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North Yorkshire has an incredible mix of places to visit with a cathedral city, market towns, dales villages and coast communities.

Places in North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire contains an incredible mix of beautiful villages, busy market towns and one magnificent cathedral city steeped in history.

Explore the places that make North Yorkshire special, the market towns, the coastal villages, the thriving Dales communities and the romantic Moors villages.

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The Duke of Wellington Pub in Danby
Moors

Danby

A picturesque moors villages with open grassed areas where sheep freely roam.

Looking out to sea at the horizon at Saltburn-by-the-sea's pier leading from wooden cream and deep red huts.
Coast

Saltburn-by-the-Sea

Saltburn-by-the-Sea offers a unique blend of stunning coastline, Victorian heritage and a relaxed…

Looking across a canal in Skipton with an amount of canal boats moored on calm ripping water.
Dales

Skipton

Discover Skipton where tradition and hospitality come together all year round to welcome visitors…

Lush green trees of differing shades give distant view of red roof tops of Pickering town with church spire on horizon before light blue cloudy skies.
Moors

Pickering

Pickering is a charming market town offering a blend of history, heritage, and local culture. Known…

Two people sit on a bench, ice-cream in hand looking over the river Nidd and Knaresborough viaduct
Heart

Knaresborough

Knaresborough is full of surprises, a warren of medieval streets and stone staircases that weave…

Rural landscape with sheep and Goathland in the background
Moors

Goathland and Grosmont

In the heart of the moors, with beautiful stone cottages and scenic views.

Looking upon a stone church with arched doorway and gothic arched windows above. Pink and white flowers in foreground and parked cars.
Moors

Malton

Malton boasts a charming Market Place filled with independent retailers offering an eclectic mix of…

A red painted Victorian lamp post with hanging basket of pink flowers stands before red painted Settle railway platform sign and bench and white picket fencing
Dales

Settle

Settle is a bustling, traditional market town in the Yorkshire Dales, surrounded by fabulous…

Three stone, tiled roofed houses stand before grassed area. Parked up outside are two red cars and a green utility terrain vehicle. An 'old-style' red phone box and parasols with picnic benches line the front.
Moors

Osmotherley

The handsome village of Osmotherley sits on the western edge of the North York Moors National Park…

A row of terraced stone buildings on a shopping Street in Leyburn, North Yorkshire. Under the warm sun a young woman walks along the pavement towards the camera.
Dales

Leyburn & Middleham

At the heart of Wensleydale, Leyburn and Middleham are a pair of traditional Yorkshire towns with…

Pedestrianised town square with a few people walking and seated, black bollards and Edwardian lamppost, centred around a red-brick civic building with a grey tiled roof, decorative cornicing and traditional municipal architecture.
Heart

Northallerton

Northallerton's rich heritage is reflected in its stunning architecture and bustling high street.…

Boroughbridge high street early in the morning
Heart

Boroughbridge

Explore the historic curiosities of this pretty town, from the open-air museum of agricultural…

Bird's eye view of Bridlington, a bright blue sky and sun shining over a large white building over a sandy beach with sea lapping against the sea wall.

Bridlington

A flowing stream runs between grassed banks with white hand rails and wooden footbridge across. Stone cottages line the road above with evergreen trees behind.
Moors

Moors Villages

The cobbled streets of Grassington and the welcome sign
Dales

Grassington & Upper Wharfedale

Grassington is the vibrant heart of Upper Wharfedale, surrounded by rolling hills and dramatic…

The Beck which flows through Bedale
Heart

Bedale

A small market town in the heart of North Yorkshire and is where Bedale Beck flows from the eastern…

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A woman looks out over the Yorkshire Dales