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Park Mill Way, Clayton West, Near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD8 9XJ, Tel: 01484 865727, Email, www.kirkleeslightrailway.com

Take a trip behind Hawk, Owl Fox or Badger - our four resident steam engines along nearly four miles of track through beautiful Yorkshire countryside. This all-weather attraction is hugely popular with adults and children alike.

12 Toft Green, Micklegate, York, YO1 6JT, Tel: 01904 621162, Email, www.york-brewery.co.uk

No trip to York is complete without a visit to York's friendly and independent brewery, where beer is brewed using traditional methods.

Deangate, York, YO1 7HH, Tel: 08449 390016, Email, www.yorkminster.org

The largest medieval gothic cathedral north of the Alps, a treasure house of over 800 years of stained glass.

Tower Street, Hull, HU1 4DP, Tel: 01482 381000, Email, www.thedeep.co.uk

The Deep is one of the most spectacular aquariums in the world, located in Hull and is home to over 6,500 fish including magnificent sharks and rays.

10 The Shambles, York, YO1 7LZ, Tel: 01904 676167, Email, www.past-images.co.uk

Take your place in York's history at Past Images - Period Costume Photographers.

York, Y01 8RY, Tel: 01904 552270, www.york.gov.uk

St Helens Square, York, YO1 9QN, Tel: 01904 551010

A 15thC guildhall, perpendicular style. Stained glass on history of York AD71 onwards. A lane of Roman origin. Council Room 15thC and a Victorian council chamber.

St Helens Square, York, YO1 9QN, Tel: 01904 552036, Email, www.mansionhouseyork.co.uk

One of York's great historic treasures and one of its best kept secrets.......

York, YO, Tel: 07920 044094, Email, www.chrisceaser.com

Chris is a York based photographer who specialises in landscape photography. An associate of the Royal Photographic Society.

Murton Lane, Murton, York, YO19 5UF, Tel: 01904 489966

Home to the Yorkshire Museum of Farming and more!

Tower Street, York, YO1 9SA, Tel: 01904 646940, Email, www.english-heritage.org.uk/cliffordstower

Once the central stronghold of York Castle, the tower is all that remains, the views from the top show clearly why it was of such strategic importance.

Fossgate, York, YO1 9XD, Tel: 01904 654818, Email, www.theyorkcompany.co.uk

The Merchant Adventurers’ Hall is one of York’s medieval marvels. Set in beautiful gardens, it is open to the public some 650 years after construction began in 1357. Discover the Hall and its unique collections through a free audio tour.

Paragon Street, York, YO10 4NT, Tel: 0844 854 2757, www.yorkbarbican.co.uk

Now open after a £1.5 million refurbishment, the York Barbican hosts a wide range of events, from Jane McDonald to Morrissey!

Common Lane, Warthill, York, YO19 5XS, Tel: 01904 488800, www.breezyknees.co.uk

14 acre gardens are packed with over 6,000 different varieties of flowers, shrubs and trees, and have been designed through careful successional planting to be at their best throughout the summer.

Windmill Rise, Holgate, York, YO26 4TX, Tel: 01904 624387, www.holgatewindmill.org

Holgate Windmill is full restored and working 18c Cornmill. Visitors can explore four floors and when wind permits watch flour milling taking place.

High Ousegate, York, YO1 8RZ, Tel: 01845 578332

All Saints stands in the centre of one of the earliest paved streets in York, hence its name. It plays an important role in the civic history of the city, as it is the Guild Church for the city’s seven companies and guilds.

18 Blake Street, York, YO1 8QG, Tel: 01904 733730

Fine art gallery specialising in original paintings, etchings, ceramic and bronze sculpture by local, national and internationally renowned artists. In addition we offer a range of designer jewellery, cards and a bespoke framing service.

The National Trust, Rievaulx, North Yorkshire, YO62 5LJ, Tel: 01723 870423

An 18thC grass-covered terrace, landscaped from wooded hillside with views of Rievaulx Abbey, 2 classical temples, 1 furnished and decorated as a dining-room.