Slow North Yorkshire: Moors, Dales & Coast: Local, characterful guides to Britain's special places

Slow North Yorkshire: Moors, Dales & Coast, including York at a Glance

ISBN-13: 9781841623238

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Table of Contents

AUTHOR

FOREWORD

CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

CHAPTERS

1. THREE PEAKS COUNTRY

Getting there and around, The sounthern fringe, The Cumbrian corner, Ribblesdale

2. CRAVEN AND WHARFEDALE

Getting there and around, Craven, Mid Wharfedale, Upper Wharfedale

3. SWALEDALE

Getting there and around, Upper Swaledale, Mid Swaledale: around Reeth, Lower Swaledale: around Richmond

4. WENSLEYDALE

Getting there and around, Upper Wensleydale: Hawes, Gayle and Hardraw, Mid Wensleydale: Askrigg to West Witton, Lower Wensleydale: Wensley to Bedale

5. NIDDERDALE, HARROGATE AND AROUND

Getting there and around, Upper Nidderdale: Nidd Head to Pateley Bridge, Easter Nidderdale, Knaresborough and Harrogate, North from Harrogate to Masham

6. THE CLEVELAND AND HAMBLETON HILLS

Getting there and around, The Cleveland Hills, The Hambleton Hills, The western dales

7. ESKDALE AND THE CLEVELAND COAST

Getting there and around, Eskdale, The Cleveland coast: Sandsend to Skinningrove

8. EASTERN MOORS, FORESTS AND BEACHES

Getting there and around, The southern moors and forests, Dalby Forest and Levisham Moor, Robin Hood's Bay to Scarborough, South from Scarborough: Filey Bay

9. HOWARDIAN HILLS AND RYEDALE

Getting there and around, An abbey road - Ampleforth, Byland and Coxwold, Lower Ryedale, The 'Street' villages, Castle Howard and around, Malton and the Derwent Valley

10. YORK

Food and drink, Getting around, Around the Minster, Mercantile York: trade, debt and industry, Across the Ouse

INDEX

About the Author

Mike Bagshaw is a freelance travel and nature writer. For many years he was a teacher of outdoor education and has explored the nooks and crannies of the county by bike, foot and canoe.

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