There are plenty of reasons to visit Yorkshire. But have you considered going to university there? If you haven’t, you definitely should.

A friend of mine who lives in York had raved on about Arras for a number of years, so with a tour finishing in York last Friday and my wife

The statue was a tall 6ft figure sitting upon a plinth, staring out across the Humber estuary and called Voyage.

Not a stop I make on every tour in Wensleydale I do, but last week I had a couple who loved gardens so I thought I would treat them to a...

High above Fylingdales Moor at a place called Lilla Howe is one of the most important crosses on the North York Moors if not the whole of...

With my tour guiding business, I often have cause to take visitors to the Hepworth Sculpture Gallery in Wakefield. From the outside car...

Either coming back from tours of Whitby or on my way to Castle Howard, I often visit the ruins of Kirkham Priory. Once home to a...

I first came across Goodmanham during lockdown when my wife and I decided to explore the Yorkshire Wolds a bit more. This less well known...

When it was first opened in the 1700’s, the Leeds & Liverpool Canal helped open up the West of England and the great Port of Liverpool to...

Whilst York Minster is always seen as the most important church in the North of England, little old Ripon Cathedral can say that it’s...

On a recent tour my corporate guests had a three hour meeting in Wakefield, so after dropping them off I had time to kill. As well as...

When you travel on the road between Ripon and Masham, you come to the town of West Tanfield. After crossing the bridge over the River Ure...

One of my favourite places to go fossil hunting, if I get a few days off by the coast is Saltwick Bay. After the walk down the cliffside...

When you mention Stamford Bridge to most people, they always seem to associate the name with the home of Chelsea Football Club down in...

I have met one of the authors of this book (Steve Mullins) on a couple of occasions at Yorkshire Society events and whilst discussing my...

Paul Czainski is a world famous Trompe l’Oeil artist who was born in Yorkshire in 1954, studying at Jacob Kramer College of Art in Leeds....

In the Middle ages some important churches in England had what is now known as a Rood Loft. These structures were usually situated above...

In Nidderdale not far from Pateley Bridge is the National Trust site of Brimham Rocks. This collection of dramatic, weirdly shaped rocks...

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...

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...