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Ryedale District Pictures North Yorkshire
Pickering Town Part 1 Main Streets & Buildings
Entering Pickering town centre of the busy Scarborough-Whitby-York-Helmsley roundabout. The spire of St Peter and St Paul is in the background. Looking up Smiddy Hill towards Birdgate. Pickering has been a thriving town since medieval times and is a very friendly pleasant town to visit with a number of tourist attractions.
Birdgate.
The steps up to the parish church at the top of Market Place.
At the top of Market Place, Burgate is on the right.
Looking down Market Street.
Market Place.
The main shopping street, Market Place, in Pickering town centre. There is a good variety of shops and cafe's to suit most local and tourist needs.
The bottom end of Market Place.
The Inn on Market Place, another fine limestone building.
The Flea Market just off Market Place.
The Memorial Hall on Bridge Street, once a mill on Pickering Beck, now a venue for concerts, meetings and talks.
Pickering Beck from the Ropery Bridge.
Pickering Beck, car park on the left.
BUT don't forget to poke around in the back streets' and alley ways - the limestone buildings feel very close together and medieval in this most pleasurable of towns to visit. North Yorkshire Northern England * docspics photos images pictures © Phil Brown |
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