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York Minster: the largest gothic cathedral in Northern Europe. York UK Weekend Breaks

Picturesque villages, charming pubs & tearooms aplenty in the stunning Yorkshire Dales

Bronte Parsonage Museum, Haworth, former home of the Bronte sisters, West Yorkshire

Beautiful sandy beaches, like this one at family holiday hotspot Bridlington, Yorkshire Coast

Conisbrough Castle, Doncaster. One of the UK's finest Norman Castles, South Yorkshire

Royal Pump Room Museum, Historic Spa Town Harrogate, Yorkshire Dales

The National Media Museum Bradford West Yorkshire

Harewood Stately Home north of Leeds, Yorkshire Stately Homes

Historic Piece Hall Georgian Courtyard, Halifax West Yorkshire

Tourist Information York Minster, Leeds, Sheffield North Yorkshire Dales England, UK

Yorkshire is one of the UK's most popular regions for holidays. You've diverse holiday themes here including Yorkshire's spectacular coast with fine sandy beach bays such as Scarborough, Whitby and Filey. Some of the best of Britain's vibrant cultural cities are here too. Bradford is a centre for film and the National Media Museum and Leeds shopping and museum choice is hard to beat. Sheffield's choice of theatres and art galleries is impressive, whilst historic York with its iconic gothic York Minster is one of Britain's best and most popular weekend breaks with specialist shopping, museums and historic sights galore. Another top Yorkshire city break is historic maritime Hull with its spectacular aquarium The Deep and outstanding art gallery - The Ferens. The Crowning glory of Yorkshire is its countryside, including both the Yorkshire Dales National Park and the North Yorkshire Moors National Park. Numerous walking trails cross the county, including Britain's longest and one of its oldest national trails - The Pennine Way. Yorkshire literary notables are many from the Bronte Sisters at Haworth and JB Priestly in Bradford West Yorkshire to James Herriot (alias Alfred Wight) at Thirsk in North Yorkshire.

Yorkshire covers a huge area and has a number of significant UK City centres, notably the Leeds / Bradford area of West Yorkshire and Sheffield to the South, both of which are served by airports - Leeds Bradford Airport and Robin Hood Airport/Doncaster Sheffield. Yorkshire was at the heart of the industrial revolution in Britain, and the region boasts numerous industrial heritage museums and sights including the National Railway Museum in York and the National Coal Mining Museum in Wakefield.

York and North Yorkshire

Widely considered as Yorkshire's best weekend breaks, historic York has all the ingredients of a top European city break. A veritable feast of attractions, from historic sights such as York Minster, castle and city walls to its many museums, art galleries, contemporary art centres, chic shops, bars and cafes to riverboat trips along the River Ouse.

All these York attractions sit within easy walking distance of each other in York city centre, with top attraction York Racecourse situated just south of the centre. Pick up a York Pass, with discounts for York Museums, restaurants and more. Not only does North Yorkshire lay claim to one of Yorkshire's best cities, but also one of its most striking rural areas - the North Yorkshire Moors National Park. Historic abbeys and castles, picture postcard villages, the North Yorkshire Moors Steam Railway and stunning heather moorland, forest and dales are all here. Walkers will head for the spectacular 109 mile long Cleveland Way national trail which winds horseshoe shape around the park. Near York sits the striking Castle Howard Stately Home and Gardens where the TV series Brideshead Revisited was filmed.

North Yorkshire has much to offer including the stunning walking territory of the North Yorkshire Moors National Park and historic centres such as Helmsley and Pickering with its castle. Thirsk and the surrounding countryside is James Herriot Country.

York's choice of restaurants, bars and cafes alongside its fine choice of centrally placed B&Bs and York hotels makes for a perfect North Yorkshire holiday base.

The Yorkshire Dales

Each part of the Yorkshire Dales has its own distinct character and history. To the east the Nidderdale area is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Ripon, Masham, Pateley Bridge and Bedale all serve as charming East Dales bases. To the north more spectacular scenery awaits around Swaledale and Wensleydale. Top Dales walking bases in this area include Reeth in the heart of Swaledale and Hawes the main hub for Wensleydale. The Pennine Way National Trail passes Hawes, making it particularly popular as a walker base.

