi-award-winning actors Colin Firth and Dame Julie Walters. Look out for stunning locations across the north of the county including Duncombe Park, Helmsley Walled Garden, the North York Moors National Park, UNSECO World Heritage site Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, as well as the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Interviews with cast and crew in This Is Y annual edition.

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THE ABC MURDERS BBC BAFTA nominated writer Sarah Phelps returns to explore the 20th Century through Agatha Christie’s work. This time the setting is the 1930s, an era when the nation is dangerously divided and suspicion and hatred are on the rise. In the midst of this, Hercule Poirot faces a serial killer known only as A.B.C. First the killer strikes in Andover, then Bexhill. As the murder count rises, the only clue is the copy of The ABC Railway Guide at each crime scene. Poirot’s investigations are thwarted at every turn by an enemy determined to outsmart him. If Poirot is to match his nemesis then everything about him will be called into question: his authority, his integrity, his past, his identity.

Clockwise from top left: The cast of Ackley Bridge. The ABC Murders was filmed on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. Jodie Whittaker as The Doctor. Gentleman Jack. Shibden Hall. Suranne Jones as Anne Lister. John Malkovich and Rupert Grint star in The ABC Murders.

YO R K S H I R E F I L M L O C AT I O N S A range of period Yorkshire locations were used, doubling for 1930s London, including Leeds City Varieties Music Hall, Leeds Town Hall, Quebecs Hotel, Leeds, The Queens Hotel, Leeds, Victoria Leeds, Bradford City Hall, Ripon Spa Baths, Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, Embsay and Bolton Abbey

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Steam Railway and St John’s Square Wakefield. Additional filming locations included; Little Germany in Bradford, Saltaire village, North Yorkshire Moors Railway, Newby Hall and Allerton Castle. The production filmed its studio based scenes at Prime Studios in Leeds. Production Offices were based at Studio 81.

D O C TO R W H O BBC The Doctor, a Time Lord/Lady from the race whose home planet is Gallifrey, travels through time and space in their ship the T.A.R.D.I.S. (an acronym for Time and Relative Dimension In Space) with numerous companions. From time to time The Doctor regenerates into a new form (which is how the series has been running since the departure of the original actor, William Hartnell, in 1966). YO R K S H I R E F I L M L O C AT I O N Sheffield

G E N T L E M A N JAC K B B C I P L AY E R A dramatization of the life of LGBTQ+ trailblazer, voracious learner and cryptic diarist Anne Lister, who returns to Halifax, West Yorkshire in 1832, determined to transform the fate of her faded ancestral home Shibden Hall (right). YO R K S H I R E F I L M L O C AT I O N S Gentleman Jack is set in Halifax and filmed widely across Yorkshire, showcasing the region’s incredible portfolio of period locations; not least Shibden Hall, the historic home where Anne herself lived. Other filming locations include: Sutton Park (near York,) Newby Hall (Ripon) Bramham Estate (Leeds), Fairfax House (York) Broughton Hall (Skipton), Harewood House Estate (Leeds), Treasurer’s House (York), Oakwell Hall (Birstall), St Peter’s Church (Sowerby), Halifax town centre, Lawrence Batley Theatre & Queens Street (Huddersfield), Little Germany (Bradford), Wentworth Woodhouse, Ripponden Moor Holy Trinity Church and City of York streets. Production offices were based at Studio 81 in Leeds.

AC K L E Y B R I D G E CHANNEL 4 Schools drama series set in a Yorkshire mill town, where a new academy school merges the lives and cultures of the largely divided white and Asian community. The merger causes plenty of problems for headmistress Mandy who has to deal with explosive fall outs and problem pupils. The drama explores the turbulent school experience, covering the challenges of prejudice and cultural issues in the school environment, as well as the humour, relationships and conflict had by the pupils, teachers and parents. YO R K S H I R E F I L M L O C AT I O N S Filmed primarily in Halifax, but also Leeds and Bradford.

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FILM & TV

Clockwise from left: Ruth Wilson in Dark River. Keira Knightley stars in Official Secrets. Kit Harrington and Alicia Vikander in Testament of Youth. Swallows and Amazons. Downton Abbey on location at Harewood House.

FEATURE FILMSI OFFICIAL SECRETS The true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Council into sanctioning the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Starring: Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode YO R K S H I R E F I L M L O C AT I O N S Leeds city centre, Chapel Allerton, Roundhay, Boston Spa, Otley Police Station, Bradford City Hall, Shipley, Keighley and Worth Valley Railway and Doncaster Sheffield Airport, Doncaster and the Northern Film & TV Studios. Production Offices were based at Prime Studios. Additional scenes were filmed in Manchester and Liverpool.

