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Yorkshire Events

July 2008

 

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CONTINUING EVENTS

21st June to 13th September
BRODSWORTH HALL & GARDENS
Victorian Garden Games. Bring a picnic and enjoy a selection of Victorian games on the lawns with croquet, quoits, skittles, giant chess and many more. www.english-heritage.org.uk

JULY

2nd to 26th October
SHEFFIELD
Millennium Gallery. Get Knitted. Exhibition illustrating the sheer variety of modern knitting from contemporary art and design to the hobbyist phenomenon. Details 0114 278 2600, www.sheffieldgalleries.org.uk

3rd to 6th
COTTINGHAM
St Mary’s Church. Flower Festival. Refreshments served in the church hall daily. 10am-5pm. Details 01482 841194.

3rd to 12th
YORK
Early Music Festival. Guest artists include some of the world’s finest early music specialists. Details 01904 658338, www.ncem.co.uk

4th to 20th
PATELEY BRIDGE
Nidderdale Festival. Entertainment for music lovers, theatre-goers, and walkers and climbers. Various venues throughout Pateley Bridge. www.nidderdalefestival.org.uk

4th to 5th
BRIGHOUSE
Festival of Brass including the James Madison University Brass Band. Details 01484 722855.

5th to September
LEEDS
Craft Centre and Design Gallery. Simply Silver. Showcase highlighting designers who use silver as their main material. See opposite for an in-depth preview. Details 0113 2478241, www.craftcentreleeds.co.uk

5th
SHIPTONTHORPE
Pop-in Day. Summer Fayre. Craft and plant stalls, flower festival. 10am-4pm. Free. Details 01430 873209.

5th
BEVERLEY
Minster. Organ Recital by Gordon Stewart. Details 01964 544145.

5th
GARGRAVE
Open Gardens plus plant stall and refreshments in village hall £3. 11am-5pm.

5th
SCARBOROUGH
Hackness Hall Gardens. A Musical Picnic. Bring your own food and seats. Adults £5, children £1. Proceeds to Save the Children. Details 01723 363531.

5th & 6th
CULLINGWORTH
15th Annual Garden Trail. Featuring fifteen gardens throughout Cullingworth, Harden, Wilsden and Harecroft. 10.30am-5pm. Programme £4 admits two to all gardens. Details 01535 2710889.

5th & 6th
INGLETON
1940s weekend. Military vehicles, civilian re-enactors, Dads’ Army, dancing, street entertainment. Battle of Britain flypast, tea dance, period stalls. Free. Details 015242 41024.

5th to 31st August
EASINGWOLD
Lund Gallery. Exhibition of art for the garden, including wire bird sculptures and ceramics. Details 01347 824400, www.lundgallery.co.uk

6th
LINTON IN CRAVEN
St Michael’s Church. Grassington Singers perform. 7.30pm. Adults £7 (including glass of wine or fruit juice), children £2. Details 01756 753140.

6th
cATTERICK GARRISON
Swaledale Mountain Rescue Team Open Day. Celebration of the SMRT 40th anniversary and the 75th anniversary of the formation of Mountain Rescue. 11am-4pm. Details 01748 876885.

7th to 13th
INGLETON
Spotlight on Ingleborough. Dance and drumming workshops, kite making, birdbox making, stone carving, archery, live music, nature walks, treasure hunts plus theatre and storytelling. Details 01904 435500, www.naturalengland.org.uk

8th to 10th
HARROGATE
Showground. 150th Great Yorkshire Show. Celebration of agriculture and country life with a world-class cattle parade, showjumping, trade stands, drystone walling, sheep shearing, food hall and cookery demonstrations plus much more. Details www.greatyorkshireshow.com

8th to 13th
HARROGATE
RHS Harlow Carr. Garden Design Exhibition. 10am-4pm, www.rhs.org.uk/harlowcarr. Entry fee.

9th to 31st August
BARNSLEY
Cannon Hall Museum. ‘The Language of Flowers’. Discover precious flowers and their meanings in the art collections. Details 01226 790270.

11th to 27th
RYEDALE
Festival. A celebration of music, including classical, opera, brass and steel bands. This year’s programme is ‘The Four Elements, Earth, Air, Fire and Water’. An exploration of musical arrangements, excellent transcriptions for chamber forces, bringing major symphonic music to the intimate venues of this magical festival. Details 01751 475777, www.ryedalefestival.co.uk

12th
HARROGATE
Ashville College. Harrogate Philharmonic. Programme to include Mozart’s Symphony 35 (Haffner) and Bartok’s Romanian Dances. 7.30pm. Details r.jakeways@btopenworld.com

12th & 13th
SKIPTON
Clog Festival. Dancers from all over England demonstrate their traditional step-dance at Skipton Castle. Details 01756 792442, www.skiptoncastle.co.uk

13th
SYKEHOUSE nr Doncaster and Selby
Open Gardens Day. A range of gardens open to the public plus plant sale, stalls, morning coffee, luncheons and afternoon teas served in village. 10am-5pm.