Malham and Settle in the South Dales are perfect as gateways into the Three Peaks whilst Skipton with its intact medieval castle serves as bustling main market town and gateway to the Dales. At beautiful Ingleton you'll find White Scar Cave, the spectacular massive ice-age cavern with underground waterfalls, streams and thousands of stalactites. Cyclists love the Dales and all the National Park Centres offer advice on marked cycle ways and cycle hire.

The famous spa town of Harrogate attracts thousands of people drawn by events at the Harrogate International Centre as well as the numerous antique shops, sublime Victorian and Edwardian architecture, heritage gardens and superb specialist shopping. Nearby Ilkley is another historic spa town on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park and like Harrogate offers an excellent choice of specialist shops, tearooms and cafes and charming B&Bs and hotels set against the spectacular backdrop of Ilkley Moor.

West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire is Yorkshire's cultural and literary heart. The county's two largest cities - Leeds and Bradford sit within West Yorkshire, served by gateway to Yorkshire, Leeds Bradford International Airport which sits midway between these two dynamic cities. West Yorkshire is a hub for numerous themes. The National Media Museum in Bradford is a national centre for film, photography, tv and the web whilst largest city Leeds is one of the UK's best cities for shops, museums and acclaimed art galleries. Large towns like Huddersfield and Halifax with their specacularly preserved Victorian architecture and cutting edge arts centres also sit in the region.

To the south just outside Wakefield sits one of the world's best centres for sculpture - The Yorkshire Sculpture Park which boasts numerous pieces by both Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth. Watch out for exciting developments along Wakefield's Calder & Hebble Navigation Waterfront where the spectacular Hepworth Wakefield Art Gallery is due to open in Winter 2009/10. West Yorkshire is a literary mecca with huge numbers of visitors heading to Haworth home to the Bronte Parsonage Museum.

West Yorkshire is also the centre for Yorkshire's industrial heritage, particularly textiles, and historic sites such as UNESCO World Heritage Salts Mill at Saltaire village near Bradford and the Bradford and Leeds Industrial Museums are where to head to find out more. Many of West Yorkshire's largest historic mills are now new exciting arts centres like Dean Clough in Halifax and Salts Mill. Industrial legacies such as the canals in the region now offer scenic narrowboat trips, stunning canal towpath walking and canalside heritage centres. A wealth of pretty villages serve as walker bases and hubs for arts and crafts shopping in a region which is as famous for its rugged moorland countryside as for its cities. Village hotspots include Holmfirth, centre for the popular 'Last of the Summer Wine' series. The choice of walking trails includes the Pennine Way which weaves across Keighley Moor passing Top Withins associated with Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights and the Calderdale Way which guides you through some of West Yorkshire most spectacular countryside and historic industrial sites around Todmorden, Hebden Bridge and Halifax.

The Yorkshire Coast

The Yorkshire Coast is one of the UK's most popular seaside coasts, with a mix of designated heritage coast around Flamborough Head and a choice of Britain's best holiday seaside resorts. The country's oldest historic seaside resort is at Scarborough which saw the arrival of the first bathing machines in 1735 followed by fame as spa town after the discovery of mineral spa waters at South Bay. Scarborough is a veritable feast of seaside Victorian architecture alongside two fine beach bays, a superb choice of theatres, museums & galleries, cinemas, clubs, bars and restaurants and a host of holiday attractions. Maritime Whitby, with its close links with Captain Cook and courtesy of Bram Stoker - Dracula is another Yorkshire Coast holiday hotspot. The Cook Memorial Museum in Whitby pays due homage to the town's famous apprentice who went on from Whitby to undertake his three epic voyages. Whitby is also a feast for the specialist shopper with a fine choice of arts and crafts shops including jewellers selling the famous Whitby Jet. Whitby Abbey ruins, relatively intact compared to others in the UK, stands as a magnificent gothic feature high above Whitby town on the east cliff.

