Ryedale District Scenes - Pickering Town and surrounding regional area of North Yorkshire

 Interesting places to visit and stay and near good walking areas in the North York Moors national park

1. Pickering Town Part 1 Main Streets & Buildings

2a. Pickering Town Part 2 Some Tourist attractions eg Beck Isle Museum, 60's Weekend

2b. Pickering Castle

3. Pickering Town Part 3 St Peter & St Paul Parish Church

4. Pickering Town Part 4 Some aspects of industrial archaeology-history of Pickering

5. Railway scenes - The North Yorkshire Moors Railway, Station, Trains and goods shed!

6. Aislaby and Middleton Villages and St Andrew's Church

7. Thornton-le-Dale Village, east of Pickering

8. Lockton and Levisham villages north of Pickering

9. A West to East Medieval Church Journey from Helmsley to Scarborough

10. A Malo Cross, Blakey Topping and High and Low Bride Stones Walk

11. A walking around The Hole of Horcum and Levisham Moor and a few bits of Archaeology

As well as the wild moorland walking country of the North York Moors, the District of Ryedale and the Yorkshire Wolds to the south-east of Pickering, there lots of lovely towns and villages to visit in these areas, many having particular attractions for tourists-visitors. There is no shortage of accommodation from bed and breakfast, holiday cottages, hostels and hotels etc. Three such interesting villages are described by a few token photographs which I hope will encourage and enthuse you to visit them. I feel lucky to live in this are of outstanding natural beauty and can go out walking/motoring with a digital camera to happily explore and record in images-pictures what I see, but all is best scene 'live'.

Top left picture: The visitor entrance to Pickering Castle.

Top right picture: Spire of St Peter & St Paul Church Pickering.

docspics photos images pictures © Phil Brown

*  Recommended books  *

The excellent walking guides "Walks on the North York Moors" Books 1 & 2 by Jack Keighley

"Walks on the North York Moors - Walking Country - Western" by Paul Hannon

"Walks on the North York Moors - Walking Country - Southern" by Paul Hannon

"Walks on the North York Moors - Book Three - Eskdale and the Coast" by Paul Hannon

"On foot in the North York Moors" 35 classic walks by Alan Hall

The Dalesman mini-book "Walking on the North York Moors" compiled by the Ramblers Association (North Yorkshire & South Durham Area, some good ideas but poor on maps)

"Ten Scenic Walks around Rosedale, Farndale and Hutton-le-Hole" by J. Brian Beadle.

The Dalesman mini-book "Exploring the North York Moors" by Malcolm Boyes is a useful location summary guide.

"The Yorkshire Moors and Dales" by Rob Talbot and Robin Whiteman

"Yorkshire Landscapes" by Rob Talbot and Robin Whiteman

Ordnance Survey Explorer Map OL 26 North York Moors - Western Area (1:25000, 6 cm/2.5 inches per mile, 4 cm per km)

Ordnance Survey Explorer Map OL 27 North York Moors - Eastern Area (1:25000, 6 cm/2.5 inches per mile, 4 cm per km)

Ordnance Survey Map Touring Map 2 North York Moors (1:50000/63360, 2.5 cm/1 inch per mile, good for plotting motoring route and finding places)

The Buildings of England, YORKSHIRE - THE NORTH RIDING - Nikolaus Pevsner

Outstanding scenery, friendly people, interesting walks, historic churches, buildings, towns, villages, townscapes, landscapes and moorlands to visit and walking around pictures of Pickering, Levisham, Lockton, Middleton, Aislaby Ryedale District, North Yorkshire, Northern England, lots of luxury hotels, B & B, inns, pubs or hostels to suit all budgets, coach tours, varied tourist attractions, images pictures photos © Phil Brown docspics