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National Railway Museum
18,168 reviews
"Excellent museum free entry or you can put a voluntary donation toward the upkeep of the locos and museum lots to do and very informative.There are different talks on various subjects of railwayana.The museum has...""A must see when in York Great that its entry by donation Superb displays and things to do Bullet train and Euro tunnel displays 2 x cafes to have a break Plenty to do"
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Royal Armouries Museum
4,529 reviews
"This was a great interesting place with loads of different things to see & do really big place with five floors loads of war weapons and different sections to see, a lot of armour & plenty of places to listen to s...""We visited here on Sunday and we were met by very friendly and knowledgable staff, really enjoyed the sword fighting demo and all the exhibits.. lots of families there and everyone was enjoying it, great views of..."
Nature & Parks
Graves Park
981 reviews
"excellent park, very spacious Lots to see and do Lovely pet and animal area Excellent play park and facilities for older children Very good cafe and you can enjoy food and drinks either inside or outside while tak...""Enjoyed a lovely walk with my my mum yesterday, we parked near Norton church and walked down past the ponds towards the tennis courts, down through the woods, back across the fields and up to the animal farm."
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Valley Gardens
2,454 reviews
"Valley Gardens is a fabulous town-centre space with brilliant views, plenty of seating and great sporting options, including tennis, crazy golf, a playground and a skate-park.""There is something for all ages and abilities from the superb play area for our grandchildren, model boating pond, paddling pool, the excellent and well used skateboard park, two cafes, the peaceful colonnades and..."
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Peasholm Park
4,948 reviews
"spend the day at peasholm park,feeding the ducks or squirrels ,riding the dragon boats around the lake or taking a walk along the many paths through wooded paths and watching the ducks along the stream way.""Lovely place for a walk, boating lake with pedal boats, cafe and ice cream parlour, friendly squirrel always comes to greet us, plenty of different birds frequent the place."
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Streetlife Museum of Transport
2,409 reviews
"the grandchildren loved this walk back in time and we loved the memories tah it invoked of having shopped at some of these places when we were children well worth a visit""Add a level crossing, train and genuine signal box, a bus and a vintage ice cream van, plus a wonderful exhibition telling the history of the bicycle and cycling, and you've got enough to keep most visitors rapt f..."
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Brimham Rocks
2,402 reviews
"Parking, at the entrance, is extensive (free for NT members) with disabled spaces; Parking gets busy on fine weekends, school holidays & Bank holidays so try to arrive before 11.00 on sunny days!""Owned by the National Trust, this place is perfect to spend a few hours taking in the breathtaking views (you can see as far Ripon) climb the amazing balancing rock formations, wonder the woods and have an ice cream."
Sights & Landmarks
199 Steps
1,128 reviews
"199 steps marked by Roman numerals on the left side of each step at the top a great view a church and after that the abbey , at the bottom narrow cobblestones street with fantastic jewellery shops""Well worth the climb, the promise of the superb Abbey at the top and fantastic views of Whitby, plenty of wide steps inbetween to catch your breath if needed."
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Roundhay Park
2,518 reviews
"the park is a true gem 10 mins from Leeds city centre ,a lovely setting for walks around the big lake and a wonderful place to eat at the mansion house too ,childrens play area and huge green grass areas for picni...""This is the largest park in Europe , wonderful walks ,flower beds , sensory garden , beautiful lakes ,lakeside café, children's play area and the jewel in the crown is tropical world ,you can easily spend a full d..."
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Whitby Beach
1,433 reviews
"Great beach stretching for miles, flat hard sand makes it great for games and playing, colourful beach huts line the prominard and the life guard station well manned with good guidance given to surfers and bathers...""Lovely clean beach perfect for romantic walks and children to play lovely views caves to explore and have fun"
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Yorkshire Sculpture Park
4,145 reviews
"A massive landscaped park in the grounds of Bretton Hall, south of Wakefield set in rolling tree laden Yorkshire Pennine countryside, this quite delightful place is an absolute joy to explore.""The gardens are vast with numerous sculptures on display in the outdoors along with indoor galleries displaying more art which is ideal for bad weather days."
