Recent Yorkshire Guides

My favourite museums in West Yorkshire

My favourite museums in West Yorkshire
Outside of the National Media Museum in Bradford. Photo attribution: Albert Freeman We really are spoilt for choice when looking to visit a good museum in West Yorkshire. The County boasts National museums, one of a kind collections and fun hands on learning for all the family....

Things to do and see in Holmfirth

Things to do and see in Holmfirth
Home of Last of the Summer Wine. Holmfirth. Photo attribution: Philip Talmage. Holmfirth is one of my favourite places to visit in Yorkshire. A quaint town, surrounded by the beautiful landscape of the Pennines, it’s no wonder it was used as the backdrop of a TV series. Of course...

A history of York in five pubs

A history of York in five pubs
Sign above the entrance to York’s longest standing pub. York seems to have more than its fair share of history. The stuff is everywhere. From the heyday of the Romans to the Age of Steam, York always seems to have had a part to play – a fact that the city, with its numerous...
Yorkshire Attractions My favourite museums in West Yorkshire

My favourite museums in West Yorkshire
Outside of the National Media Museum in Bradford. Photo attribution: Albert Freeman We really are spoilt for choice when looking to visit a good museum in West Yorkshire. The County boasts National museums, one of a kind collections and fun hands on learning for all the family. I could have...
Places in Yorkshire Explore Salts Mill and Saltaire Village

Explore Salts Mill and Saltaire Village
Salts Mill in the beautiful village of Saltaire. Salts Mill has been one of my favourite places to visit ever since it first re-opened in the late 1980s. I live further away now, but still make a couple of trips there every year. Salts Mill, for me, epitomises what’s best about West Yorkshire...
Culture in York A history of York in five pubs

A history of York in five pubs
Sign above the entrance to York’s longest standing pub. York seems to have more than its fair share of history. The stuff is everywhere. From the heyday of the Romans to the Age of Steam, York always seems to have had a part to play – a fact that the city, with its numerous museums,...
Yorkshire Restaurants My favourite restaurants in Huddersfield

My favourite restaurants in Huddersfield
Inside Thai Sakon Restaurant. Huddersfield may not be known as the culinary capital of Yorkshire, but being a multicultural town it has a wealth of good quality cuisine on offer from around the world. Here’s a collection of the best restaurants I’ve had the pleasure to revisit over the past few...