Each tour is tailored to suit clients' requirements and interests. Here are just a few on offer:-
Haworth and the Brontës
This unspoilt village nestles in the heart of the South Pennines and was home to the famous Brontë family for most of their lives. Visits to the Parsonage Museum and Haworth village can be combined with a walk on the Moors to Top Withens, the inspiration for Wuthering Heights. Other locations in the area can be visited by keen Brontë fans.
York and Castle Howard
For those staying in York, a morning guided walk visits the many historical sites in the town. These include York Minster, the famous walls of York, Clifford's Tower, Jorvik, St Mary's Abbey and a walk along the oldest street in York, The Shambles. The afternoon could include a river cruise or a trip to the "Brideshead Revisited" location, Castle Howard, a remarkable 18th century country house.
Herriot Country
This tour visits the many locations used in "All Creatures Great and Small", the popular TV series, including the new Herriot museum in Thirsk. We travel the length of Wensleydale visiting castles, abbeys and churches. Wonderful scenery and can include lunch at the Herriot honeymoon hotel, The Wheatsheaf at Caperby and a drink at the Drovers Inn (King's Arms in Askrigg). There would also be time to visit the "Wallace and Gromit" home of Wensleydale cheese at Hawes .
Cathedrals and Abbeys
Yorkshire is bursting with cathedrals and abbeys - Fountains, Reivaulx, Jedburgh, Byland, Whitby and Ripon Cathedral, not forgetting Beverley Minster and York Minster, plus many old churches including Hubberholme and Wensley.
North York Moors - "Heartbeat" Country
The North York Moors separate the Vale of York from the coast. This high ground of unspoilt heather moor blazes with colour in the autumn. Goathland, the setting for the television series "Heartbeat", nestles alongside the North York Moors railway, bringing visitors by steam train. The moors fall away to the coast where fishing villages cling to the cliff edges. Captain Cook was raised in one such village, Staithes, and spent his apprenticeship in Whitby where the Abbey dominates the skyline from its high position on the clifftop.
Yorkshire Towns
For those with keen interest in industrial heritage, Bradford has plenty to offer. Not only is the country's leading museum based here, the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, but also there is the Industrial Museum based in an old textile mill and offers a brilliant insight into life during and after the Industrial Revolution. Nearby Saltaire houses a fine collection of David Hockney paintings in the wonderful setting of Salts Mill, built by Sir Titus Salt and part of his "model" village built for his mill workers in the early 19th century.
Nearby are the towns of Leeds, with the Royal Armouries and Thackeray medical Museum, whilst Halifax has the wonderful Eureka museum, specially designed with children in mind. All towns are surrounded by the wonderful countryside of the Pennine Hills.
Guided Walks
Guided walks are also available throughout Yorkshire for those with outdoor interests.
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