13th
RICHMOND Kiplin Hall
Scottish Dancing. Details 01748 818178, www.kiplinhall.co.uk

13th
HEPWORTH
Garden Trail. Eighteen gardens in this Pennine village will be open to the public. 1pm-6pm. Adults £2.50, children free. Details 01484 688131.

13th
BELLERBY
Open Gardens and Scarecrow Trail plus plant sale, home-made refreshments in the Memorial Hall and music from Leyburn Band. £3, under-16s free. 11am-4pm, Details 01969 622596.

13th
BUCKDEN
village green and National Park car park. ‘Bringing in the Drinkins’. Taste some examples of traditional food that would have been brought out at hay time in days gone by. 10am-4pm. Details 01756 751690, www.yorkshiredales.org.uk

13th
ESTON
James Finegan Municipal Hall. Wurlitzer Concert. Various types of music including marches, songs from the shows and classical. 2.30pm. £3, concessions £2. Details 01642 452189.

13th
SNAITH NEAR GOOLE
Open Gardens with raffle and tombola plus refreshments. 1pm-6pm. Maps available from The Institute, Little London Lane, West Cowick. £2.50. Details 01405 862319.

12th & 13th
PONTEFRACT
Liquorice Festival. International liquorice products and displays. Plus street performers, live music, craft workshops and speciality foods. Details www.pontefractliquorice.co.uk

16th
DRIFFIELD
Showground. Agricultural Show. Livestock, trade stands, performances by the Royal Horse Artillery plus much more. Details 01377 257494, www.driffieldshow.co.uk

18th to 23rd August
YORK
Theatre Royal. Railway Children. Enjoy a professional theatre production of one of the best-loved books of all time. Details 01904 623568, www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk

19th & 20th
ELLERKER
Scarecrow Festival. Enjoy a gentle stroll around the picturesque East Yorkshire village. Over fifty fun and ingenious scarecrows. Refreshments in village hall plus an array of stalls. 10am-4pm. £1.

19th
SETTLE
Victoria Theatre. Secondhand bookfair. 10am-4pm. Home-made refreshments on sale. Admission 50p. Details 01729 825718.

19th
BISHOP WILTON SHOW & CRAFT FAIR
Includes the Yorkshire Wolds half-marathon, fun run, terrier and ferret racing, dog show, vintage tractors, engines and cars, and craft stands, fairground rides and refreshments. Details 01759 368300.

19th & 20th
MASHAM
Showground. Steam Rally. Steam engines, fairground organs, stationary engines, classic tractors, trucks, motorcycles and cars, fair ground, stalls plus beer tent. Details 01765 680200, www.yorkshiredales.org.uk

 

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20th
HAWES
Dales Countryside Museum. Introduction to Digital Photography. Learn about the controls on your digital camera and how to use them effectively. 10.30am-4pm. Booking essential. Details 01969 666210, www.yorkshiredales.org.uk

20th
GRASSINGTON
Farmers’ Market. Local produce. Details www.ndfm.co.uk

20th
RIPON
Newby Hall. Historic Vehicle Rally. Over 1,000 vintage cars and assorted auto jumble. 10.30am-5pm. Details 01423 322583, www.newbyhall.com

20th
BARNARD CASTLE
Bowes Museum. Teesdale Food and Craft Festival. Free event in the museum grounds featuring local producers. Details 01833 690606, www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk

24th to 27th
FEARBY
Black Swan. Yorkshire Festival of Ales. Details 01765 689477. www.blackswan-masham.co.uk

25th & 26th
DONCASTER
Brodsworth Hall. Jelly Festival. See jellies on display and watch how they were created. Details 0113 2515698, www.english-heritage.org.uk

25th & 26th
SEDBERGH
Book Fair. Sale of rare, secondhand and new books. Details 0161 797 4786.

25th to 27th
PRESTON-UNDE-SCAR
Village Hall. Art Exhibition. Local residents display their art. Details 01969 622676, www.yorkshiredales.org.uk

25th to 27th
PATELEY BRIDGE
Studio 6. Relative Viewpoints. Photography exhibition by grandfather and grandson David and Martin Prince. Local landscapes with some from overseas. Details 01423 711387.

26th & 27th
PATELEY BRIDGE
Memorial Hall. Arts and Craft Fair. Artists and crafters display their unique quality products. 10am-4.30pm. Details 01423 527697, www.yorkshiredales.org.uk

26th & 27th
SCARBOROUGH CASTLE
Medieval Siege. Meet the ranks and files of the medieval soldiers, bowmen, billmen, men- at-arms and mounted knights as they prepare to invade the castle. Details www.english-heritage.org.uk

27th
RIPON
Racecourse. Old Cars Classic Car Gathering. Veteran vintage cars, commercial vehicles, motor cycles and tractors. 9am-5pm. Details 01765 603474.

