Yorkshire holidays
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The East Yorkshire market town hosts one of the most colourful festive events in the UK, with a market, street entertainers, rides and a Christmas parade
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Leeds is foodie heaven for forager Mina Said-Allsopp, who discovered a city where there is culinary gold in every park and community-minded projects with a deep respect for nature
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St Hilda’s Way is a new 40-mile walking trail across the North York moors to Whitby that takes in the churches inspired by the seventh-century saint
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This oddball labyrinth of walkways, tricks and surprises, set in an idyllic Yorkshire garden, has something for all the family
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Extensions to two of England’s most beautiful upland national parks mean there are now new walks, great pubs and history that’s ripe for exploring
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Rides and slides and flumes and pools at a state-of-the-art waterpark are part of the east coast resort’s ongoing efforts to revitalise its tourist industry
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Leeds finally has its own arty city-centre hostel, a revamped listed building with installations and bespoke design touches
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Adam Golightly puts down firmer roots in a coastal haven he and his family have loved for 40 years
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Millgate, a guesthouse in Masham, North Yorkshire, was voted the best on the planet. The couple behind it reveal why scones may be the secret to their success – and why they’re now selling up
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Wonderful, secluded places are still to be found in the well-trodden Lakes and Dales, as Daniel Start reveals in an excerpt from his new Wild Guide
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The Ordnance Survey is celebrating the 80th anniversary of a key tool in mapping the UK. We asked to see the pictures of the trig points you’ve found on your successful climbs around the UK. See the results and the stories behind them here
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Country Diary: Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Yorkshire Dales As a boy I first scaled this lion couchant by scrambling up the gritstone box of its nose and grabbing handfuls of its mane, namely long, wiry grasses
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This ramshackle, quirky micropub on the edge of the Peak District has added smart contemporary rooms. An unusual mix, but it works for Tony Naylor
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An industrial city famed for snooker finals might make for an unlikely getaway, but its vibrant arts scene won comedian and writer Jon Holmes over
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Take in the city’s Sensoria festival and a gory new sculpture in the cathedral … then refuel on great beer and tasty budget bites
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A new coast-to-coast canoeing route from Liverpool to the Humber offers a fresh way to see northern England
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YHA hostels have reinvented themselves – and changed almost as much as our writer has in the 20 years since she last stayed in one
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What with electric bicycles, giant underground zipwires and inland surfing there’s a whole lot of new outdoor adventures to be had in the UK’s holiday hotspots, even if it’s pouring
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Turfed out by his landlady, an Irish hack went roaming around Whitby – and turned what he saw into a horror classic. On the 125th anniversary of Dracula’s birth in the Yorkshire town, David Barnett retraces Bram Stoker’s trail of gore
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The writer of Last Tango in Halifax and Happy Valley grew up in West Yorkshire but it was only as an adult that she started to truly appreciate the area’s dramatic landscape and cultural heritage
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Thanks to stylish Scandinavian design, this boutique hotel is a lesson in functional luxury, with clean, crisp features lifted by lovely detail
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Rob Cowen’s memoir about his move to Yorkshire works best when he loses himself to the forces of nature
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