Quick Summary: Visitors to Yorkshire are in for a treat. The area offers a wide variety of fun indoor and outdoor attractions for all ages to ensure you need never have a dull moment. The area is full of history dating back to the Iron Age and history buffs can look forward to a busy itinerary including visits to the Jorvik Viking Center, Peveril Castle, Scarborough Castle and Ripley Castle, to name but a few of the extraordinary historical sites. Nature lovers and birders should not miss visiting Bempton Cliffs Seabird Center while art and architecture enthusiasts can head to York Minster, Kirkstall Abbey and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. In addition, there are some excellent museums to visit on rainy days – try the National Coal Mining Museum, the National Railway Museum and the York Castle Museum.


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Blue John Cavern, Castleton

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Creswell Crags, Worksop

Eureka! The National Children’s Museum, Halifax

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Jorvik Viking Centre, York

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Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, Keighley

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National Coal Mining Museum for England

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National Railway Museum, York

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Brimham Rocks, Summerbridge

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Clumber Park, Worksop

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Peveril Castle, Castleton

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