Overview of Yorkshire and Northumbria

Yorkshire, known to readers of Wuthering Heights and All Creatures Great and Small, embraces the moors of North Yorkshire and the dales. Across this vast region came Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, monks of the Middle Ages, kings of England, lords of the manor, craftspeople, hill farmers, and …

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Overview of York

327km (203 miles) N of London; 42km (26 miles) NE of Leeds; 142km (88 miles) N of Nottingham Few cities in England are as rich in history as York. It is still encircled by its 13th- and 14th-century city walls, about 4km (2 1/2 miles) long, with four gates. One of these, Micklegate, once grimly greeted …

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Overview of Yorkshire Dales National Park

The national park consists of some 700 square miles of water-carved country. In the dales, or valleys, you'll find dramatic white limestone crags, roads and fields bordered by dry-stone walls, fast-running rivers, isolated sheep farms, and clusters of sandstone cottages. Malhamdale …

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Overview of Robin Hood's Bay

21km (13 miles) NW of Scarborough Though Robin Hood's Bay was once a notorious port for smugglers, it has no connection with the well-known outlaw who shares the village's name. The tiny fishing port is tucked into a deep ravine; in fact, space is so limited that cars can't enter the village center. …

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Overview of North York Moors National Park

The moors, on the other side of the Vale of York, have a wild beauty all their own, quite different from that of the dales. This rather barren moorland blossoms in summer with purple heather. Bounded on the east by the North Sea, it embraces a 554-square-mile (1,440-sq.-km) area, which has been …

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