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  • The cafe sign over the door at 87 Market Place at dusk, gold script on deep teal, the square reflected in the glass

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    Half-term days out near Thirsk

    Apple Week at Ampleforth, trick or treat on the Moors Railway, pumpkins in Castle Howard and re-enactors at Fountains: October half term within an hour of Thirsk.

    8 October 20264 min read
  • The Cafe sign over the door at 87 Market Place at dusk, gold script on deep teal, the square reflected in the glass

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    Bonfire Night near Thirsk

    Four firework displays within half an hour of Thirsk this year: Monk Park Farm and Northallerton on Thursday 5 November, Bedale and Masham on Saturday 7 November.

    5 October 20264 min read
  • Stalls on Thirsk Market Place, with people sitting out at tables

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    Christmas in and around Thirsk

    Christmas markets, a pantomime at the Town Hall, Santa at Thorp Perrow and carols at Fountains, from mid-November to Christmas Eve, all within forty minutes of Thirsk.

    5 October 20263 min read
  • The Victorian clock memorial in Thirsk market square

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    Halloween and half term in Thirsk

    Half term runs 26 to 30 October and Halloween is the Saturday after: Rural Arts workshops, Shaun the Sheep at the Ritz, pumpkins and a Halloween trail.

    5 October 20263 min read
  • The frontage of Rural Arts at The Courthouse on Westgate, in late summer

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    What's open in Thirsk on a wet day

    Six places to spend a wet day in Thirsk, all within five minutes of the square, and which of them are open on each day of the week, Sunday and Monday included.

    28 September 20265 min read
  • The white running rail curving away in front of the grandstand at Thirsk Racecourse on a quiet day

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    The Moonlight Glow Walk at Thirsk Racecourse

    Herriot Hospice's first Moonlight Glow Walk sets off from Thirsk Racecourse on Saturday 3 October: a 5k after dark through the centre of town and back, glow sticks encouraged.

    28 September 20264 min read
  • One of the barrel carts the tractor pulls round Monk Park Farm, blue with the farm logo on the end

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    Pumpkin picking near Thirsk

    The Great Yorkshire Pumpkin Festival at Monk Park Farm, ten minutes from the square: which days, which ticket, what happens in the rain, and the two kinds of evening.

    28 September 20264 min read
  • A mountain view from Rosa's travelling years

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    The road up Sutton Bank has reopened

    The A170 up Sutton Bank reopened on Sunday 4 October after its three-week maintenance closure, so the White Horse and the view are back as a short drive from Thirsk.

    23 August 20263 min read
  • A mountain view from Rosa's travelling years

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    All Creatures Great & Small Family Day in Thirsk

    Thirsk Racecourse runs family days through the summer. How to spend the morning at the real Skeldale House, four minutes from our door, then walk down for the racing.

    20 August 20264 min read
  • The Golden Fleece on Market Place, one of the stops on the trail

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    Walking the Thirsk blue plaques

    The original twenty blue plaques, the new James Herriot plaque in Sowerby, and six stories worth stopping for on a walk from Thirsk Market Place.

    16 August 20265 min read
  • The World of James Herriot frontage on Kirkgate

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    A James Herriot day in Thirsk

    Thirsk is Darrowby. An hour-by-hour day around Alf Wight's town, from the real Skeldale House to the church where he married, planned from our door.

    15 August 20264 min read
  • Thirsk Market Place on a market day, with plant stalls, people sitting out at tables, a busker playing beside the phone box and the clock tower behind

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    Market day in Thirsk, done properly

    Thirsk market has run on the cobbles since 1145. A local's guide to Mondays and Saturdays, from the early breakfast to the charity shop trail.

    15 August 20264 min read