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The North York Moors

Walks, villages, the steam railway, Whitby and the folk museum: a reader's guide to the North York Moors. Every guide lists the sources it was checked against; the festival archive keeps the pages first published on this domain.

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Purple heather moorland in the North York Moors

North York Moors Highlights

Heather moorland, a wild coast, Cistercian ruins and a steam railway make the North York Moors National Park an easy place to plan a first visit.

The Moors3 min read
Folk dancers performing on a street in Whitby

Whitby Folk Week Guide

Born as a weekend of folk music in 1965, Whitby's August festival now fills the town with song, sessions, ceilidhs and dancing for a week.

The Moors2 min read
Thatched cruck-framed cottage at an open-air folk museum

Ryedale Folk Museum Guide

Thatched cruck houses, a Rosedale glass furnace and old village workshops tell 4,000 years of moorland life in one of Yorkshire's open-air museums.

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