Tan Hill Inn in North Yorkshire

10 January 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Bon appétit Reading Time:  5 minutes

Any Sunday roast left? © geograph.org.uk - Gordon Hatton/cc-by-sa-2.0

Any Sunday roast left? © geograph.org.uk – Gordon Hatton/cc-by-sa-2.0

The Tan Hill Inn is a public house at Tan Hill, North Yorkshire. It is the highest inn in the British Isles at 1,732 feet (528 m) above sea level. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, it is slightly higher than the Cat and Fiddle Inn in the Peak District, which is at 1,690 feet (520 m).   read more…

Knaresborough in North Yorkshire

22 February 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  10 minutes

The town crier in the market place © Adrian Pingstone

The town crier in the market place © Adrian Pingstone

Knaresborough is a market and spa town and civil parish on the River Nidd in North Yorkshire, England. It is three miles (five kilometres) east of Harrogate and was in the Borough of Harrogate until April 2023.   read more…

Robin Hood’s Bay on the Yorkshire Coast

27 July 2023 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  9 minutes

Robin Hood's Bay as seen from the shore © Kreuzschnabel/cc-by-sa-3.0

Robin Hood’s Bay as seen from the shore © Kreuzschnabel/cc-by-sa-3.0

Robin Hood’s Bay is a village in North Yorkshire, England. It is 6 miles (10 km) south of Whitby and 15 miles (24 km) north of Scarborough on the Yorkshire Coast. It is an ancient chapelry of Fylingdales in the wapentake of Whitby Strand. It is on the Cleveland Way national trail and also the end point of Wainwright’s Coast to Coast route.   read more…

Scarborough, holidays on the North Sea coast

7 January 2014 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  10 minutes

Scarborough Castle © Immanuel Giel

Scarborough Castle © Immanuel Giel

Scarborough is a town on the North Sea coast of North Yorkshire in England, within the borough of the same name. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, the modern town lies between 10-230 feet (3-70 m) above sea level, rising steeply northward and westward from the harbour onto limestone cliffs. The older part of the town lies around the harbour and is protected by a rocky headland. It is one of the largest settlements in North Yorkshire.   read more…

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