27th
LEYBURN
Farmers’ Market. Local produce. Details www.ndfm.co.uk

29th
HAWES
Dales Countryside Museum. Traditional Drystone Walling Demonstration. Free. 2pm-4pm. Free. Details 01969 666210.

29th
REETH
National Park Centre.
A trip out with a Ranger. Swaledale tour on minibus with local ranger. 11am-3pm. Booking essential. Details 01748 884059, www.yorkshiredales.org.uk

30th
YORK
Murton Park Farming Museum. The Story of Clay.
Join world expert and renowned potter John Hudson and learn the story of pottery through the ages and take home your very own John Hudson pot. 11am-4pm. Details 01904 489966, www.murtonpark.co.uk

30th
RIPON
Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal. Peter Pan, children’s open-air theatre. Booking essential. 6.30pm. Details 01670 773939, www.nationaltrust.org.uk/events

30th
SEDBERGH
Farmer and Producer Market. Fine food producers and craftsmen. Details 015396 20125.

31st
Carlton
Memorial Hall. Craft demonstrations, children’s corner, stalls and food served all day, with traditional puds for Yorkshire Day. 10.30am-3pm. Free. Details 01969 640251.

WALKS

1st
LANGTHWAITE
Flowers of Arkengarthdale guided walk. 4 miles. Meet Langthwaite car park 2pm. Details 01969 623031.

2nd
HAWES
Dales Countryside Museum. Batwatch, 9am. Bring a torch. Details 01969 666210, www.thedales.org.uk/DalesCountrysideMuseum

3rd
RIBBLEHEAD
Nature Reserve. Easy 2 miles around nature reserve. Meet 2pm Ribblehead Quarry car park. www.yorkshiredales.org.uk

6th
MALHAM
guided walk. Moderate 8.5-mile archaeology walk around Malham. Easy 4 miles. Meet 2pm Street Gate, Malham Tarn. www.yorkshiredales.org.uk

6th
AROUND CALVER
8.5 mile walk climbing up Calver and part of the coast to coast route. Meet 11am Reeth National Park Centre. www.yorkshiredales.org.uk

6th
THRESHFIELD MOOR & BACKSTONE EDGE
guided walk. Moderate 6 miles. Meet 11am Grassington National Park Centre. www.yorkshiredales.org.uk

8th
DENT HAY MEADOWS
Easy 2.5 mile discovery walk. Meet 2pm Dent village car park. www.yorkshiredales.org.uk

9th
AROUND SEMER WATER
Moderate 5-mile guided walk. Meet 1pm Semer Water foreshore car park, nr Bainbridge. www.yorkshiredales.org.uk

13th
KILNSEY
Strenuous 9-mile guided walk. Meet 11am Grassington National Park Centre. www.yorkshiredales.org.uk

11th
CARLTON MOOR AND PEN HILL
Moderate 6-mile guided walk with Ranger. Meet 10.30am Carlton in Coverdale village hall car park, Aysgarth. www.yorkshiredales.org.uk

20th
BUCKDEN PIKE & BUCKEN GAVEL LEADMINE
Strenuous high-level walk. Meet 10.30am Buckden car park. Details 01729 830416.

26th
THREE PEAKS CHALLENGE
Scenic 25-mile circular walk taking in Pen-y-Ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough. £15. Meet 6am playing fields, Horton in Ribblesdale. Details 0800 085 2280. www.bhf.org.uk/events

27th
SWALEDALE RIVERSIDE AND FELLSIDE
Easy 6.5 mile guided walk. Meet 11am Feetham Church, west of Reeth on B6270. www.yorkshiredales.org.uk

31st
EAST COWGILL
Moderate 6-mile guided walk. Meet 12.30pm Dent railway station. www.yorkshiredales.org.uk

31st
WILDLIFE OF SNAIZEHOLME
Gentle 1.5 walk with area ranger. Meet 2pm Mirkpot House, Snaizeholme, Hawes.

Yorkshire Maps

RACING

Beverley 4th, 5th, 15th, 21st, 29th

Catterick 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd

Doncaster 10th, 17th, 24th

Pontefract 8th, 18th, 27th

Redcar 3rd, 20th, 30th

Ripon 7th, 19th

Thirsk 1st, 25th

York 11th, 12th, 25th, 26th

Further details at www.goracing.co.uk



This information was believed to be correct at the time of going to press. We cannot be held responsible for errors or changes. Contact details are given where known so that details can be checked before embarking on any journey.