Blue Flag beaches along the Yorkshire Coast are numerous and include Bridlington North and South Beaches, Hornsea Beach, Withernsea Beach, Filey Beach, Scarborough North Bay and Whitby West Cliff Beach. Peaceful Filey is retracing its maritime links with John Paul Jones via the Filey Bay Heritage Initiative whilst Bridlington is a mecca for family holidays with its fine beach and choice of family holiday attractions, especially its beachfront funfairs and amusements. Pushing south of Bridlington more fine beaches await on the Holderness stretch at Withernsea and Hornsea. Further south still sits the stunning Spurn Point Spit, a haven for migratory birds which jutts out across the Humber Estuary.

South Yorkshire and East Yorkshire

Sheffield and Hull are fast catching up with other Yorkshire city destinations as hotspots for cultural city breaks. Art gallery and museum choice in both of these Yorkshire cities is spectacular.

South Yorkshire city hub Sheffield has evolved into a superb UK city break, and much like Glasgow pulls on both its industrial heritage with a new and vibrant leaning towards the arts. Sheffield's choice of art galleries is impressive, with the longstanding Graves Art Gallery in the heart of the city centre alongside the new Millennium Galleries with their contemporary edge plus the treasured Ruskin Collection on display in the Rustkin Gallery within the Millennium Galleries. Sheffield's theatre choice is likewise impressive, with the historic Lyceum proscenium arch theatre and the famous Sheffield Crucible which plays host to the Snooker World Championships annually and the smaller intimate Studio Theatre. The city's green spaces further boost Sheffield's appeal, particularly the spectacular Winter Gardens, a giant glass arched greenhouse, the largest of its kind in a European city! Sheffield is home to Meadowhall, one of the largest and most successful shopping mall/centres in the UK.

East Yorkshire city hub maritime Hull is home to the acclaimed Ferens Art Gallery where you'll find work by David Hockney, Henry Moore and old masters on display. Hull now has eight superb free to enter museums, four of which are clustered around the central museum quarter - a most attractive city centre space noted for its Georgian architecture and narrow cobbled streets. Hull's celebrated anti-slavery campaigner and onetime MP William Wilberforce is given due attention at Wilberforce House, his birthplace home turned museum. Hull's now famous aquarium in the shape of a ship - 'The Deep' stands as one of Yorkshire's top family attractions whilst Hull Maritime Museum digs deep into Hull's fascinating maritime and fishing industry heritage.

For industrial history and heritage head to the outstanding Elsecar Heritage Centre south of Barnsley. South Yorkshire offers a fine choice of attractions including two of Yorkshire's top racecourses - Doncaster Races and Beverley Racecourse. Fascinating castles are here too notably Conisbrough Castle and take time to visit Rotherham's stunning medieval perpendicular Minster and charming country parks. Beverley's Minster, like York Minster, is a spectacular gothic medieval cathedral whilst best kept Yorkshire secret Wentworth Castle Gardens near Barnsley are not to be missed. There's more to South and East Yorkshire than you might think.

Leeds Bradford Airport, Gateway into Yorkshire

Leeds Bradford Airport couldn't be better situated as a gateway for international visitors into Yorkshire. The airport sits midway between two of Yorkshire's largest cities, and within easy reach of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, the North Yorkshire Moors and West Yorkshire literary hotspots such as the Bronte Sisters' historic home - the Bronte Parsonage at Haworth in West Yorkshire.

In 2005 2.6 million passengers passed through Leeds Bradford Airport, and by 2016 forecasts are at 5.1 million. Core catchment areas include business services to and from Leeds, Yorkshire's largest city, but also increasingly tourist visitors into the area. In 2003 around 900,000 international visitors came through Yorkshire's gateway airport visiting the Yorkshire and Humber Region with visitor numbers consistently on the increase. The policy of a no frills service, with a choice of budget flights available from a wide choice of internal UK and European holiday destinations, and a limited service between the US and Pakistan has boosted Leeds Bradford Airport's growth. Destination flight choice from Leeds Bradford Airport is particularly good to other UK and Ireland destinations and to Mainland Spain, the Canary Islands and Majorca and the Balearics.

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