Sights & Landmarks
Roseberry Topping
750 reviews
"Take the train to Kildale, walk via the Captain Cook Monument, sit a while on the topping enjoying the views, descend to Great Ayton for the train back.""Beautiful views, fantastic countryside, excellent walk routes for families ,dogs and real pubs with good food, Kings head pud at the foot of rose berry is just fab, great Ayton for an ice cream or even fish and ch..."
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Shambles
15,596 reviews
"Beautiful and busy It’s a Harry Potter fans heaven There’s also lots of odd little quirky shops with unusual gifts to be had A small market square is tucked away with lots of hand crafted gifts The old buildings a...""You can see how this area of York inspired Diagon Alley in Harry Potter, wonderful little winding street full of quirky shops and ancient buildings of all shapes and sizes, really great."
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Wainwright's Coast-to-Coast Walk
177 reviews
"Our schedule was : Day 1 St Bees to Ennerdale YH Day 2 Ennerdale YH to Grasmere Day 3 Grasmere to Shap (this was the hardest day) Day 4 Shap to Kirkby Stephen Day 5 Kirkby Stephen to Reeth Day 6 Reeth to Danby Wis...""Even this portion (of roughly 120 miles) offered a cross-section with coastal bluffs the first day, lakes and peaks through the Lake District, moors across Westmoreland, hills through the Pennines, dales in Yorksh..."
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Whitby Harbour
3,274 reviews
"Whitby has to be one Of the prettiest towns anywhere, traditional seaside resort at its very best and some of the best fish and chips shops in the country, the old town and harbour are a delight to stroll around,...""Some lovely places to eat whether you want quick foods like fish and chips, seafood, hot dogs and burgers and some great cafes, pubs and restaurants."
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River Nidd Waterside Walk
335 reviews
"I/we walk along here fairly often and love it.Nice gentle stroll for any age or ability and mostly level .Taking in the views of the river nidd and the bridges and the castle and stop to look at the odd shop have...""Lovely walk along the river either sit down and enjoy some lovely food ,coffee or just a ice cream or for the more energetic take a walk to the house in the rock or walk up to the castle and check out some stunnin..."
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Filey Beach
2,464 reviews
"Amazing family trips !! The beach is great and the sea isn’t to deep for the little ones to also play ... the little paddling pool in the promenade is fantastic was a quick play and wash off .. can’t wait to go bk...""Lovely beach really loved the bistro food was amazing staff were fantastic very reasonable priced fish and chips on the sea front was a great hit with everyone we went winkle picking on the beach which we all enjoyed"
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Beverley Minster
1,307 reviews
"Having lived in Beverley for over 20 years (Newcomers), we finally got around to doing a Roof tour, and I can honestly say it was excellent, it was wonderful seeing a bit of behind the scenes, and the construction...""Welcome from a volunteer, free entry, an amazing Remembrance sand sculpture and all in the midst of such a beautiful building."
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Falling Foss Tea Garden and Waterfall
766 reviews
"Lovely tea garden, great for a bacon sandwich and tea/coffee or cake to set you up for a couple of fantastic walks in beautiful woodlands.""We had time to fill in a recent trip to Whitby, midge hall and waterfalls was one of the places to visit when searched online, it was a magical place, the exceptional tea room hut with outside seating was amazing,..."
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Saltburn Pier
815 reviews
"Look out for the mark of the knitters who are celebrating the Pier’s 150th Birthday and look up towards the cliff cab which will take you onwards and upwards if your legs can’t carry you back up the hill into town.""Well restored and nice walk on it (there;s amusements at the end, you enter the pier from the sides of it."
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Endcliffe Park
409 reviews
"This is a lovely park with interesting features, such as shown in the photo of beautiful waterfall.""One of Sheffield’s best loved parks and it’s so easy to see why: the park has everything including a well-equipped soft-surfaced children’s playground, a stream with big stepping stones, a small parkour area, an o..."