D OW N TO N A B B E Y M OV I E The continuing story of the Crawley family, wealthy owners of a large estate in the English countryside in the early twentieth century. Starring: Matthew Goode, Michelle Dockery, Dame Maggie Smith YO R K S H I R E F I L M L O C AT I O N S North Yorkshire Moors Railway, (including Pickering Railway Station), Wentworth Woodhouse, Little Germany in Bradford, Harewood

House and Dalton Mills in Keighley, whilst Highclere Castle in Berkshire continues to serve as the key country house location.

T E S TA M E N T O F YO U T H A British woman recalls coming of age during World War I - a story of young love, the futility of war and how to make sense of the darkest times. Starring: Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Taron Egerton YO R K S H I R E F I L M L O C AT I O N S Brodsworth Hall in Doncaster, Sheffield Town Hall, Sum Studios, Leeds City Varieties, Little Germany Bradford, Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, Leeds Art Gallery & Leeds City Library, Robin Hood’s Bay, Cloughton Wyke, Whinbrow, Goathland area and the Old Terry’s Chocolate Factory in York.

DA R K R I V E R Following the death of her father, Alice (Ruth Wilson) returns to her home village for the first time in 15 years, to claim the tenancy to the family farm she believes is rightfully hers. Starring: Ruth Wilson, Jonah Russell, Paul Robertson YO R K S H I R E F I L M L O C AT I O N S Skipton and Malham.

S WA L L O W S A N D A M A ZO N S Four children (the Swallows) on holiday in the Lake District sail on their own to an island and start a war with rival children (the Amazons). In the meantime, a mysterious man on a houseboat accuses them of a crime they did not commit. Starring: Bobby McCulloch, Dane Hughes, Kelly Macdonald YO R K S H I R E F I L M L O C AT I O N S Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, Plumpton Rocks, Stockeld Park, Heptonstall and Wakefield.

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REDCAR SALTBURN

BOWES

KIRKBY STEPHEN

A685

TO THE M6 FOR BIRMINGHAM AND CUMBRIA

A67CATTERICK LEYBURN A66

A683

A685 DENT

KIRKBY A684 STEPHEN HAWES

BOWES

YORKSHIRE DALES REETH

TEBAY

KIRKBY LONSDALEYORKSHIRE SEDBERGH

NORTHALLERTON

LOFTHOUSE HORTON-IN-RIBBLESDALE A684 A683 HAWES PATELEY BRIDGE MASHAM GRASSINGTON DENT

KIRKBY LONSDALE

SETTLE

INGLETON A65

MALHAM HORTON-IN-RIBBLESDALE

RIPON

A169

PICKERING MALTON

HELMSLEY

A64

YORK

FILEY

DRIFFIELD

BRIDLINGTON

A165

A166

MALTON

A614 DRIFFIELD

A1079

FLAMBOROUGH HEAD

A165 SEAMER

A64

PATELEY BRIDGE A658

FILEY SCARBOROUGH

A170

KNARESBOROUGH A19

BOLTON ABBEY A59 GRASSINGTONHARROGATE

SETTLE SKIPTON MALHAM

THIRSK BOROUGHBRIDGE

A61 RIPLEY

ROBIN HOOD’S BAY SEAMER

HELMSLEY

BANK A19 RIPONSUTTON

SCARBOROUGH

PICKERING

A170

NORTH YORK MOORS

THIRSK

WHITBY

DANBY

OSMOTHERLEY

NORTHALLERTON

ROBIN HOOD’S BAY

STAITHES

A172 SUTTON BANK

LEYBURN

DALES

INGLETON

MASHAM

SALTBURN GOATHLAND

NORTH YORK GUISBOROUGH MOORS A171

YARM

BEDALE A1 RICHMOND A6108

WHITBY

A171

REDCAR DANBY

A172 A19 RICHMOND MIDDLESBROUGH OSMOTHERLEY

REETH

SEDBERGH

GUISBOROUGH

YARM

A1 A66

BARNARD CASTLE

TEBAY

STAITHES

MIDDLESBROUGH

BARNARD CASTLE

FLAMBOROUGH HEAD

A165 BRIDLINGTON

WETHERBY A65 KNARESBOROUGH HORNSEA POCKLINGTON MARKET A629 ILKLEY A166 WEIGHTON OTLEY A59 A64 A1 A61 HARROGATE KEIGHLEY SKIPTON SALTAIRE ILKLEY BEVERLEY A19 WETHERBY A614 HAWORTH A658 A1079 A65 A629 OTLEY SELBY HORNSEA M1 A164 BEVERLEY KEIGHLEY A64 M606 M621 A19 A63 A63 SALTAIRE

