Tim Barber's

Real Yorkshire Blog

Bringing "God's own county" to life

As the owner of Real Yorkshire Tours, I am always out and about in "God's own county" showing visitors the history, heritage & culture of the area. With this Real Yorkshire blog I hope to share some of this information and bring to life the best of Yorkshire.

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Heritage & Landscape

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Culture

The Day we bumped into James Herriot in Arncliffe

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May 15
5 min

The Day we bumped into James Herriot in Arncliffe

With the new series of All Creatures Great and Small proving so popular, not just in the UK but also across the globe, I have been...

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Beggars Bridge – a labour of love (literally) in the North York Moors

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May 14
2 min

Beggars Bridge – a labour of love (literally) in the North York Moors

On the road to Egton Bridge in the Esk Valley lies the village of Glaisdale. On the edge of the village lies an old bridge known locally...

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Baugh Fell – a difficult hike up the twelfth highest peak of the #YorkshireDales30

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May 2
4 min

Baugh Fell – a difficult hike up the twelfth highest peak of the #YorkshireDales30

I’m gradually working my way through the #Yorkshire30 – the 30 Highest Peaks in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Whilst with boundary...

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Transforming Grassington into Darrowby for the filming of All Creatures Great & Small

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Apr 30
8 min

Transforming Grassington into Darrowby for the filming of All Creatures Great & Small

Every year in April or May, the Yorkshire Dales town of Grassington is transformed over a few days into a film set for the popular TV...

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Apr 21
2 min

Toast Art on display in Haworth

I regularly stop at St.Michael & All Angels Church in Haworth on my Bronte tours. The church is next to the Bronte Parsonage Museum, but...

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St.Gregory’s Minster – and its unique Anglo-Saxon Sundial

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Mar 31
3 min

St.Gregory’s Minster – and its unique Anglo-Saxon Sundial

On my tours of the North York Moors, I often make a little detour to Kirkdale to show my guests a little hidden gem of a church with a...

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Prince William of Hatfield – York Minster’s only Royal tomb

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Mar 20
3 min

Prince William of Hatfield – York Minster’s only Royal tomb

You would think that Northern Europe’s largest Gothic cathedral and England’s second most important religious building would be home to a...

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Castle Hill near Huddersfield – a scheduled monument with over 4000 years history

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Mar 17
5 min

Castle Hill near Huddersfield – a scheduled monument with over 4000 years history

Just to the South of Huddersfield on a raised area of land near Almondsbury lies Castle Hill. Perched on top of the hill is Victoria...

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Mar 11
3 min

Whitby’s Macabre Hand of Glory

Whitby Museum in Pannett Park is one of my favourite little museums, not just for the stunning collection of Jurassic fossils, but...

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