One of my favourite places to go fossil hunting, if I get a few days off by the coast is Saltwick Bay. After the walk down the cliffside...

When you mention Stamford Bridge to most people, they always seem to associate the name with the home of Chelsea Football Club down in...

We were looking for a shortish walk from the North York Moors National Park visitor centre as my wife was recovering from a nasty cold....

Close to Pickering lies the historic site of Cawthorn Roman Camps. Roman Yorkshire has always fascinated me and so on a rare day off on...

In the Middle ages some important churches in England had what is now known as a Rood Loft. These structures were usually situated above...

In the heart of the Yorkshire Wolds just outside Sledmere is a distinctive Grade I listed war memorial in a squat columnar shape which...

In Nidderdale not far from Pateley Bridge is the National Trust site of Brimham Rocks. This collection of dramatic, weirdly shaped rocks...

On the road to Egton Bridge in the Esk Valley lies the village of Glaisdale. On the edge of the village lies an old bridge known locally...

On my tours of the North York Moors, I often make a little detour to Kirkdale to show my guests a little hidden gem of a church with a...

You would think that Northern Europe’s largest Gothic cathedral and England’s second most important religious building would be home to a...

Just to the South of Huddersfield on a raised area of land near Almondsbury lies Castle Hill. Perched on top of the hill is Victoria...

I was lucky enough to get a private tour of the Cutlers Hall in Sheffield by the Beadle. What a fascinating story not only hearing about...

Everyone seems to have heard about Boudicea, the warrior queen who led her army against the Romans. But very few people have heard about...

I’ve always had an interest in pre-history, regularly walking my dog up on Rombald’s Moor near Ilkley and exploring the cup and ring...

A real architectural gem – Saltaire’s beautiful United Reformed Church (originally Saltaire Congregationa Church) can be found in the...

As a former Leeds student, I spent many a happy hour in the Oak and the Skyrack in Headingley. Now visits are restricted to a few pints...

I regularly take visitors into Yockenthwaite on my All Creatures Great and Small tours, to show them Yockenthwaite Farm which plays...

York Minster is unique in the fact that it holds over 60% of all the medieval stained glass in England and the largest collection of...

Tens of thousands of people flock to Whitby every year to visit this historic fishing town on the Yorkshire Coast. Many cross the swing...

Public torture and execution was pretty common during the medieval period. Beheadings were often carried out in public and in England...