North Yorkshire

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A non-metropolitan county within the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. It is divided into the districts of Craven, Hambleton, Harrogate, Richmondshire, Ryedale, Scarborough and Selby. It covers an area of 8,654 km² and has a population of around 1,041,800.

Geography

Contained within its boundaries are the North York Moors and most of the Yorkshire Dales, two of eleven areas of countryside within England and Wales to be officially designated as a National park. The highest point is Whernside, on the Cumbrian border, at 736m/2414ft. Some of the main towns include York, Helmsley, Guisborough,Whitby, Thirsk, Harrogate, Pickering, Great Ayton, Middlesborough, Northallerton, Richmond, Ripon, Selby, Scarborough, Stokesley, Thirsk, altough York and Middlesborough are now unitary authorities.

History

The county was formed in 1974, and covers most of the lands of the traditional North Riding, as well as the northern half of the West Riding and the northern and eastern fringes of the traditional East Riding. York became a unitary authority independent of North Yorkshire on April 1, 1996, and at the same time Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and areas of Stockton-on-Tees south of the river became part of North Yorkshire for ceremonial purposes, having been part of Cleveland from 1974 to 1996, and the North Riding before. The ceremonial county borders those of East Riding of Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cumbria and Durham.

Places of Interest

Aldborough Roman Town, Airborne Adventures, Ampleforth College, Aske Hall, Atlantis Waterpark, Barden Tower, Beck Isle Museum of Rural Life, Beningbrough Hall & Gardens, Birds of Prey Centre, Black Sheep Brewery Visitor Centre, Bolton Abbey, Bolton Abbey Estate, Bolton Castle, Bolton Priory, Bretton Farm Visitor Centre, Broughton Hall, Brymor Ice Cream, Byland Abbey, Captain Cook & Staithes Heritage Centre, Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum, Castle Howard, Catterick Garrison, Cleveland Hills, Clifford's Tower, Constable Burton Hall Gardens, Cropton Brewery & Visitor Centre, Cruckley Farm, Dalby Forest Visitor Centre, Dales Countryside Museum, Drax, Duncombe Park, Easby Abbey, East Riddlesden Hall, Eden Camp Modern History Theme Museum, Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway, Fairfax House, Filey Museum, Flamingo Land Theme Park and Zoo, Fountains Abbey, Studley Royal Water Garden, Gisborough Priory, Goathland, Harewood House, Harlow Carr Botanical Gardens, Helmsley Castle, Herriot Centre, Hesketh Farm Park, Honey Farm, Howardian Hills, Island Heritage, Jervaulx Abbey, Jorvik Viking Centre, Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, Kilnsey Park Trout Farm, Kinderland, Kiplin Hall, Kirkham Priory, Lightwater Valley, Malham Cove, Malton Museum, Merchant Adventurers' Hall, Middleham Castle, Monk Park Farm, Mother Shipton's Cave & Petrifying Well, Mount Grace Priory, Museum of Victorian Science, Museum of Victorian Whitby, Music in Miniature, National Railway Museum, Newburgh Priory, Newby Hallm Nidderdale Museum North Yorkshire Moors Railwaym Norton Conyers, Nunnington Hall, Ormesby Hall, Pickering Castle, Pickering Trout Lake & Moorland Trout Farm, Richmond Castle, Rievaulx Abbey, Rievaulx Terrace & Temples, Ripley Castle and Gardens, Ripon Cathedral, Robin Hoods Bay Museum, Royal Pump Room Museum, Rydale Folk Museum, Scarborough Castle, Scarborough Millenium, Sea-Life, Selby Abbey, Settle-Carlisle Railway, Sewerby Hall & Gardens, Shandy Hall, Sion Hill Hall, Skipton Castle, Spofforth Castle, Staintondale Shire Horse Farm, Stanwick Iron Age Fort, Studley Royal Park, Stump Cross Caverns, Sutton Park, Swaledale Museum, The Bar Convent, The Big Sheep & Little Cow Farm, The Forbidden Corner, The House of Correction. Museum of Police & Prisons, The Workhouse Museum of Poor Law, Thorpe Perrow Arboretum, Treasurer's House, Wensleydale Cheese Visitor Centre, Wharram Percy, Whitby Abbey, Whitby Lifeboat Museum, Whitby Museum, White Rose Candles Workshop, Wyville Animal Farm, York Castle Museum, York Dungeon, York Minster, Yorkshire Air Museum, Yorkshire Dales Trekking Centre, Yorkshire Museum.

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