London Day Trip to York

The street is far too narrow for any vehicle to
drive through, not only that, crazily bent and leaning timbered houses jut their upper story’s
so far over the flagstoned sidewalk that the occupants could almost shake hands across the roadway. Today antique emporia and bookstores fill the ground floors of the old butchers' shops, and fixed in the beams above you can still see the hooks from which cuts of meat were hung.

This very large county is one of those counties that is a Britain-in-miniature. Think of it this way; very high fells and rolling moors, mountain torrents and soothing estuaries, wooded dales and spreading plains, criss-crossed with ancient stone walls and cattle herder roads - and this is just the beginning of this vast place.

East of the county is flat and reminds you more of Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex where lived. North of the county has some breathtaking scenery along with some of the western parts of the county, but on the whole is a reflection of Red Rose Lancashire on the other side of the Pennine Hills.

This is also a county that has lots of folklore and superstition sprinkled throughout, including the cathedral city of Ripon. Ripon is close to Harrogate which is north of the county where you can still hear the deafening blast of an ox's horn can still be heard each evening at 9 p.m.

It's a throwback to the days when the town wakeman used to guarantee the safety of citizens after dark by sounding a nightly curfew.

For your interest, I should mention that Ripon is a market town with foundries, varnish and paint factories, tanneries, and breweries. Ripon is also famous as an old cathedral city where monasteries have stood since the 7th century.

But the star of all of the county is undoubtedly the city of York itself, a walled, medieval city which can trace its history back for more than 2,000 years.

Although the city possesses the largest medieval church in Western Europe, many of its buildings are on a smaller scale. The city centre is a dream for those interested in architecture and history and the beauty of it is that it can easily be explored on foot.

Another amazing don't miss attraction in the city is the "Railway Museum" an exciting adventure for all members of the family.

To leave the City of York click here