The Chief Church in the Northern Province of the Church of England and the largest medieval cathedral in Northern Europe. Its official description is ‘the Cathedral and metropolitical Church of St. Peter in York’. It is the seat of the Archbishop of York.
The stained glass of York Minster includes some of the finest 14th and 15th century windows in existence.

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Is the first holiday resort in Britain and has been welcoming visitors for over three hundred and sixty years. A delightful busy seaside town for the whole family. The North and South Bays are divided by a rocky headland on which stands Scarborough Castle and a Roman Signal station .

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Captain James Cook would still feel at home in the narrow streets and alleys that still bustle as they have done for centuries. This Seafarer’s haven and fishing port is still bursting with character and heritage.

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Dating from 1699, Castle Howard is still the home of the Howard family. Visit the house and informative costumed guides will take you back in time.

Visit the Stable Courtyard, shops, cafe and plant centre. Wander the delightful pathways of the 1,000 acres of gardens filled with lakes, temples, statues and fountains.

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The Hole of Horcum is a large natural ampitheatre which is skirted by the A169 between Pickering and Goathland on the North York Moors.

A "Devil's Punchbowl" type feature, local legend has it that the ampitheatre was made by a giant, who scooped up a large ball of earth and tossed it aside to create a nearby hill.
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Beck Isle Museum.

This is a picture from the Sidney Smith collection housed at the Pickering Beck Isle Museum, a treasure house of the past 200 years.

This picture is of Lendales Lane showing cows drinking in the Pickering beck opposite Leas Farm.

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Eden Camp.

Eden Camp is a museum of modern history situated near the Malton bypass. Housed within the grounds of an original WWII POW Camp, a visit to this unique museum will take you back to wartime Britain.

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Pickering Castle.

An excellent example of a motte and bailey castle, built by William the Conqueror, with much of the original keep, towers and walls remaining, and offering superb views.

It was used by a succession of medieval kings as a hunting lodge, holiday home and even a stud farm. An exhibition in the chapel explores the castle's facinating history.

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The North Yorkshire Moors Railway.

Pickerings steam railway is the most popular heritage railway in Britain. Locomotives take visitors through eighteen miles of stunning countryside of the North York moors national park.

Trains leave Pickering and call at Levisham and Goathland on its way to Grosmont.
Goathland, also better known in the TV series of Heartbeat as Aidensfield and Hogsmeade in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

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