Slow North Yorkshire
Moors, Dales & Coast, including York

By Mike Bagshaw

Paperback, 288 pages

32pp colour photos & 19 maps

Published: May 2010
ISBN: 9781841623238
Format: 216mm x 135mm
Status: Available

£14.99

Travel and nature writer Mike Bagshaw has lived in Yorkshire for over 25 years and in this, his unique guide to the area, he brings to life the landscapes and wildlife of the region and indulges his interests in crafts, architecture, local history, folklore and pubs. This personal guide – a book to be read as well as used – explores the nooks and crannies of this dramatic and diverse county and takes in all the well known sights as well as regional secrets, including fossil hunting, wild food foraging and the game of quoits. Hand-picked accommodation from Alastair Sawday ensures a comfortable stay, helping to get the most out of a 'slow' visit to one of Britain's most beautiful areas.

Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Slow Guides)

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'Slow guides take time to point the way.'

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

'If you live here, I am sure you will find many a fact, snippet or bit of information you never knew and it will, therefore, make living here more interesting.'

'... a most helpful and inspiring guide.'

Bill Spence, Yorkshire Gazette and Herald

'Slow North Yorkshire is a personal guide to exploring this diverse part of the country'

Ryedale Gazette & Herald

'An ideal companion. Slow North Yorkshire offers a mix of practical information, inspiring itineraries and intriguing historical asides.'

The Independent

'The Slow guides are the perfect travel companion – warm, witty and stuffed with insider knowledge. I can't think of a better way to unlock the joys of Britain.'

Carl Honoré, author of In Praise of Slow

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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

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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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