#41

Love how bleak the countryside is round there.

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#42

If you do visit York I would advise avoiding the weekend. The city is over-run with drunken stag and hen parties pretty much every weekend which can make it unpleasant. If you’re up for a week come midweek.

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#43

I stayed in Skeldale House, the vets’ surgery (it’s now a B&B)

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#44

This
You have to access the waterfall through The Green Dragon Inn, never a bad thing. It’s the waterfall where Costner goes skinny dipping in Robin Hood

#45

Yes! Me too. The Kings Arms. Pie Night on Tuesdays

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#46

Yesssss, there was a friendly Scottish barman and a lovely dog in front of their massive open fire, absolute heaven

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#47

JFC

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#48

This sounds brilliant - might start planning a family holiday in Yorkshire :thinking:

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#49

Love the kings arms in askrigg. Specifically that massive open fire.

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#50

This. We went to York on September and did Monday to Wednesday, getting the late train home so we had 2.5 days in York . Worked pretty perfectly and I had a great time.

#51

Sort of this, although I find if you steer clear of the area immediately between the station and the river/just the other side you should be ok. It’s what I’ve tended to find anyway! No doubt it’s better and quieter all-round during the week though.

Scarborough is nicer than it’s given credit for, and has plenty to do. You can combine it with Whitby/walk between the two if you have the energy. If you’re used to coastal stuff it might not have quite the same novelty though.

Leeds has got some free museums and plenty to do, but might not be as fun for children your age. I’d buy you a pint if you came to Leeds (although again, might be a hard one to sell to the kids haha)

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#52

Hijacking thread for a reminder that anyone who fancies a stay on the edge of the Moors is welcome any time so long as they don’t mind energetic dogs and a bit of damp. I now have a Golden Retriever puppy, proper broadband, and should be being central heating at some point. Spaniel can’t really be in a house with young children unfortunately, but if I have enough advance notice I should be able to offload him for a few days. Golden pup is a bit giddy but otherwise fine :slightly_smiling_face:

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#53

seconding what a lot of people have said, jorvik viking centre is properly mega and you should go see yorkminster while you’re there. the national media museum in bradford is excellent for kids, loads of classic animation stuff in there as they host an animation festival every year. also bolton abbey and yorkshire sculpture park are great days out. huge fan of YSP

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#54

Fair play to you if you do that - surely that’s got to be at least a 6 hour walk?

#55

We went to York in September - it wasn’t too bad but then we did most of our city sightseeing in the morning and we were at the football ground by 2.30ish. It was pretty lairy round by the train station afterwards though.

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#56

Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield’s pretty great, don’t think that’s been mentioned.

Harewood House is a nice stately home, got an aviary and gardens and that. Think they shoot some films and that there (Downton Abbey?)

There’s a garish theme park/zoo called Flamingo Land if that’s your bag.

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#57

In terms of theme parks, if that’s popular with your family, then I think Lightwater Valley might be a better bet. Purely basing this on my mum, who always insisted she took us there as opposed to other parks because it was “greener”. Might’ve changed since the early 00s though :man_shrugging:

#58

If it wasn’t so Conservative I reckon I’d have the same sort of civic pride as Scots, Irish etc. Now even the less pretty areas where I live, Doncaster/Rotherham, can’t really be called left anymore

FWIW, I think Yorkshire people are some of the most fearful of change and outside influences in the U.K…but I do think they’re an inherently kind people. All the disconnected communities/persecution of miners hasn’t helped

#59

I’ll be honest, I’ve got no idea! I know it’s theoretically possible but you’re probably right

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#60

6hr 24 minute slog according to Google Maps - and that’s if you take the shortest route along the main road. Probably take another couple of hours if you went along the coast. Good luck!