BRADFORD

LEEDS

HAWORTH

HEBDEN HALIFAX TODMORDEN BRIDGE

BRADFORD

HEBDEN BRIDGE M62

YORK

LEEDS

MIRFIELD HUDDERSFIELD

WAKEFIELD

HALIFAX TODMORDEN

BARNSLEY MIRFIELD

PEAK PENISTONE

DISTRICT

BARNSLEY ROTHERHAM M18

HULL

A63

HUMBER BRIDGE

PONTEFRACT

M180

GOOLE

DONCASTER

WITHERNSEA

A164 BRIDGE HUMBER

GOOLE

A63 M18

WAKEFIELD

HUDDERSFIELD

HOLMFIRTH

M62

HOLMFIRTH

PENISTONE

HULL

SELBY

PONTEFRACT

A15

WITHERNSEA

A180

SCUNTHORPE

GRIMSBY CLEETHORPES

DONCASTER

BRIGG

A18

ROTHERHAM PEAK A57 DISTRICT

A57

SHEFFIELD TO LONDON BY RAIL

TO LONDON BY RAIL

SHEFFIELD

KEY Motorways

P L A N YO U R

JOURNEY

Wherever you’re coming from, getting to Yorkshire by rail, road, sea or air couldn’t be easier – and the journey takes you through some of our most stunning scenery on the way.

A Roads Rail Routes Airports Heritage Coast Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Parks Ferryport

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GETTING HERE

YO R K S H I R E B Y R A I L You can get to Yorkshire by high-speed train from London or Edinburgh in less than two hours. The Midlands is even nearer to Yorkshire’s cities, and TransPennine services offer direct links from the North West and North East. For timetables and reservations contact: London North Eastern Railway (www.lner.co.uk) Grand Central (www.grandcentralrail.com) National Rail Enquiries (tel 08457 484950 www.nationalrail.co.uk) East Midlands Trains (www.eastmidlandstrains.co.uk) Hull Trains (www.hulltrains.co.uk) Northern Rail (www.northernrail.org) Supertram Sheffield (www.supertram.com) Transpennine Express (www.tpexpress.co.uk) Metro (www.wymetro.com)

YO R K S H I R E B Y AIR AND SEA

Don’t forget P&O Ferries operate direct overnight links into Yorkshire from Rotterdam, Holland and Zeebrugge, Belgium. For more information go to www.poferries.com.

The Yorkshire county is served by a number of airports, providing daily flights to and from many destinations. With excellent transport links, Yorkshire is also easily accessible from many other airports throughout the UK, through high speed train links and an extensive motorway network.

I N F O R M AT I O N CENTRES Tourist Information Centres can offer plenty of great ideas so you can make the most of your visit. For all the Tourist Information Centres in Yorkshire; www.yorkshire.com/tic.

Doncaster Sheffield Airport (tel 0871 2202210 www.flydsa.co.uk) Leeds Bradford Yorkshire’s Airport (tel 0871 2882288 www.leedsbradfordairport.co.uk) Humberside Airport (tel 0844 8877747 www.humbersideairport.com) Manchester Airport (tel 08712 710711 www.manchesterairport.co.uk)

Find a wide choice of guide books and maps with lots of dedicated walking and cycling routes at Tourist Information Centres across the county, or more ideas from Welcome to Yorkshire at www.yorkshire.com/outdoors.

And you can explore Yorkshire’s hills, moors and valleys on some of Britain’s best loved and most spectacular leisure trains, with lovingly preserved vintage rolling stock and historic steam locomotives. These include the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway, Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, Middleton Railway, Wensleydale Railway, Fellsman (for the Settle-Carlisle Railway) and Kirklees Light Railway. To discover more about these super train trips go to www.yorkshire.com.

YO R K S H I R E B Y R O A D Britain’s biggest and fastest highways cross Yorkshire from north to south and east to west, making getting here with your own car or by coach very simple indeed.

Glasgow M8 Edinburgh A74

The A1 and M1 connect from the north and south, while the M6 and M62 link Yorkshire with the Midlands and the North West and the M18/M180 gives easy access to the coast and countryside of northern Lincolnshire. For details of the quickest (or the most scenic) driving routes see the AA or RAC websites www.theaa.com and www.rac.co.uk. Coach and bus companies with services to (and within) Yorkshire include: Arriva (www.arrivabus.co.uk/yorkshire) Transdev Blazefield (www.transdevplc.co.uk) East Yorkshire Motor Services (www.eyms.co.uk) First (www.firstgroup.com) Coastliner (www.yorkbus.co.uk) Dalesbus (www.dalesbus.org) Moorsbus (www.moorsbus.org) Brontë Bus (www.keighleybus.co.uk) Connexions Buses (www.connexionsbuses.com) Find further information on regional and local bus and train services from Traveline Yorkshire (www.yorkshiretravel.net).

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Carlisle

Newcastle

M6 Leeds Bradford Yorkshire’s Airport

York

Leeds Liverpool

M62

Doncaster Sheffield Airport

Manchester

Hull

Ferryport

Humberside Airport

M6 Birmingham M1 Car

M5 M4 Bristol

M25

London

Exeter

Go to yorkshire.com to plan your next visit, then travel when you can. Images top to bottom: Cow and Calf Rocks, Ilkley. The Yorkshire Wolds. Peak District National Park.

48 North York Moors National Park ÂŠ Paul D Hunter/NYMNPA.

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