| Yorkshire is a fascinating county with open | | | | Cross Shopping Park or Clifton Moor Retail Park, |
| moors, dales and mountainous landscapes divided | | | | both easily accessible from the A1237 York Outer |
| by valleys and ancient settlements. York is the | | | | Ring Road. Every one of major High Street stores |
| region's capital, in Roman times second only in | | | | are represented there, including Marks & Spencer, |
| note to London and is still very much the heart of | | | | Boots, Monsoon, Clarks, Top Shop, New Look, |
| Yorkshire. It has survived the Romans, the | | | | Next, River Island, W H Smith, BHS, PC World, |
| Saxons and the Normans and carries numerous | | | | Dunelm Mill, Wilkinson's, Wickes, Tesco's, Matalan, |
| mysteries and secrets in its walls and tunnels. | | | | Roseby's, Pets at Home and Argos. There are |
| Fairfax House in Castlegate, York is the Georgian | | | | also multitudinous restaurants, cafes, diversion |
| place House in England. Bought in 1760 as a dowry | | | | complexes and fitness centres to select from. |
| for Anne Fairfax, the only surviving child of | | | | Thousands of free parking bays and late night |
| Viscount Fairfax, the family turned to York's | | | | shopping will help to make a trip to Monks Cross |
| largest distinguished architect - John Carr - to | | | | or Clifton Moor a distraction and fruitful |
| create the interior. To complement the interior | | | | experience for the whole family. |
| design, superb examples of paintings, silver and | | | | Travel by the North Yorkshire Moors Railway to |
| glass are distributed during the house and period | | | | come over the seaside place of Whitby for a |
| displays are arranged in the dining room and | | | | traditional British holiday experience. Take a break |
| kitchen. The ensue is a successful blend of classic | | | | in the Tea Room at Grosmont Station - a genuine |
| style and conservation, to be enjoyed by | | | | 1950's railway junction - locate fabulous souvenirs |
| everyone keen on British bequest. | | | | in the two Gift Shops, look around the engine |
| In the Yorkshire Moors and Coast you can bring | | | | sheds and view the locomotives under restoration. |
| past to life by visiting castles, tiny country | | | | Goathland or "Aidensfield" as it is recognized to |
| churches, fascinating museums and magnificent | | | | fans of Yorkshire TV's Heartbeat suggests a |
| stately homes. If it's adventure you're after, there | | | | refurbished Warehouse Tea Room with authentic |
| is no preferable area to spot it than Go Ape! High | | | | furniture and treasures, restored coal drops and a |
| Wire Forest Adventure in Dalby Forest. Take to | | | | cattle dock to recreate the old North Eastern |
| the trees and experience an exhilarating course of | | | | Railway of 1922. Take time out to adore the |
| rope bridges, Tarzan swings and zip slides up to | | | | peace and tranquillity of the 1912-style station of |
| 60 feet above the forest floor. For a more | | | | Levisham, which is surrounded by walks and |
| relaxing experience, Doodlepots Paint Your Own | | | | wildlife. |
| Pottery Studio in Whitby provides joking for | | | | There is something for everyone in York - from |
| every one of ages. Guests could select a pot and | | | | celebrated fabrics and exquisite gardens to |
| paint it with no time limit and the studio will then | | | | exhilarating outdoor events and award-winning |
| glaze and fire the pot. | | | | restaurants and no matter where you go in York, |
| Forget one-form systems, extortionate parking | | | | you are bound to demonstrate a widely known |
| charges and tedious traffic jams! Head for Monks | | | | day out, whatever the weather! |